Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-09

The "shin-bones" of the many thou
sand oxen that are killed each week fol
the New York market, fall into the hands
of Mr.. Peter Cooper. The muscles are
taken from them, and the clear bones are
worked into parasol handles, in imitation
of ivory.
A Paris correspondent tells a tough
story about some tough iron at the Exhi
bition. A piece as long and thick as a
carriage pole is tied in knot like ribbon,
without the slightest crack or flaw. Rail
way bars are likewise bent double without
break. This is done while the iron is
cold.
They have machine in Philadelphia
for making coffee. 1t turns out 200 bags a
dav. The material is chicory, black lead,
soap stone, and grounds from coftee-pots OF
folks who use the genuine coffee. The
Ledger says law suit is before the Court
of Appeals regarding the adulteration of
this new article.
| General Grant has ordered that com.
pany of cavalry shall accompany some
| Professors from Bloomington, Illinois, on a
| scientific tour to the western slope OF the
Rocky Mountains. They will be gone
three months, and will be furnished trans
pOfCaIlOn anu Su DSlSteDCc.
In an octave of music the highest
note was caused by twice the number of
sound waves that produced the lowest
note. So, of light; while results from
450, 900, 100000 900 vibrations of ether in
second, the number of undulations must
be nearly doubled before the highest color,
extreme violet, is produced.
An obvious improvement has been in
troduced by a Birmingham manufacturer,
which consists in making silver forks
whole and followed or f1uted for about
two-thirds the present length leaving the
prongs of the sufficient length OF half or
three-quarters of an inch, the implement
becoming thus partially "split spoon,"
convenient for small PARTICLES, liquid or
semi liquid ingredients, peas, and the like.
"A Paris letter says the Chinese
ladies have arrived. We are to have
Egyptians and Nubians--at least, so we
are assured. The Chinese disembarked at
Marseilles, and made their first experience
of French life bya drive in cab. One
young Celestial is eighteen, and her younger
companion sixteen. They cost 5000 francs
each. Neither of the young ladies speak
word of French, as they are slaves On
arriving at the custom-house the laws were
read to them by which they become free on
reaching French territory. They under
stood the purpOrt of this formality, and
Immediately knelt and kissed their masters
hand
"A recent English patent presents
Very simple and efficient application of the
endless hoist principle, commonly u ed for
grain and flour, for building and general
purposes Two parallel endless chains
pass over parallel pulleys widely enough
apart for the hosting boxes or cages to
swing clear between them, and are con-
nected at proper intervals by iron bars,
from the centres of which the iron cages
are suspended. Four of these pulleys
being arranged equi-distant like the four
wheels of a car truck, at each end of the
hoist, permit a constant succession of cages
to pass each other going up and down.. re-
manning always right side up. w.
An Australian paper says "a discov-
cry has just been brought under our notice
which may eventually be productive of
important results A man named Bright
was travelling overland from Adelaide to
Majorca, when, leaving the usual route to
look after some sheep, he came across
numerous springs of what at first appeared
to be water, but on closer inspection
proved to be kind of liquid gum or oil,
which, on exposure to the air, becomes
solidiied, at first to the consistency of
jelly, and afterwards to that of India-rub-
BERN which form we have now piece
in our possession. The popularity of this
gum, or whatever it may be termed, is that
it burns freely with bright flame, but &C
companied with thick smoke and a smell
as of old grease, such as would be emitted
from machinery oil while in state of COM
bustion. The substance is light, and floats
easily in Water. III