Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-25

cotton from bolls IN place Of The
present tedious system Of hand
picking.
We learn that Arrangements
have been made for placing
large number Of these machines
In the market n Time for gather
ing the growing crop. and trust
that careful and intelligent expe.
riments may be made by planters
to test their value,
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THE NEW KonK MASONIC
aia CELEBRATION.
The New York papers estimate
that the floating population Of 1.-The
metropolis was increased by be-
tween two and three hundred
thousand, on account Of the ma,
sonic celebration of Wednesday.
The occasion, as our readers have
been informed, was the laying Of
the cornerstone of the new ma,
sonic temple, opposite Booths
thestre, on Sixth avenue and
Twenty-third street The ceFe-
monies we're on Z magnificent
scale and were conducted through
out with imposing effect The
procession TO the scene Of work,
was about three miles In length,
and contained at rough estimate
from ten to Twelve thousand per,
sons. No grander demonstration
could have been given Of the
strength and character OF the ma
sonic order. Missionary was frat
instituted in this State by St.
Johns lodge, No. !, In December,
1857, the old hall of which, on
Frankfort street, New York, erect
ed in 1914 was the ilrst masonic edi-
fee OF the State. Attha eighty-sev-
enth annual communication Of the
Grand Lodge, held Tuesday, the
Grand SCcFetmy's report showed
the present number Of lodges 70
be 643, and themefbeFsbip74 4,070
The receipts for the year were
SG5, sos a.
The new temple Is to be Of light
granite, and win cost s450,O0O.
1t viii have a breadth Of la feet
on TWenty;tlllrd street, with 90
feet on Sixth avenue, and be Eve
stories high. The roofis to be Of
the Mansard order, well orna-
mentsd. The arehilectnre wilrbe
in the renaissance style. The
ground floor will be devoted 10
stores, the next floor 10 q grand
hall for the use Of the Grand
Lodge, with offices for tie grand
secretary, rooms for The archives,
three lhre lodge rooms, with ad-
joining apartments, 4 library and
rooms for the janitOr. The fourth
door viii contain 9 chapter and
two lodge rooms, and on the top
floor most complete arrangements
for Communicates. There will be
an elevator on the Sixth avenue
side, and also o private staircase.
It is hoped that masonic zeal
and generosity will compass the
completion Of the temple within
two years. Some Just idea
Of its sky-pointing majesty may
be gathered from the fact that its
massive central dome will tower
forty-fve feet above the topmoat
point Of Booths magnificent
theatre, directly opposite.
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The discoveries presented By
the miscroscpe arc marvellous in
the extreme. II was thought a
great achievement when a micro.
scope was manufactured Which
magnifled an object two hundred
million times its size, but the
wonder has been increased by the
invention Of Mr. Edward N
Dickinson, q lawyer Of New York,
who has caused to be made q NIL
!, croscope which magRiiies nine
thousand million fines Under
this instrument il he could be
seen entire, a man would appear
more than a hundred miles high;
and q lady's hair would reach half
way from New York TO New
Haven.
This wonderful instrument is 50
sensitive that a loud word spokeA
near it destroys al distinctness Of
vision, from the tremor impaired
to it by the motion Of the air, and
footstep on the floor shakes II
out Of adjustment. The Geld Of
view-that'is, the area WhiChscan
be seen at once-is a circle only
the one twelve.thousandth Of an
inch in diameter hnt It appears to
the eye to be eight inches in diam.
eter A microscopic shell called
an aagalatam, ofwhich about one
hundred and forty placed end 10
end will reach an inch, and which
is simply marked With lines Of the