Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-01-07

$500, ,Ue0, making the sen0Ql luna over 80
200. 600. The sale Of Agricultural College
lands has increased The University fund over
SI05, GOO. In Wisconsin, SS0,000 have
been added to the funds Of the Agricultural
College oi the State University BY the sale
Of Agricultural College lands during the past
year.
ENGLISH engineers are ponderina the re-
lative merits OF iron and stoue in bridge
building. The cost Of the former il only
about one third Of the latter but, While q
stone bridge of substantial character vii
suIast a nation or a language, the duration
of the hest fabric of iron which can be reared
is limited. The Waterloo aud London
bridges are Of stone, and their cost per
square foot was between ten aad eleven
pounds The Westminster bridge, Of iron,
cost but three pounds and FIVE shilEngs per
foot
The Ledger says the manufactures Of
boots aud shoes in Philadelphia have had a
year of active business until within few
weeks, and the probability is that the spring
trade viii commence early aud be large
There has been, during 1869, a great in
crease 10 the production Of women misses
and childFen's shoes, wholesale dealers in
New York and Boston having been pur-
chaScTs Three new factories for the pro
duction OF women's and misses shoes have
been opened during the past few months
FRoM investigations recently made by
philanthropic gentlemen in Indiana, with
view to improve the condition Of the insane,
il appears that there is not less than one in
sane person in Indiana to every one thou
sand inhabitants. Estimating The present
population at two millions, this would make
the minimum number in the State two
! thousand. The State Hospital for the In
sane, when the new north wing is completed,
will have a capacity Of less than six hun
dred, which is less than one third Of the
probable number in the State. Gases
which are regarded, alter fair trial as in
durable, are returned to the counties from
which they come.
TnE bill introduced in the House by
Judge Lawrence, OF Ohio, prohibiting the
receipt, by pension agents. Of a fee for pre.
pairing the necessary papers TO enable q
pensl0ner 10 obtain his semi-annual pension.
will, i Is thought, become a law as soon as
the Judge can get the floor to explain the
the present usages 1t has been the Gus
tom OF agents heretofore to charge a fee for
preparing vouchers for the payment of
pensions, and the fees in most cases,
amount TO as much as the salary Of the
agent, and thus make his income not far
from eight thousand dollars a year No
other class Of Government officers ars
allowed, to charge fee for the preparation
OF vouchers.
The Psnssian needle gun has a formidable
rival in the form Of zaadmesserqerelir, or
knife gun, the new breech-loader invented
by Herr MayholeT, Of Kau~chen, East Prus
sia, AZ a recent trial in Konigsberg, TWEEN
~ live rounds, with full cartridge, are said
70 have been fired off per minute. The mis-
SHE penelrafes at distance Of two thousand
rods The piece carries with great preci-
sion, aud has the great advantage of mini
mum OF smoke. The invention extends to
/ the cartridge as well as to the gun. The in
ventor had repeated his offer to sell his pat
ent to the Prusslan Government, but it has
| not yet been accepted He has spent bis
whole fortune, or twenty-five thousand dol,
lars, IN the production Of the aim. and
| threatens to go to Austria or France if Prus-
sIa does not give him an answer soon.
DR., CAzENAvE Of ST. Louis, has lust
published a valuable work on the treatment
Of the human hair. lie thinks the hair
shoad be frequently combed and brushed.
so as to prevent tangling or mating. the
collection of dandruff, and to gently stimu-
late the bulbs or roots in the scalp. At
night the hair should be carefully divided 10
prevent false folds, and TO allow aerial circu-
! iatlon. Excessive dressing, dragging and
! twisting Of the hair should be avoided, as
/ they gradually produce badness, and the
hne-tooth comb should be used more gen
orally, but with care, 50 as not to either puIl
out hairs or irritate the scalp when il is
sensitive. The hair should rest as lightly
on the head as possible, and plating chill
dren S halr docs not promote the growth or
( beauty. The hair OF young girls should
never De cut short or thinned, but the ends
should be nipped off with shears occasional
/ lys or whenever splitting is observed.
A STORY ABOUT BUTToys. The first
manufacturer Of buttons in this country was
Samuel Nlliiston While be was dragging
along as country storekeeper-his ewes
having failed him while studying for the
mlnlstry-his good wife bethought her that
she could cover by hand the wooden buttons
OF the time, and thus earn an honest penny.
From this tme the couple advanced in their
ambition until they had perfected machinery
for covering buttons, the first employed for
the purpose in this country. From this
spTang the Immense factory, and then 9th
ers, until Samuel Nlllistou made balf the
buttons Of the world. His factories are still
running ct Easthampton, coming wealth for
the proprietors, and known to every dealer
10 buttons the world over He is now be-
tween seventy aud eighty years Of age, is
worth I've or six million dollars. and has
given four hundred thousand dollars to
Easthampton for seminary and for
churches, two hundred thousand dollars to
South HadIey Female Seminary. and two
hundred thousand dollars to Amherst Col
lege, besides lesser gifts.
DURING the year inst closing, the fire in.
surance business has not been as proSnerous
as in previous years. The premium receipts
have been larger, but the fires have been
unusually destructive The nine great com