The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-12

over bar of black sand nine miles long
and one mile broad, which yields $500 gold
10 the ton.
Pennsylvania tobacco. next 10 that
grown In Connecticut, l. said 10 be the best
for smoking purposes raised IN the United
States.
Leather made from the skin of the
white whale Is now a regular article OF
manufacture AT some of the villages on the
IT. Lawrence below Quebec. Ii l. both
fine and durable, and ,hoe-thongs made OF
il are said never 10 break.
-Georgia farmers appear 10 have needed
the counsel SO often given 10 planters in
the Cotton states, To grow their own corn.
This year l,702.l6 acres were planted in
cotton. and 1871 .I6s acres in corn. show
ing difference in favor of the latter. and
there are besides over one million acres
planted with other crops.
Mr.. Hoe. of New York. has Just per-
fected printing press in ! gland which
Is the most complete thing OF the kindever
constructed. Onc of the presses is already
at work IN London newspaper Office, and
ten are to be built at once for the Daily
Telegraph. The press feeds itself. only
takes two men and boy TO run it, and
prints 22.OOO complete newspapers per
hour.
The Denver Ne,os thus summarizes
the work of railroad building in Colorado
the present season: Denver Il Boulder
Valley. fifteen miles: Colorado Central.
two hundred miles Kansas Pacific. fifty
five miles; Denver. South Park q Pacific.
thirty miles. making Il total of about three
hundred and fifty-iiye miles of track. which
tvl l.. In, fal,. L.. "a.
ing nothing of the grading. surveys. etc.
which will be accomplished preparatory
for the work of 1874.
A manufacturer in Saxony claims 10
have discovered method by which certain
alloys of aluminium may be advantageous
~ used in the manufacture of har-springs
for clocks and watches. Hitherto the
main difficulty in etiecting this was that
the rolling and drawing the metal destroyed
it, elasticity, and it i in overcoming this
obstacle that the novelty of the discovery
consists. To effect this, the wire or band.
after having been drawn or rolled 10 a
proper size. is submitted to the action Of
plane of peculiar construction. and after
ward trimmed 10 the proper size by grind
ing. The superiority OF these springs
over those of steel consists in their being
less likely To oxidzc, free from the action
of magnetism. and less brittle.
"A remarkable illustration of the econ
omy of machinery is afforded in an appa-
ratus. invented in Paris. for making brass
butt-hinges for doors. The material is
placed in the machine in coils. there being
two coils of sheet-brsiss for the two halves
of the hinge-body, and a coil of wire To
supply the connecting bolt or rivet. As
fast rs il j. wanted. the material j. drawn
off from the coils. the wings OF the hinge
are stamped out by punching dies 10 the
proper shape. the salient parts, which are
10 form the tube for the connecting bolt.
are formed upon the wire itself. which i
10 furnish the bolt and this is then cut of
10 the proper length. Before the hinge l.
dismissed. the screw-holcs. by which ii
is 10 be secured to the wood. are formed
and counter-sunk to the form OF the screw
head. One of these machines will throw
off a complete hinge every second. the
quality comparing very favorably with
that of similar articles manufactured by
the slower and ordinary methods.