The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-24
IyDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

The peat deposits OF ltlly cover an
area of about 100, 900 acres. She pays
s., 600, 600 annually to other nations for
fuel, and is now endeavoring to econo-
mise by using compressed peat.
-Four steamships are building in
Great Britain 1.-TWO on the Mersey and
two on the Clyde for the South Ameri-
can Steamship Company of Valparaiso
for their trade in the Pacific.
The extent of the New-Zealand
coal deposits are comparatively great.
In the Gray River District the quantity
of coal obtainable without sinking is at
least 100000 tuns, while in CanteT-
bury about 100000 tuns can bo OBJ
tanned as easily.
The Bey of Tunis has been impell-
ed by the spirit of progress so far as TO
make arrangements for the construction
of railways in his dominion. The
building of one of the proposed lines
will facilitate the cultivation of the vast
territory now lying waste, and will be a
step toward connecting the Algerian
lines with those of Tunis.
where's my wife?" inquired Nil,
on returning home one morning, and
missing his better half. "She has gone
to bed with n toothache," was the reply
of some member of the family. "Well,
said the indignant Nil, eff she would
rather go to bed with the toothacho
than with me, let her go, and he forth
with settled himself to the perusal of
the latest news.
1t is remarked of Massachusetts
Congressman, of somewhat advanced
years, who is announced as about to he
married, that "his nose, in its down
ward course, nearly touches his mouth,
while his chin turns up gracefully to
meet his nose, until, as Quilp says, he
can't eat green corn from the ear be-
cause the kernels would go up his nose
instead of in at his mouth.
New processes for making green
plants are announced To make zinc
greens, M. Elsner uses five parts of zinc
oxide, with one part colaltie sulphate
and sufficient water TO form n pa8te
on being we'll mixed and then heated 10
redness, this gives fine dark green
powder. A grass green may be pre-
pared by using 10 parts of zinc oxide
instead of five, and by the use OF
20 parts of n light grass green is pro-
duced. The latter is capable Of being
used az n safe substitute for the dan
gerous Schweinfurt green.
Hero is a hint whicl. the promoters
of American industrial displays ought
to bear in mind. The Committee Of
Steel OF the London international Ex-
hibition suggest that there should be
at next years display n complete repre-
sentation of the various processes Of
manufacturing needles. fish-hooks, and
steel pens, and they recommend that
invitations should be sent TO the most
eminent British manufacturers Co lend
models and drawings illustrating gener-
ally the manufacture of steel goods.
An official report on the transandine
telegraph w8s recently published IN
Buenos Ayres. The length from Buenos
Ayres to Valparaiso is l,23S miles, OF
which ] ,05S are in Argentine and $50 IN
Chilian territory. Desiring TO establish
communication with Europe, the Chilian
Government offers $4,000 year to any
one who will lay n cable along the coast
20 Peru. as in that way the lines would
soon extend TO Panama, which ls already
connected with the United States and
Europe, although communication is in
terrupted. The Chilians expect that
their ent-fprise will enable them, ere
long, to read in the morning papers all
that occurred the previous day nt Paris,
London, Madrid, Berlin, New York,
Melbourne, Calcutta, and Yokohama.
The Sheffield manufacturers natur-
ally continue to be dissatisfied with the
operation of our protective duties.
Writing Of the steel trade of that city,
a correspondent of London paper
says, Business with the United States
is much and very mischievously ham,
pered by the new Custom duties. In
of this some houses are
seeking other markets, and as n result,
/ hear of fair trade being done with
Canada in general steel. For best cast
steel the Americans must perforce como
to Sheffield. They cannot produce IL
themselves, so that whatever the duty
may be it simply recoils upon their own
heads" The superiority here claimed
for Sheffield steel is as unwarranted as
is She alleged effect of the duty.