The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-07-09

-Alexandrowna recently had her hand
kissed by the Count 6chouvaloff (who was
Of sufficient degree to entitle him to
the honorO upon meeting her for the first
time after her departure from Russia.
Curiously enough the Count escaped
being shoyeled of by Alfred.-N. r.
Graphit. -,..r., y
There Is another newspaper para
graph about MI. Bret Harte to the effect
that, at the literary dinner party In Chi
cag0 which his social shyness did not
allow him to attend when first he left
California, there was . check for $4,000
placed under the plate from which he
was expected to devour his share of the
tributary banquet! uf .n
Several of the most prominent citi.
zens of st. Louis have formed themselves
into . Bridge Monument Association, for
the purpose of erecting q colossal bronze
statue of James B. Eads, the chief-engi-
neer of the bridge at that point, with ap-
propriate inscriptions thereon in honor Of
all his associates in the work of planning
and erecting the great structure. The
project is to he carried out by voluntary
subscription.
The lady who thought Niagara $50
pretty" who found Mont Blanc "nice,"
and St: Peters Jolly" went to see Mr..
all the enthusiasm Of her nature that she
was delighted with the "fluting and
frilling of his involuted words" Where.
upon the Detroit Post has expressed
mild and innocent surprise, pointing out
that only last year the philosopher had
his words "cut biased, but with plain
border, tastefully folded back and secured
with blue ribbon"
Industrial.
I'm Connecticut WORKOUT field was
fifty years ago planted in timber. The field
has yielded ten cords per year and fenc-
ing for the farm twenty years past, and
last year, when cleared, produced fifty
cords per acre. :.
"A new hot blast oven is in use in
iron-making at Troy. 1t utilities as fuel
the gas generated in the furnace, and, be-
ing placed on the ground, the blast
passes from it into the cupola with little
or no loss of power.
Fine black silk is now manufactured
at Grueteli, the Swiss settlement in
Grundy County, Tenn, which is pro-
nounced by good judges to be of very
superior quality. 1t is an entirely new
industry in that State.
"A patent has been taken out for an
invention by which it is claimed glass can
be used as building material for house
fronts, floors or pavements, superior to
marble In durability and economy. 1t
can be made plain and variegated and
its colors are indestructible.
The forester of the St. Paul & Pa
cific Railway Company reports over A.
100000 trees planted along the lines of
that company since he commenced work
In the spring of last year. Less than
3 per cent. have failed and the rest
are doing we'll. The prairie farmers
along the line are generally following the
example.
A kind of imitation ivory, called
celluloid" manufactured for knife.
handles, martingale-rings, combs, etc., is
found to he so readily infammable that
its use for domestic purposes should be
carefully guarded. Though nearly as
hard as iron, and very durable for wear,
it ignites quickly at the touch Of a light
ed match and burns as briskly as any
firework. Thus, "celluloid knife in
ones pocket along with loose match
might very easily result in q combustion
calculated to produce equal public
establishment and private anguish.
"A writer in the Fostnightly Reviess
challenges the attention of the British
farmers to the fact that the wages OF
agricultural labor have risen all over the
continent within ten years to point
quite as high as the rates which the
locked-out farm laborers claim. The rise
OF prices at the foundation of value il
one Of the great economical mysteries Of
the time. Is it due to the continued in
fiation of the supply of gold, or is it not
rather due to the prodigious drafts upor
the labor market to supply the immense
armies that now eat up the substance Of
the earth?
When phosphorus was first used fol
the tips of matches, an English chemist
who is yet living in London, manufac
tured it for the purpose at $2,5OO q
pound! Since then the demand and com.
petition have reduced the price for that
quantity to one dollar, though it was al
one time feared that the demand fol
bones for agricultural purposes would SO
increase the cost and reduce the supply
as to keep the expense of the article
always at a high figure. Phosphorus is
now made from phosphate rocks, OF
which there are deposits sufficient in
South Carolina alone to meet the de.
mands of the world for thousands of cen.
turtles.
The glass tubes used in thermom.
eters come in lengths of about q yard
each, and are broken into the required
pieces by taps with hard steel knife. Each
piece then goes to workman, who heats
one end with blow-pipe and, by means
of hollow india-rubber ball at the other
end, blows the required bulb; while this
bulb is still hot the tube is inverted in
mercury, which, as the bulb cools, partly
fills the tube. Then the tube is with
drawn, an india-rubber tube filed with
mercury is attached to its open end, and
the bulb heated again. By this second
application of heat all air is expelled
from the mercury, and, as the vapor Of
mercury condenses, that in the india
rubber tube takes its place. Then the
open end of the glass tube is Theoretically
sealed, the degrees are ascertained BY
plunging the bulb into melting ice an6
baths of varied heats, and the instrument
is marked and ready for its metallic
frame.
Foreign Gossip.
- The startling declaration is made by
| an English writer that the whole civilized
world, regarded as mass, is living he
You'd its means"
The Train-tearing Society of Vienns
and Frankfort On-the Main each has sew
eral thousand members who are pledged
to omit no opportunity to step on 9
woman's train and ruin the dress to which
it is attached if possible.
The past winter in Iceland is re
ported to have been more severe thar
any since 1922. The west coast has been
invaded by quite unusual numbers Of
polar bears, unwilling visitors, drifted