Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-17
IND USTRIAL, STATISTICAL
AND TECHNICAL.

Dow PEDhr o left orders for $4,000,
600 worth of A merican machinery.
THE annual ma. nufacture of agricul
| tural implements III the United State
amounts to So, 900, O06.
TWELVE tons of curran> $ nave peel
received by New York fri 1t dealer
the yield of one Jersey farm.
ASIA, the country of the Orient, GU
| afford to lose a few people by war.
She has a population Of 100, 100000.
COLORADO produces $15, 900 in sill
yer, $4,000 in gold and s., 900 in other
metals every twenty-four hours, or
50, 400, 900 yearly.
THE famous city of Sebastopol does
not now contain more than 1900 inhab-
itants, who vegetate in the midst Of
crumbled walls, living by a wretched
commerce, which hardly brings them
in bread.
PROF. HENRY says il the earth We're
exposed in space without an envelope
of atmosphere and without receiving
any radiation of heat, it would sink
to 500 degrees below freezing, and no
vegetation or life could exist upon it.
WATERMELON sirup is now made
in Georgia. 1t is said to be of every
clear claret color, and while it is not
equal to that made from our sugar
cane, it is far superior to our sorghum
that was brought into use in this cOun-
try during the war;
A PITTSBURGH inventor is reported
to have made remarkable discovery
in the tempering of glass by which it
is rendered as tough as india-rubber.
Using one of his patent chimneys as a
hammer he drives tenpenny nails into
a two and half inch plank without
making flaw in the glass.
THE total male population of Turkey
excluding the vassal States, as also the
islands, but including the district of
Constantinople, is, according to the
official almanacs, 4,976, 900, or, in
round numbers, about 100000. AS
Stunning that the sexes are as nearly
equal as in other countries, the pOpu-
latiOn would thus somewhat exceed
10000, 900.
THE late Sultan of Turkey had twen-
ty-One palaces in which 400 porters
and watchmen were employed, at an
annual cost Of $71, 800. The Sultan's
cuisine was particularly expensive.
The fuel alone cost 1888, 900 a year,
and $50, 900 worth of sugar was used
annually, while 10000 sheep and goats
were consumed. In the kitchen $50
servants We're employed and in the
whole establishment a total of G.5O5
servants and parasites were fed. In
the imperial treasure chamber We're
many costly jewels from which neck
laces and bracelets We're made for the
fayOrites Of Abdul Aziz.
THE industrial value of sandal-wOod
appears to have largely increased dur
ing the last few years, this being par
ticularly the case in the manufacture
of fans from the wood, on account of
its peculiar OdOr. The heart wood is
hard and heavy. The best parts are
used for carving boxes, album covers,
desks and other useful and ornamental
articles. The roots, which are the
richest in oil, and the chips, go to the
still; and, either in powder, or rubbed
up into a paste, the wood is employed
by all Brahmins in the pigments used
in their distinguishing caste marks. |
The oil forms the basis of many scents. |
and is sometimes used for impregnat-
ing with its odor articles which are
carved from common wood, but passed
off as true sandal