The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-21

India sends some rude specimens u souip
ture, stonebuiI from Nanui cdINeu
model of Buman Chuttree Nisnu IiuinS on
Garuda from Madras; ornaments, .lies II ON ll
Hyderadad. And from some en.il luI a.
Madras comes a brass spoon. DeS0a eehus
muslin. Seind, Madras and Fefanan Gdsh-
mere and wooden carpets. CASHMERE long
and square shawls, net shawls, chtuudhS'
scarfs, and burnouse; raw SILK iroiu our q nan
and BENGAL; silk thread from Assam moss
silk from UrInritsor; pun-yab anu 9 ieie
piece silk from Benares; gamuoSe from
Bombay; indigo from South Arcot ana Ma
dras; gambler from Malacca; copper anu
brass articles from Calcutta. bengal, Nepal
and other cities; Phulgst mat rom IrdVah
core; Amulet case from Thibet; laA from
Punyab; glue from Cawnpore; arrow root
tapioco, and sage, from Madras; Gomez tom
Alden tea from Assam; seeds, e0rlahder anu
others, from central provinces nave writ
ten incidentally of the exhibits oil the East
Indies, but the collection is so varied ana at
tractive, as 10 pear al enlargement UL lIieii
specl2ltles. The East Indies IS coiiectINe
name, and applies to Hindostan, Farther In
dia, and the Malay Archipelago. BritiSh IN
dia Is between s., s. and 80 n L. ana longi-
tude 6o0, 81 and 97 f. 1t stretches IN width
through y degrees of latitude, l9,OO long,
100 wide.
MISCELLANY.
One hundred and fifty members OF the
New York Schutzen corps visited the exhi-
bition last week. Total admission to 10Th
ult., ,555, 364 The commission has changed
the date for beginning the bench-show OF
/ dogs, from September lst to 4th. from thence
| to the oth. Iwenty-seven moving machines
| contested for the championship OF the world;
/ they made their fight on forty acres OF
ground. Each machine cut about half
/ acre of grass. The statue of Commodore
Barry for the 7. C. A. Fountain has reached
| New York. This with the Others will not be
I = no - Np
/ fourth was immense. South OF machinery
hall is building containing an interesting
exhibit. 1t is called the Nevada quartz mill,
and was established with part oftEe $4,000
appropriated by Nevada towards her centen-
NAL display. The remainder of the money
was devoted TO the state building. In this
quartz mill is performed the entire process
of extracting gold and silver frcm quartz.
The rock is finely pulverized in a pounding
machine from which the powder runs inton
tank of water and settles to the bottom. The
water is then allowed TO run of, and the sed
iment is put into a cylindrical vessel, calico
an matchmaking pan or grinder here more
water is put on, and also mercury, IN the pro
portion of one hundred and seveHty-hve
pounds to two tons of mixture. The mercury
begins to collect the gold and silver as soor
as the grinder gives the mixture a circular
motion. While grinding, the mixture is also
kept heated to the boiling point, the better
I TO infnse the mercury. The latter Is then al
lowed to run into another cylindrical vessel
called settler where il is stirred and cooled
the compouud Of mercury, gold and silver
meanwhile settling at the bottom The me
taIIic compound flows out at the bottom
through an inverted siphOU, from the wild
ened mouth of which 1t is dipped and put IL
filter Through the latter nearly all tbs
| quicksilver escapes and is collected, and tbs
amalgam of gold, silver and mercury is lef
behind ready for the mint. All the machiu
| erv is operated by steam. The quartz came
from the Consolidated Virginia mine in Ne
vada Much OF the silver obtained from j
/ is converted into Nevada centennial medals
in the Mint.
camp. discipline rigid fiue-looking set, sol
dieriv and orderly. Kin kang, China, ex
hibits some beautiful vases and flower pots
Canton, dinner service; Chefoo, plain woveT
silks. raw silks; NinCpo, old bronzes, vases
etc. sea shells. The imperial maritime Gus
toms wood oils cuSpidores, laqUer, rattau
and bamboo ware, and f.h, fish glue, Sc;
blubber, sea weed honey wax dried fruit, su
gar. tallow, glue, wines, oil, leguminOui
plants, tobacco, cereals, ginger, moss, fun
gus, nuts aud seeds, hair cotton. The Ar
geutine Republic sends domestic calf skin.
for the cure of rheumatism, and COW tripe'
for export; also lizard leather for CATERS
maudioca starch for making chipa bread
aud a great variety of skins, sea wolf, fox
weasel, buck. otter, ferret, coat, wild boar
otter lion, chinchilla, tiger, ostrich, swan
rabbit and llama. Savanna, Georgia yellow
pine timber. Wagons are from Wisconsin
Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, embracing ice wag
ons lumber, farm, spring, freight and piano
truck wagon. Fourth of July in our next.
j. B.