Connecticut western news., 1876-09-01

CT, patent flower stand, dress charts, dust receiver, baby's exercising corset, freproof house of voluminous material, mangling, washing and drying machine, broiler, invalid's chair, smoothing meat tenderer, models for teaching children object drawing, window shutter and fastener, trunk hinge, lunch heater, travelling bag, postage stamp moistener, bureau trunk, bedstead, bureau and safe, sewing machine attachments, and many other articles whose enumeration would occupy too much space for letter.
 BRAZILIAN BUTTERFLIES.
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sends collec- tion of butterflies. The class insect, order Lepidopterus, Family Nosturnas, Section Bombycianous, Genus Attaces, Subgenus Saturnia, Species Aurota. This butterfly abounds in Brazil. It silk, each cocoon weighing two and one half drachms and producing thirty grains of fine silk. The fiber is of yell Jewish color; it is strong, elastic and long; single thread sustains weight of four drachms, and cord of twenty four threads resists the weight of three fourths of pound. The great advan- tage in the cultivation of this Lepidop- terus consists, that the butterfly in closed in the cocoon can be preserved and utilized without breaking the fiber.
 CLASSIFICATION.
 In previous letter I mentioned how articles are classified. It may be useful for reference to continue the explana- tion for the benefit of students and scientific readers, who may wish to know the standard of articles required for exhibition. With class no begins metallurgical products-110 precious metals, Ill iron and steel in the pig, ingot, and bar, plates and sheets, with specimens of slags, fuxes, residues and products of working, 112 copper in in gots, bars, and rolled with specimens, illustrating it's various stages of pro- duction-class 113 lead, zinc, antimony, and other metals, the result of extrac- tive processes. IA alloys used as ma terials, brass, nickel, silver, solder, etc.
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
 Pittsburgh, Pa., sends diamond cir cular stone saving machine, which cuts ill ordinary sandstone one hundred and fifty square feet per hour, counting both sides of the cut, leaving the stone per fectly in line, finished ready for the builder, doing more than can be accom- plished by one hundred men in the same space of time.
 Philadelphia has an impact brick ma chine, which makes a brick with Q blow.
 An important scientific exhibit from Philadelphia is coal and ore separator. This machine separates all solid sub stances that differ in specific gravity, and from the smallest particles to four inches in size.
 From Peru, Illinois, is we'll boring and prospecting machine with which man and horse can bore twenty feet per hour.
 Philadelphia has chromotype cylin- der printing press that prints five colors at once. Philadelphia also exhibits 8 paper collar machine, which cuts, stamps, buttonholes, and finishes 30, 900 collars day.
 Lawrence, Massachusetts, exhibits portable steam engines sized to 100 horse power, automatic variable cut off giving uniform speed. These engines re. quire only twenty to thirty pounds of feed water, and three to three aL d one- quarter pounds of coal per hour.
 Those studying dogology or canism will be pleased to know that at least 150 settlers will compete for one prize alone at the dog show; all entries are free of charge.
 The Scottish team has been selected, the rifemen from Australia are er yonte, the Irish and American rife teams are practicing, the Canadian team has not been made up, but will participate in the competitive international rife strug- gle on the twelfth and thirteenth of Sep tember.
 The beautiful frames and bands with ornaments inlaid on massive ground and gilt with burnished washing gold are the invention of Alois Scheidt: the merit of the invention consists in the ornaments not falling off because they are preserved massive.
 Austria exhibits some very delicately wrought lace covers for parasols.
 The most elegantly cut opals are from Dubnik near Eperies in Hungary. This place is famous for it's work in opal cut ting. From Prague, Bohemia, are gar net articles in handsome setting.
 N1euua SeuuS very me cOlleCGlOn, as regards taste in formation and variety of design, in mother of pearl buttons.
 Vienna competes with France in her display of calfskins, which are worth delivered at an Austrian seaport, French calfskins, made in Austria, per dozen, 55G forins, or $247, rating the forin at forty-fve cents gold. White skins, $247; brown, $247; patent, $250. There must be fine margin somewhere, iudg- ing from the prices obtained in the United States.
 The Eisteddfod, which was announced to be held by the Welsh people, has been indefinitely postponed, it's master spirit, Rev. R, R. Williams, having been appointed chaplain of the Ohio peniten- tiary.
 Norway exhibits the national vehicle (Kario's). Norwegian for carriage. Our carryall is a corruption of this. The Norwegian kariol is far behind the Eng fish, or American, carriage, yet I have no doubt it is better adapted to Norway than would be the more elegant convey of ho H.