The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-11-02
INDUSTRIAL. STATISTICAL
AND TECHNICAL,

AT the Bureau of Vital Statistics OF
the Board of Health a New York
Mercury reporter was informed that
in 1874 there We're in that city 5,747
births, and last year 3,559. Only a
few hundred of these were colOred,
and there was not more than 1,OOC
difference between the sexes, the male
children predominating. In each of
these years but tritle over 4, 900 were
the issue of native born parents. Dur
ing the past nine years there were
169, ,023 births in New York, of which
over 167, 200 were whites and nearly
$1,000 males.
The number of awards thus far
made by the Centennial judges are di-
Vided between America and foreign
countries as follows: Ores and metals
America, 351 medals, foreign eXhib-
itors, 253; manufacturpS-Ame
1,c1o, foreign countries, 1,1O2; ma
chinery and Observation-Disclosures, SO,
Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia,
1872; agriculture, live stock, and mis-
cellaneous products-ATlerica, S64,
foreign exhibitors, 1900; education,
science and music-America, $50, for
eigners, 72S; fine artS-America, 1O5,
foreigners, 463.
THE art of cooking Indian meal has
not received that attention which its
merits deserve A baked Indian pud-
ding, with little Suet to soften and
lubricate the meal, makes a dessert fit
for Governor, and almost too good
for common folks. With milk, butter,
eggs and sugar, and lots of fruit, In
lily in the most thrifty condition.
These are all produced, sugar except
ed, on the farm, and on many farms
we need not make an exception.
When sugar is made from beets in this
country-as it ought to be, and soon
will be-the farmer will be almost in
dependent of the grocer.-I1tter-O Ocean.
For shafts, hickory is commonly
used by American carriage builders,
and answers the purpose admirably.
LanceWOOd, however, from the West
Indies. would, without doubt, be pre-
ferable; but it is difficult to obtain,
and very expensive. 1t is much to be
regretted that not a specimen OF lance
wood in the rough is exhibited at the
Centennial; and although it is used in
connection with several Of the car
riages exhibited, it is so disguised by
paint or varnish as to give, to those
unacquinted with it, little or no idea
of what the timber really is. The val
liable qualities by which lancewood is
distinguished are great stiffness and
elasticity, and remarkable strength.
Some builders claim, however, that
lancewood is not so safe as hickory for
shalt purposes, for the reason that,
when it breaks, it is liable to break off
short. And to obviate this danger,
some foreign builders fasten strips of
whalebone under lanoowond sh"fts by
means OF rOund-headed screws. For
whippletrees, hickory is used almost
universally by American carriage
builders. Hub.
PKoF. BALFOUR STEWART expresses
the opinion that if astronomers have
learned to be independent of totaI
eclipses, as far as the lower portions OF
the solar atmosphere are concerned, il
must be confessed that as yet the up
per portions-the outworks of the SUI
can only be successfully approached
and investigated on these rare occa
sions. Regarding the solar corona
Prof. Stewart remarks that we are IL
possession of definite information
that is, we are now absolutely certain
he thinks, that a large part of this ap
pendage Enthusiastically belongs to ou
luminary, and, in the next place, it il
certain that it consists, in part a
least, of an ignited gas giving pc
culiar spectrum, which as yet it ha
been impossible to identify with tha
of any known element, though tn
temptation is great to associate thi
spectrum with the presence Of some
thing lighter than hydrogen, of tn
nature of which so little is understood
Several new metals have also bee
added to the list of those previousl
detected in the solar atmosphere
among the most important of thes
being the vapors of hydrogen, potass
um, sodium, rubidium, barium, stror
tium, calcium, magnesium, aluminu,n'
iron, copper, zinc, lead, nickel sop"i|
cadmium, manganese, etc.