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, 1877-03-07

gIas,ooHe, or "glass. wool" II is, in TACT,
nothing else but glass drawn SO exceeding
Iy fine that it may be compared to the
fbres of silk, wool or cotton. The pro-
cess b. which it was manufactured is not
we'll known, and is kept secret as much
as possible by the two firms in Bohemia
that provide the market with it. When
seen in a mass, it looks like cotton ; its f.
bres are easier to snap by traction than by
bending, and it has not the appearance Of
a mineral substance. AS it ~resists the &C
ton Of nearly all chemical substances,
it admits Of being employed in the labora-
tories for he d%Itering OF unstable solutions,
and gets clean again after each operation
by merely letting pure water run through.
II an insoluble compound is to be calciued
on the filter on which it was collected, it
will be obtained qs clean, save a small
glass button representing the molten 6bers.
UnalterabIc brushes are also made of the
same material,
, 1877-03-07
BURY ALL MANURE.

During a few years past many of the
prominent writer's on agricultural topics
have advocated the practice of leaving the
manure on the surface Of the ground.
But our own practice has ever been to
cover all sorts of manure lightly with a
thin layer of soil. On this subject George
B.. Loring writes Put your fertilizer iuto
the soil at such depth that it will feel the
influences of the atmosphere and not feel
the effects of evaporation. Now you may
ask what 1 mean by that. I mean to say
that he who puts the manure entirely On
the surface makes a mistake. l cannot
use my manure economically as top dress
ing to grass land. I do not hesitate for a
moment to say that for a fact, and think it
is the most extravagant use in the world
of manures that are fitted to f%ertilize land.
I would put ashes on the surface. it is true.
But those fertilizers which would most
efectually stimulate the land | would
not use as a top dressing to grass land
I would apply my manure for growing the
grass into the soil in such a way that it
would be thoroughly intermingled with
the surface Of the soil itself, and SO inter.
, 1877-03-07
SHELLS ASCENDING INTO
VEGETABLES.
From he TSmes.)

The curious discovery, says the Scientific
AMERICAN, is an uounced by Professor P. B.
Wilson, of Washington University. Baltimore.
that m%inutely pulverized silica is taken up in =
free state BY plants from the soil. and that suOh
silica is assimilated without chymical or other
change. The experiment consisting 10 f%ertiliz'
ing a field of wheat with the infusorial earth
found near Richmond, Virginia. This earth, it
10 well known, consists of shells of microscopic
marine insects. known as diatoms, which. under
strong maguifying powers, reveal many beauti-
full forms that have been resolved, classified,
aud named. After the wheat was grown
Professor Wilson treated the straw with
nitric acid subjected tue remains to m~icrosco-
pie test, aud found therein the same kinds
Of shells or diatoms that are present in the
Richmond earth, except that the larger-sized
shells were absent, showing that onl y silica par
iisles below a certain degree of fneness can
ascend the sap pores of the plant. This Disco
very opens up a new line Of research in agricul'
tural investigation, from which important results
vnd much additional knowledge may accrus.-
, 1877-03-07
CONCENFRATING TRADE AT
NEW YORK.
From tAe n. 7. Eerald)

If it be true that "eternal vigilance is
tbs price Of liberty " it is equally SO that
constant effort is that OF commercial
prosperity. Those who suppose that New
York offers the greatest attractions for
trade, and that by q law Of grayitation
peculiar to itself it naturally flows toward
orr port, must not forget that extraordinary
efforts are beiag made elsewhere to draw
to other lines. The active
operations in progress for The construction
OF a new WelIand Canal may we'll cause
our merchants some anxiety AS to the
effect on the trade of New York. 1t
is proposed to build such a nayigable
massage between lakes Erie and Ontario
and through Canadian territory that grain
vessels can load at Chicago and unload at
Liverpool without any transshipment or
disturbance of their cargoes. When this
is made possible, as it is very likely to
be within two or three years, the pro-
liability is that a large amount Of grain
and lumber from the West will fad its
way to Europe through the st. Lawrence
River instead of through American ports.
1t is necessary, therefore, to offset the
enterprise Of the Canadians by the vigorous
exhibition Of the same qualities on the
part of our own merchants and legislators.
The canals which connect the great
lakes with the Hudson River and New
York should be quickly adapted to the
growing necessities Of our trade. They
should be widened and deepened along their
entire length so as to afford ample room
for the passage Of vessels carrying large
cargoes. Although this will entail a con-
siderable outlay, still the returns will
come one hundred fold in the increased
foliage paid by a constantly growing trade
and in the impetus given to o highly i'm
portant industry. New York city pays a
large proportion of the State taxes, and
would bear her W share of the cost of an
improvement which would render her still
more prosperous. Considerations of econ
m should not be permitted in this case
to delay for a moment a work that is vital
ly necessary to the greatness and prosper.
ity of the metropolis. Unless we concen-
trate trade 10 New York by increasing the
facilities for transportation and expectation
we cannot hope to maintain our suprema-
cv over our ~enterprising rivals.
, 1877-03-07

The Prime Ministers of England and
France are both Jews, Benjamin Risraeli
and Jules Simon.
The London Publishers Circular gives
the total number Ct new books published
in Great Britain in 1876 at ASS, against
1854 in 1875.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his " Auto.
crat of the Breakfast Table," lays down
the theory chat memory, imagination,
old sentiments and associations are more
readily reached through the sense of smell
than by any other channel"
The 4OOth anniversary Of the introduce
ton of printing into England by Caxton
will be celebrated by an exhibition at
Stationers' Hall, London, under the pa
tronage Of Earls Spencer, Russell, Aber-
deem, SC, who will loan for the occasion
mauy precious and rare specimens of typo
grOphy.
One sentence in Evarts' argument on
the Florida vote contained 36I words.
Ole Bull is to have a grand musical
festival in his honor, given by the people
of Madison, Wis. After he has been bor-
ed by their small music he will be expect
ed to fiddle for the benefit Of the whole
crowd.
, 1877-03-07

mingled that it will be enabled to preserve
for itself just that moisture which the soil
preserves for itself. Manure should not be
put so deep as to deprive it Of the heat OF
the atmosphere, nor put IN so shallow a
manner as to be subject to the usual eva
porations created by the sun and the wind.
II should DO PUT into the soil in such
place that the soil will control it, and put
where the heat of the atmosphere and the
rains will reach it. Now you can put that
on in various ways.
For the seeding down Of grass lands and
grain lands, therefore, l would apply a
harrow and harrow in the manure. For
corn land I would apply the manure the
day before l planted my corn say the
last of May plough it in the manure and
turn the sod over on to it. I would say
that the reason for this is that, il you put
a little fertilizer into the hill, when the
hot corn weather comes and the corn roots
are ia search of their food, they will be
seeking in tle burrows for the heated and
decomposed material that lice there. That
is the secret Of the assertion that corn will
grow better upon sod lands newly plough
ed with the manure ploughed IN than al
most any other way. It is because the
manure held there, aud not disturbed by at.
mospheric influences will be heated and will
begin to decompose Just where the corn
most wants it. That is the way I should
apply it to a corn crop and to the greaS
root croops that we raise. ! should apply
it in precisely the way | have suggested
to prepare for the growing Of grass and
OF corn, because I am assured from my
W experience that the application Of
manure broadcast and narrowed into
ploughed land, together with q little
artificial fertilizer in the hill ITSELF, will
raise the bes: crop Of corn and potatoes,
and the best general crop that the
farmer is engaged in raising. l think the
law l have laid down with regard to the
application of manure is good one, aud
if the farmer will observe it be can escape
all discussion about how to plow it. The
answer is, "put the manure where the
heat Of thu atmosphere and the moisture
can soonest reach it and create the
decomposition Of it into that state in
which the plant needs to have 1t before it
can take hold of it. That is o general
law which every farmer can understand.
, 1877-03-07
GLAs s~W L.

A new sort of filter is now being used
in the laboratories of Austria with great
success. The material used 10 called
, 1877-03-07
S c A S.

The Prime Ministers of England and
France are both Jews, Benjamin nisraeli
and Jules Simon.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-03-22
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1877, TIE 1877.
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ST. NICHOLAS for 1877,
Which opens with November 1876. begins a short
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TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
Continued from last week
ARTICLE TX.
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FEES AND COMPENSATION OF or
FICERs.
Section. /. The following town
officers shall be entitled to compensa-
ton at the following rates for each
day necessarily devoted by them to
the service of the town in the duties
of their respective offices, to-wit: the
town clerk supervisor. and town as
SCISSOR shall receive for their services
Sl.50 per day when attending TO
town business; provided, that the
town clerk shall receive fees for the
following, and not per diem For
serving notices of the election as re-
quired by law, twenty-five cents each /;
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laws for posting or publication, five
cents foreach one hundred words.
Sec. 2. The officers composing the
board OF appointment. In case Of va
cancy, when they shall meet for that
purpose, and the officers composing
the board of health, and the officers
composing the board oftOwn auditors.
shall be entitled to one dollar per day
each for their services while actually
engaged I'm their duties as members
ofsuch board.
Sec. 3. No justice of the peace, or
town officer, shall be entitled to any
fee or compensation from any individ-
ual elected or chosen to town office
for notwithstanding to him the oath
Of Office.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-03-22
ARTICLE Y.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Section. /. Whenever any contro-
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between any towns Of this state or
between any town and individual or
corporation. proceedings may be had
and suits brought, either OF law or In
equity, for the purpose of trying and
finally settling such controversies
In all such suits and proceedings. the
d town shall sue and be sued by its cor
porate name except when town officers
shall be authorized by law to sue In
their name of office for the benefit of
the town.
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against the town by name, the first
process and all other suits or proceed
ings required to be served shall be
served OH the supervisor of the town.
And whenever any suit or proceeding
shall be commenced against town,
Il shall be the duty of the supervisor
to attend to the defense thereof, and
lay before the electors of the town, at
the first town meeting, a full state
ment OF such suit or proceeding for
their consideration and direction.
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against town, or against town officers
in action as prosecuted by or against
them in their name of Office, shall not
be collected by execution. but shall
be a town charge, and when levied
and collected, shall be paid to the per-
son or persons to whom the same shall
have been adjudged.
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