The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-30
INDUSTRIAL JoTTlNGs.
American UndcriaIers ~ tho Knalish
MHrhHt,

American UndertAlSers ~ the Huglish
Mhrhot,
Americans ARE exporting coiilna IN
London and putting them In the mar
Ret no prices little more than hnli Of
thoee charged by her maJealy'a native
underlakeTs, The yankees began ly
sending waHhlhg nAohlnee, eWie
parers aud egg henterp; then HEY shin.
ped window sashes, d0Urs, pantnll ana
walnscoh; within q year they have
been exporting ready made furniture
OF all kinda, Tom the commOnest
kitchen chair 10 lhe most elegant dra1.
| ingrOom table, ani now they are fol.
lowing tho bless llrltOu even % hla
grave, and packing him underground
In brand new American eOillns with
patented handles, and reversible lids,
vastly superior 10 the English nude
article, and with prices to suite the
| times.
Ruesian Progress IA Cotton Spinning.
Russian cotton.spinners will obtain,
In time, u very important petition Va
the manufacturing world, More than
100000 pounds of cotton now come
yearly TO Russia from Central Asia,
chiefly by tho Orcnburg railway 10
MIN Noygorod and Moscow, FROM
B0khara and khlva. Large qua Titles
also begin TO come from Turian, aud
OF Il quality quite cqIal 10 ANY short
cotton of the United States Twenty
years ago the arrival In Russia Of u
caravan from Asla was regarded aa AN
extraordinary event.
ph. Aanasnw s.,A ~ Hf.,..n l.....
The heaviest peace of ordnance ever
cast on this side OF the Atlantic, has
just been completed for the governs
ment by the South Boston hon com.
pany. IL has taken eight m0Atha Ia
the casting, IL twenty.fonr feet long,
tifty.six Inches In diameter ut the
breech, and OF twelve inch rifle borp.
Ii IL constructed on combination of
the Rodman and Pallser principles, u
casting Of cast-irou being fitted with
an inner tube Of bar iron ooiled spi.
rally, and welded. H. IL intended TO
throw projectile weighing sevcnhun.
bred and iilly pounds, with a 40 pound
charge of powder, seven miles, "a n low
elevation, and with force enough To
penetrate AZ a mile and half u fifteen
mon aTnpT plate'
A Field for American EntHrpEisp.
In n recently published work, enIi.
tied "The Insurance Cyclopedia0 COM
piled by an Englishmnn, there ire
some curious things set forth which
open up an unlimited fold for tho ex.
ercise Of American enterprise. II ap.
pears that in France, people insure
against floods and frOsts Ia Holland,
merchants insure against tue poAeii 10
bankruptcy OF their customers and
against trickery in the stock market.
The Chinese insure against law suits.
1t IL shown that the Romans were the
first to go into the life insurance bust.
ness, and the basis OF their operations
is still known.
Am Engineering Eent that WiII Give
Africa an Inland Sen.
The project of converting Il part Of
the great desert In Africa into hlll>
way for commerce by re@opening IA
channel which once connected 1t With
the Atlantic ocean, is stlll being advo.
Gated In England. The great plain or
hollow In the desert is said to be about
500 miles long and about 100 miles
wide with depression Of some go
feet below the sea level, by letting
In the sea, vessels would be able to
penetrate into the heart Of Africa,
whose rich and varied products would
thus he brought within easy reach OF
the civilized world.