The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-08-28

ftoys, most OF which class were ior
merly imported from England o
Germany. Wood is much cheape
10 America than 10 Europe. an
machines work faster than hands
Very few mechanical TOYS are nov
imported, and only the dner FrencI
ard Austrian work for showpieces IN
windows. American ingenuity ha
also multiplied the varieties of me
chanical TOYS, and the American
manufacturers of tie clock mechan
ism have nlet all overtures for th'
purchase Of the detached works b,
European dealers by demandinl
prices which are practically prohibi
tory. In May last q firm of Germai
brewers sent a cask Of American lage
beer to Count Bismarck end in due tim
received O letter from him through
the German Consul thanking them
Since the reception OF the letter th'
firm have received several orders
from German houses for samples o
lager beer, and the head Of tie con
eern has sailed fer Europe to make
arrangements for it's regular export
The Englishman has long baC
American turkeys regularly at Christ
mas, and be likes them. In January
last q famous English house sent az
agent to this country with orders tC
ship regularly every week so barrel;
of the finest quail, prairie hens,
grouse, woodcock, wild turkeys
eanvas.back ducks, and other Ameri-
can game that be could procure
The enterprise has proved a great
success. Buffalo and antelope meat,
venison and salmon are also among
the innumerable articles Of food sent
from this country, not only to
England, but to nearly every
other civilized nation.
1t would be objectionable to close
this paragraph, complete as il neccs'
sarially is, without the mention OF
the fact that q Boston company is
turning out 5000 cans, equal to a.
goo pounds, of baked beans and cod
6sh-balls daily ,aad that It finds a large
demand for both specislties in EGG
land, France, West-Indies ard South
America.
Room is lacking to pursue the sub
ject to the extent il deserves, but
there are numerous other points 10
the American export trade that must
be both novel aud curious to the gen.
eIal reader. Take the item Of cof-
fins, for instance. CoGias aud cas-
kets in the latest styles have long
been among the regular articles Of
shipment abroad, and they command
a large sale among the subjects OF
the eiete monsrchs. \ warehouse
containing 2,0G0 Of American make
was recently opened 10 london.
Think Of exporting hoop skirts at
this late date. Twenty-Five dollars
worth went abroad last year. Ber-
lin has sent 8 large order for corsets
to Worcester, Massachusetts, and
another for American silk to Rock
vile, Connecticut. VIII any one
question the good taste of German
ladies after that? Essex, Massachu.
sets, exports steel pens to England.
An American firm have made g COM
plete outfit Of locks for the new In
perial Post Office in Bremen, where
the American system of loek-boxes
has been introduced. Two eargoes
Of American coal were recently sent
to Italy, and were sold readily at
81 y per ton, which covers cost and
frieghtage and leaves q fair margin
of profit. Heretofore, over 100000
tons of English coax per annum, al
Sll So per ton have been used in the
Mediterranean basin. A staple ar
teal of export to South America and
the West IDdies is patent water clos
cts. Another is American confec-
tionery. Pea-nut-oil from North
Carolina, sells well in Italy, and cot
~ton-seed-oil has almost taken the
place of oliye-oil throughout Europe.
The export of this latter commodity
jumped from 2SI, 600 gallons in 1876,
to l,750,00 gallons in 1877. Amer
lean jewelry goes everywhere, and
American watches have nearly if not
quite driven Swiss and English made
watches out of their own markets.
The British Government purchased
200 stem-winders in December for
the use'of conductors and engineers
on one of the State railroads in In
die, and in January an agent of the
Rotterdam Watch Company, Of
England, visited this country and or
dered a number of sets of the tools
and machinery used here. A New
ark, New Jersey, sash and blind
manufacturer filed a large order for
shipment to Turkey in June. a
Troy bell founder has recently fitted
oct churches in Constantinople and
Bangkok. American manufacturers
are hard at work building locomo-
tive for Russia and South America.
Our carriages, street cars, and vehi-
cles of all sorts are being sent in all
directions. Our petroleum lights the
world. Statuary and paintings are
regularly exported from this country
TO Europe. Think of it, Among
other important items of export are
books, scientific instruments, wines,
pianos, carpets, furniture, toilet soaps,
fine and coarse boots and shoes,
glassware, scales, stoves, leather,
writing inks, states, marbles, pins,
and tools and machinery Of all kinds.
And the best of it is these things sell
on their merits, and not on ac-
count of their cheapness. Bat the
list is unendiug. Those who are Gu
rious in the matter are invited to
up The statistics where the
writer leaves Of.
Arsenic EafIug.