Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-10-12

heavy gale and rain fall, be lighter than
it has been for 10 years.
Cotton mills are becoming numer-
GUS in India, more particularly in Bonn
bay, and it seems probable that with
improved machinery, cheap labor, and
the saving on freight they will be able
to compete successfully with English
goods.
"A new rope-making material has
been found in the fibrous leaves of q
New Zealand aloe. The long, tough
threads are said to exceed iron wire of
the same thickness in tenacity, and they
are not affected by immersion in salt
water.
of cotton cloth the United States
exported last year 126,000,OO0 yards,
while the amount in 1874 was but 49,
100000. Employers claim that the
earnings of mill-operatives are higher
now than in 1860, in proportion to the
cost of living, and mills are supplying
goods at less cost than in that year.
Although supplies cost more and cotton
the same, greater skill and economy,
with improved machinery, produce these
results.
The New York Herald publishes
olulCihchI ouo"IbS tlsi1 III lOoc tuCiO
were 30, 600 more shoemakers in Massa-
chusetts than there are to-day, although
the products of that branch of industry
in Mas :achusetts exceed by the enor-
nous amount of S11 ,0O0, 900 the pro.
duction of 1855. This extraordinary in
crease of products, with so great n dim
mutton in the number of hands employ
ed, is of course atti ibutable to the in
/ frn1nntinn Of ha ,nct labor
saving machinery, and by which Mas
sachusetts commands to great extent
the markets of the world in the shoe
trade.
Among the great variety of miner
ais found in this country there is one
which is fast becoming an important
article of commerce. The mineral re-
ferred TO is hydrated silicate of mag
nesium known as tale 1t occurs in
foliated masses, has a soapy feeling, is
fbrous but not elastic. Large beds of
this mineral are found in various Sec
tions of the country. 1t is quarried,
broken into small pieces and ground by
means of attrition mills and bolted sim
ilarly to flour. 1t is used in the manu-
facture of writing-papef, 80 per centum
of the mineral with so per ceptum of
cotton making a fine paper. Being,
like asbestos, fireproof, it is used largely
in the manufacture of roofing paper.
One of the cheap and simple devices
lately brought forward is paper egg
cup, which, besides being really in
genious idea, is in fact based upon sound
theory, inasmuch as paper is non con-
ductor of heat. The article is elastic,
SO that one cup will hold securely an
egg of any size, and it is nodded in cor
rugated form, so that there is always
a circulation of air between the egg and
its vessel. The same cups may be
cleaned and used over and over again,
or may be thrown away after using
their cheapness allowing of this latter
disposition. The material may not only
be paper, but muslin, or indeed almost
any fabric, and may also be tinted of
different colors, thus giving the cups a
really ornamental appearance.
Foreign Notes.
The Federal Council of Switzerland
has adopted an ordinance making in
struction in gymnastics obligatory for
all boys i'll the public schools.
Mr.. Schliemann, the explorer of the
ruins of Troy and Mycene, claims to
have discovered the ruins of the ancient
capital of Ulysses's kingdom of Ithaca.
No notable object of art has yet been
excavated.
Two men were lately arrested at
Monaco for attempting to blow up the
gambling saloon at that place. They
had already located a bundle of dyna-
mite under the hell building of famous
Monte Carlo Casino before they were
caught.
A preliminary report shows that
drunkenness is more frequent in the
north than in the south of England, al
though public houses are more numer-
Gus in the south. In the south and
southeast cases of drunkenness reach
the proportion of Is to % per cent. OF
the population, and in the towns A per
} cent. In the north the proportion is ~
per cent, and in the towns lowing to
repeated offenses by the same parties)
J $50 per cent.
The Palace of the Tuileries at
Paris, after its restoration Gt was de-
> stroved by the late Commune) will be
used as a museum, in which the works
OF art of living painters and sculptors
will be placed that are kept now at the
Palace of Luxembourg. They will then
be in the immediate neighborhood of the
Louvre, which palace contains the works
of dead artists.
An elaborate portrait of Queen Vic
toria, as Empress of India, is to be ex.
tensively circulated among the Hindoos,
under Government auspices. The
Queen is portrayed as stately and
handsome lady of about so or 35 years,
much more gorgeously arrayed than
was even Solomon in all his glory. Ill
tempered critics, however, pronounce
, the portrait physiognomal puzzle
and declare that the Imperial linea
ments are utterly unlike those of Queen
Victoria.
"A correspondent of the London
Daily NeWs writes from the Rhodopt
district: ~ have often heard busy men
express desire to find some point or
the face of the earth where they could
for week or two enjoy perfect repose
Let them try Kirkova. There is no por
here, no telegraph, and if you speak +,
, native of this little village about 6
newspaper, he will probably think thai
it is something to eat. But ask for fruit
) and he will overwhelm you with it at {
farthing pound"
"A Florence correspondent of the
Philadelphia Bulletin writes: "Tht
Prince Imperial have often met walk
ing alone or with some friend on th'
Coli. l do not believe that Victor Hugo
is correct when he states that he il
neither sthe son of his father nor tn,
nephew of his uncle His figure is ex
actly like that of Napoleon Ill, will
long waist and short legs. His counte
nance much resembles that of hi
7 mother, which is unfortunate for man
as it does not convey the impression o
strength. The republic may be at rest
i This youth will not disturb it,