The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-11

footing rs to studies.
Science and Industry.
The Atlanta cotton merchants nre
dict receipt in that city this season 0
l25,OOO bales of cotton.
-Atagreat shoe manufactory in LYNN
Mass, recently, pair Of kid side-lacet
woman's boots was made from thu
stock in just eleven minutes, in sight O
visitors.
The soil Of the United States Il thu
best in the world, yet in many European
countries the annual yield per acre on
all land under cultivation is greatly on
the increase from year to year.
As soon as a tree is cut down, IL in.
tended for mechanical purposes. il
should be stripped Of its bark. raised
from he ground, the sap wood taken
on, and the timber reduced 10 its re-
quired dimensions.
Ostrich farming in South Africa i
lucrative. The feathers are sometimes
clipped and sometimes plucked. A
strong bird can be relieved Of feathers
three times in fourteen months. The
feathers from the male bird are the
handsomest. The bird is easily tanned.
Mr.. w. 4. Prentice, bee man in
Erie County, Ohio, has $50 hives Of bees
and has already taken 1000 pounds Of
white clover honey from them. and the
buckwheat honey is yet to be takep.
The season has been favorable for the
bees. as well As for the farmers who de-
pend upon grain crops.
The English propose to have a
great agriculture fair in 1879, at an ex-
pense Of $250,OO0. II is said that 40.
riculture is declining in Great Britain.
The number Of cattle, the wheat acre
age, and other crops are decreasing.
and very nearly one-half Of the popula-
ton Of the United Kingdom is now de-
pendent for sustenance on imported
food. The people hope that an exhibit
ton as proposed will help to revive
dropping business.
The Chamber Of Commerce OF
Foochow, having called the attention Of
he foreign Consuls to the contemplated
mixture Of dried and prepared willow
caves with tea leaves, the Governor of
Foochow has issued proclamation
threatening delinquenfs with severe |
Those mt the head Of the |
'cheme. he says, are numerous, and any \
person who proves the guilt of one OF |
hem will receive 100 piastres. LET
VI, he adds, "tremble and obey"
Several months ago, the discovery
4 Prof Barff, of England, that iron
ould be protected from rust by being
covered with an oxide formed by means
4 superheafed steam, excited great at-
ention: a simpler process has been in
ented BY Mr.. g. Bower. He places the
rticles 10 be coated in chamber of
re- clay provided with two pipes, one
Or the admission and the other for the
scape OF air. Both pipes having been
losed, the heat IL raised to a temper
ture OF about 200 degrees Fahren-
eit. AT the end Of each hour the pipes
70 opened. so that atmospheric air
lay be forced into the chamber bv the
ne, and the deoxidized air driver, out
trough the other. This is continued
ntil sufficient film Of magnetic oxide
formed on the articles. The coating ,
= beautiful light gray or neutral tint, I
~iOoec ~ appearance, and IL per-
city protects iron from rust. Under I
circumstances, the invention is de-
ded TO be invaluable.
Haps and Mtsbnps.
A druggists clerk at jackson.
ich-, tlled prescription calling for
'regoric with laudanum, causing the Z
'ath Of the patient, little girl. a
Mrs. Samuel Salmore, wife OF a 9
" locus farmer near Clinton, XIV.
ed from an overdose Of chloroform. r
ministered BY dentist. a
Joseph Nelly, Of Patoka. Ind. an
nployec Of the Evansville and Terre d
Aute Railroad, was killed BY the rope Y
q pile. breaking, letting the 4
ock fall on him and crushing his head.
AT Ripley, Tenn, few days ago, a |.
rear old colored child swallowed {
zee Of glass, which lodged In his I
roat or windpipe and killed him be- Il
re medical aid could be procured. |,
Robert Clarke, brickmaker Of
Va, got on tear in cele- !.
alton or the compilation Of n amman 4,