Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-05-21
Splrit of 5efttrsort.
Charlestown, Jefferson County, west Va.
TUESDAY HoRN1NG.rMAY 81. 1878.
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

According to paper published in Bath,
Me-, forty trades are concerned in building
q ship.
shows on the road. This year there are but
thirteen.
The weight of the earth, some one says, is
1856, 900, 900, ,0O0, 900 tons-A few cyphers,
moro or less, makes no difference.
"A well>to>do farmer in Ulster county,
N. Y, who wanted a wife. took q woman on
trial for a week to ascertain her housekeep-
ing qualities. She suited, and he married
her.
= In the province of Nassau, Prussia, the
common nettle has been treated like hemp,
and found to yield fibre as fine as silk, and
quite as durable as hemp. A new industry
is the result.
John N. Dixon, of Adams county,
Iowa, is having one hundred lanterns of Pc
culiar construction made to hang in his
orchard during the time of bloom, to catch
the moths and insects.
An eccentric pedler, named Peter Fig
gaus, died recently at Dundaylor, Scotland,
at the extraordinary age of 107 years. He
was never known to wear a coat and cons
tinued to vend his wares until 4 few days
De10re lis ueatD.
- Mr.. B. Coen, of Owen county, Ind,
recently deceased, in the seventy-third year
of his age, had been married forty five years,
had raised family of nine children, and
had paid in all that time one dollar and q
half for medical attendance.
John Wise, the eronaut, is in ST. Louis,
where he will make several balloon trips
In one the balloon is to be exploded, in
another the professor will 60 up on horse>
back, aud in the third there will be horse
and carriage, with seats for family.
- Near Providence, r. l., bed of soap
stone has been discovered, from which
Indians long ago fashioned rude dishes
Many Of the finished and unfinished articles
we're lying under a mound, together with
harder stone axes for hewing them out.
A Savannah man pursued his clipping
daughter, and found her in a hotel with her
new husband. She was of age, and there
| fore he could not force her to return home !;
but he was the lawful owner of her clothing,
and he compelled her TO go to her room and
take off every shred of it. Then he went
back to Savannah with large bundle under
| his arm, aud the women in the hotel con>
tr buted something for the bride to wear.
- The most complete war volcano on a
small scale Is Arupps louDoEy at Essen,
which turns out in every twenty-four hours
about twelve miles Of rails, with tires, wheels,
axles and springs in proportion, as well as
1900 shells of various sizes and construc>
ton. IL one month GOO cannon are pro-
duced, and since 1917, $4,000 have been
made. The establishment daily consumes
l 800 tons of coke and coal, has seventy
seven steam hammers, s 500 workmen in the
cast>steel department, and altogether 16, 200
toiling men, women and children.
In India elephants are extensively used
in building public works. Their great
strength and intelligence make them v.lua.
BILE assistants to bridge builders and stone
masons. Some are used for moving large
stones and timber into proper position Others
are employed as masons-"mason" elephants
is their technical name. These place large
stones on a wall, and move them with their
trunks until they are on q level. Few sights
are more interesting to a traveller than to see
several elephants at work on q bridge
Some are bringing timber and stone to the
workmen, while others are laying them in
their places, and all working as they were
trained bridge>bulders or stonemasons.