Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-07
Miscellaneous.

The archaeological treasures found
i'm tomb in the rock in Attica, have
arrived in Athens. They consist of
ornaments in gold. silver, ivory and a
substance resembling glass. They are
of the same epoch as those discovered
ut Mycen9, but finer.
A correspondent of an English paper
says that the largest and best manufac-
lures of oleemargarine in France are
Basselot, of Rennes, and Basselot
Freres, of Aigentan. These gentlemen
are justly proud of their production.
The neatness and cleanliness of the
mandatory give it all the appearance
Of Il weIl-managed dairy. Every night
everything, including floors, is washed
firstly by steam, and then by cold
water.
A London dairyman reports that he
keeps forty-eight cows, on 81 pounds
of hay and straw per day, and one ton
anda half of mangel roots to the whole
forty-eight COWS every day, or at the
rate of seventy pounds per head. lie
estimates that the mangel contains S7i
Per cent of dry food, which makes the
seventy pounds of mangels equal to Sc
pounds of dry food from the mangies.
This is in dairy where everything is
purchased. and there is no waste.
The palmetto has been considered
one OF the most worthless trees of
Florida. A gentleman from Volusia
now comes forward with display of
brushes, mattings. and ropes made
from the inner bark, and contemplates
the building of a mandatory at Vo-
!usia. The wild orange, also, has al
ways been regarded as worthless fruit
and millions have rotted every year.
An enterprising Yankee has engaged
in manufacturing from them essences,
syrups, and marmalades. He has met
with considerable success.
1t is noted as curious fact by Sir
Samuel Baker that negro has never
been known to tame an elephant or any
wild animal. The elephants employed
by the ancient Carthaginians and Ro-
mans were trained by Arabs or Cartha-
ginians, never by negroes. A person
might travel all over Africa, and never
see wild animal trained and petted.
1t had often struck Sir Samuel as very
distressing that the little children never
had pet animal; and though he had
often offered rewards for young ele-
plants, he had never succeeded in get
ting one alive.
The usual method Ofpreserving but
ter on the continent of Europe, so as to
render it capable of being kept for any
length of time in fresh condition,
that is, as pure solid oil, is to boil it
in pan until the water is removed,
which is marked by the cessation of vi
olent ebulition. BY allowing the liquid
oil to stand short time the curd SUBJ
sides, and the oil may then be poured
off, or it may be strained through calico
or muslin into bottle and corked up.
When wanted for use, it may be gently
heated and poured out of the bottle, or
cut out by means of a knife or cheese
gouge.
Chinese women have no sense.
Every night they pray to their gods to
change them into men. Oh, foolish
women! by the time you have walked
a mile and a half out of your way in the
mud and rain, dived down eleven alleys
and rambled through three lumber
yards on your way TO the office, in
order to keep out of the way of men
who were looking for you to dun you,
you would be happy to sit at home be-
hind closed shutters and locked doors
in an upstairs room and sew all day.
Want to he men, indeed.