The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-03-09
NE VS. AND NOTES

AS a result of the recent discoveries
of extensive silver and lead deposits on
the shores of Holy Loeb, Scotland, ma
chinery and appliances necessary for
mining have been ordered thither.
ACCORDING to the census held on the
LIST of January last, the population of
Madrid is 404, 5SS persons. According
to the Statesman's Yearbook it was, in
1864, 475,7s5.
NINE thousand feet per minute, that
is, nearly two miles per minute, for the
rim of circular saw to travel, may be
laid down as rule. Shingle and some
collar, or very thick at the center and
thin at the rim, may be run with safety
at a greater speed.
The trade notices of some of the
London Associations are curious. The
blacksmiths', for instance, have "By
hammer and hand all arts do stand y
the distillers, drop as rain, distil as
dew" the founders, "God the only
Founder the inn-holders. Come we
blessed when was harborless, We lodged
mel" the joiners, "Join loyalty and
liberty the saddlers, Hold fast, sit
sure" the weavers, Weave truth with
trust" and the needle-makers, "They
sewed leaves together and made them
selves aprons"
LONDON Nature: The preparations
for the Dutch North Polar Expedition
are being actively continued, as the ex-
petition is to sail in May next, The
first and principal halt will be made at
Spitzbergen. The erection and fitting
up of a station for meteorological obser-
vations is reserved for future expedi-
ton; the present one, however. is to
select the place best adapted for sta
ton of this nature. Ten thousand
forms are still wanting to cover the
expenses of the expedition.
AT the Eure Assizes, France, man
named Louchard was condemned to
death for the murder of his mother,
whose body he cut into pieces and threw
into a quarry. His object was to obtain
possession of her savings, and he had
once asked a doctor whether a man
charged with numbering his mother
could inherit her property. He will be
guillotined barefoot and in the costume
assigned to murderers of parents, viz, a
long shirt and black veil round his
head.
AK admirable economy seems to pre-
vail at Krupps town of Essen. Every
workman is in a sense a partner, because
outside of his wages a sum accrues, and
is put aside for him, according to the
profits of the shop in which he works.
At the end of sixteen years it would
usually yield as much per week as his
wages. Single men can live well on
twenty-one cents day. The Bread
Company of Essen supplies bread pure
to the hands at cost price. A great
secret of the cheapness is that there are
no middlemen and no illicit or dishonest
gains made on any thing.
The town of Griffin is the rendezvous
of the Texas buffalo hunters. Men who
make it business do not pursue the
animal as do sportsmen. They use the
needle-gun with telescope sight, and
the firing is done by one or two men
emily, who usually kill drove of forty
or fifty~bufalo on one or two acres of
ground. As soon as one is killed the
whole herd, smelling the blood, collect
around the dead body, snuffing and paw
ing. The hunters continue to shoot
them until the last one bites the dust
As long as the men remain concealed
and the buffalo do not get their scent
the game is not frightened, for it pays
no attention to the report Of the weapon.