The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-03-07
Science and lndustry.

A competitive trial Of milking ma
chimes is TO take place =, Bristol, Eng.
land, next July.
Notwithstanding the immense grain
trade of Odessa, Revel. and ST Peters
burg, there is not an elevator At either
of those centers. But an American
firm has just made contract to build
one at St Petersburg a. soon a. peac, Is
declared
There are about 90 glass manufsc-
tories in Pi,isburg aud its immediate
neighborhood, in which J,OcO men are
employed, and capital of SI0,O00, 600
invested, producing fabrics to the
amount Of 100000.
An Enslishman, who is proprietor
of hotel in Glasgow. scotland. found
WREN visiting Grand Rapids, Mich. that
furniture was so much cheaper there
than at home, that he purchased cnough
to furnish 100 rooms
The fruit growers Of ST. Joseph,
Mich have resolved that for the com
ing season the sizes uf boxes for the sale
Of all small fruit must be full quart
measure, and that peaches, pears, plums,
grapes. etc, are Ia contain onc-sixth
bushel in each basket.
Even mourning for the departed
can now be done by automatic mechan
ism, ~ witness the ;olling machine re-
Gently erected at Ealing Cemetery in
England. IL was calculated that this
machine would accomplish the work AS
efficiently and less extensively than #
done by a man.
Appleton is getting to be one Of the
leading cities Of Wisconsin in manufac-
turing enterprises. Sites have been
purchased there for the immediate cree
ton of q large papcr-miil; large new
flourinl mill, making six in all, and an
immense window blind, frame, and
shutter mandatory.
Prussia derives no small income
from her rich amber mines. Not less
than 1S5 tons II amber were dug last
year. The industry gives employment
to about l,4OJ men. The principal
markets are Austria, France, Russia,
America, China and Japan.
There are e. 900 miles Of telegraph
wire in the United States and $50 Off.
ces, or one mile II line To every y.
square miles 81 area. England has 49,
co miles Of line and $500 Offices, or
one mile Of line to every one and half
miles Of area. Russia has 81, so
miles Of line and SO Offices, or one nile
Of line TO every $50 square miles II area
-Oleomargarine. or artificial butter,
- reiailed in New York City at from 20
To IS cents n pound, and il, /, i. eisim-
ed, always pure and fresh. Over 1000
pounds have been sold in one night over
the counter Of retail store ia Eighth
Avenue. There are now over - ~
these stores in the metropolis. and new
ones are daily being opened The pro-
fits 81 the wholesale butter dealer. and
commission merchants are being greatly
curiailed.
A German inventor has patented an
apparatus designed to Lessen the strain
ipon the borse. particularly .; starting,
II loaded vehicle. The traces are
90 an iron rod running through
be center 81 cylinder containing sew
raj ring. of gu;ta percha. When the
aor-e e1erfs himself the strain s-t
,orne- upon and comprss.e- thee risg..
Aying bis shoulders. The German War
having made experiment..
nd found that the saving of force. n0f (
lone At starting but during traction,
az q; least \ third. ha. resolved 10 en-
Joy the attachment ia ia artillery and
military trims