The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-18

As, $3.50; Arkansas, $4,000; Tennes
see, sl,4OO; West Virginia, IS, $50.
5cierce and Industry.
The Tallassee cotton factory, il
Alabama, employs 600 operatives.
Fifteen acres of land near Brooks
vile, fernando County, Florida, have
produced $4,000 worth Of tobacco.
The orange crop along the St
Johns, Ocklawaha, Halifax and Indian
Rivers. in Florida, will, owing to the
heavy gale and rainfall, be ligh liter than
II has been for 10 years.
Cotton mills are becoming numer-
Gus In India, more particularly in Bonn
bay, and II seems probable that with
improved machinery, CHEAP labor, and
the saving on freight they will be able
70 compete successfully with English
goods.
A new rope making material has
been found in the fbrous leaves of n
New Zealand aloe. The long, tough
threads are said to exceed iron wire If
the same thickness in tenacity, and they
are not affected by immersion in salt
water.
OF cotton cloth the United States
exported last year l26, 100000 yards,
while the amount in 1874 was but 49,
100000. Employers claim that the
earnings of mill-operatives are higher
now than in 1860, in proportion 10 the
cost Of living, and mills are supplying
goods at less cost than in that year.
Although supplies cost more and cotton
the same, greater skill and economy,
with improved machinery, produce these
results.
The New York Herald publishes a
statement showing that in 1865 there
were $4,000 more shoemakers in Massa-
chusetts than there are to-day, although
the products Of that branch OF industry
in Massachusetts, exceed by the enor-
nous amount Of $1,000, 900 the pro-
duction Of 1855. This extraordinary in
crease Of products, with SO great DIM
mutton in the number Of hands employ
cd, is Of course attributable to the in
PRODUCTION of the most approved labor
saving machinery, and by which Mas
sachusetts commands to a great extent
the markets Of the world in the shoe
trade.
Among the great variety of miner
ais found in this country there is one
which is fast becoming an important
article of commerce. The mineral re-
fcrred to Is hydrated silicate of mag
nesium known as tale. II occurs in
foliated masses, has a soapy feeling, is
fibrous but not elastic. Large beds of
this mineral are found in various sec
tons Of the country. 1t is quarried,
broken into small pieces and ground by
means Of attrition mills and bolted sim
ilarly to flour. II is used in the manu-
facture Of writing-paper, 80 per centum
Of the mineral with so per centum of
cotton making fine paper Being,
like asbestos, iireproof, it is used largely
in the manufacture Of roofing-paper
One Of the cheap and simple devices
lately brought forward is paper egg
cup, which, besides being really in
genious idea, is in fact based upon sound
theory, inasmuch AS paper is non-ccn-
ductor Of heat. The article is elastic,
SO that one cup will hold securely an
egg Of any size, and il is nodded in cor
rugated form, so that there il always
circulation Of air between the egg and
its vessel. The same cups may be
cleaned and used over and over again,
or may be thrown away after using
their cheapness allowing Of this latter
disposition. The material may not only
be paper, but muslin, or indeed almost
any fabric, and may also be tinted Of
different colors, thus giving the cups a
really ornamental appearance.
Foreign Notes.
The Federal Council Of Switzerland
has adopted an ordinance making in
struction in gymnastics obligatory for
all boys Ia the public schools.
MIR. Schliemann, the explorer ofthe
ruins Of Troy and Mycenm, claims to
have discovered the ruins OF the ancient
capital Of Ulysses kingdom Of Ithaca.
No notable object Of art has yet been
excavated.
Two men we're lately arrested at
Monaco for attempting to blow up the
gambling-saloon mt that place. They
had already located bundle Of dyna-
mite under the hell building Of famous
Monte Carlo Casino before they were
caught.
A preliminary report shows that
Is more frequent in the
north than in the south Of England, al
though public houses are more numcr-
Gus in the south. In the south and
southeast cases Of drunkenness reach