The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-05-30

HASs H0tiou1 vi luu0elty from the9
ministers, having sucked in the poisoI
and discarded the antidote.
An English Newspaper cites an IA
stance Of the " starvings" As well a,
"livings" In the Church OF England
The case Il that Of a " living" fol
which the Bishop Of Truro wishes d
find self-denying clergyman. It /,
situated In healthful part OF Cornwall
lin moorland surrounded by beautiful
country; the value Of the living is si75
year, with two acres OF glebe. The
population OF the parish is "a, and the
area s43 acres, but there is no parson-
age or church.
There Is good deal OF suggestion
In this paragraph: "A State Superin-
tendent who had made during a long
term Of Office, hundreds OF visits TO IN |.
graded country schools, declared that
he never once saw a teacher conducting
recitation without tex book in
hand; that he seldom saw either teach
or or pupils at the blackboard; that he
never saw school-globe actually in use !;
that he never saw teacher give an OBJ
Ject-lesson; that he never heard lesson
on morals or manners; that he never
saw but ore school-cabinet; that he
never saw a reading class trained 10
stand erect and hold book properly:
that he never heard teacher give a
lesson in local geography; that classes,
when asked TO point north, uniformly
pointed upward to the zenith; that he
never heard spelling lesson dictated in
which the teacher did not mispronounce
one or more words; and that he never
found a school where the pupils had
been trained to write letter. either OF
business or friendship"
Science and Industry
The acreage of the cotton crop in
Western Texas is 80 per cent. greater
this year than it was last.
Putting up s'caviare" made from
sturgeon spawn is an important indus
try at Menominee, Mich. The most OF
this "caviare" is shipped to Germany.
Glue Is made Of the clippings Of
hides, horns and hoofs, wished in lime
water, boiled, skinned, strained, evap-
GRATED. cooled in molds, cut into slices
and dried upon nets.
The Chemiker- Zeifunq states that
wall papers, in imitation of silk, are
manufactured at Aschaffburg, dyed in
the mass, and afterward printed by
means OF the cylinder machine. The
paper is made Of celulose. thas de-
cided silky appearance and feel, and the
effect is pronounced pleasing. The de-
signs are executed in darker shades of
the ground color.
The latest triumph Of French chem
istry is the extract Of color from red
cabbage by boiling aud maceration and
pressure. The Cauline is deep vio-
let From this, by various additions,
other colors are formed, as in the case
of aniline. They are perfectly harm
less, Of exquisite bloom for dyeing and /
perfection itself for the artist.
"A German inventor proposes to
make boots that will never wear out.
He mixes with waterproof glue a
suitable quantity Of clean quartz sand,
which is spread on the thin leather sole
employed as a foundation. These quartz
'oles are said TO be flexible and almost
ndestructible, while they enable the
vearcr to walk safely over slippery
'oads.
Straw board lumber which can hard.
y be detected from hard wood lumber,
Inhibited at Oshkosh, Wis, by S. II.
hamilton, Of Bushnell, ILL.,, is attract
ng much attention among lumber men.
The process Of manufacture, as explain
d BY Mr.. Hamilton, is rs follows: Or
linary straw board, such a. Is manufac-
ured at any paper mill, is employed
or this purpose. As many sheets are
AIKEN AS are required to make the thick
less Of lumber desired. These sheets
re passed through chemical solution
Fhich thoroughly softens up the fiber
nd completely saturates it. The whole
, then passed through succession Of
oilers, dried and hardened during the
assage, as well as polished, and comes
ut Of the other end of the machine
ard, dry lumber. ready for use. Mr..
hamilton claims that the chemical prop
rites hardening in the fiber entirely
revent water-soaking and render the
lmber combustible only in q very hot I
re. The hardened finish on the out (
de also makes it impervious to water. !
is also susceptible Of very fine pol
h.
Haps and SIishaps.
Miss Minnie Heskins, aged 16, who !
ssided near Grecnville, O., was burned .
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