The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-10

The Brazilian Government has
granted privilege to a gentleman for
the manufacture Of paper from the wild
fig tree.
"A lamp-chimney manufacturing firm
in Pittsburg heats its furnaces with ben
zine. Thirty-three per cent. Of the
former cost Of chimneys is said to be
saved by it.
"A locomotive shop in Paterson, N.
j., has received an order for seven i'm
mense electric lanterns from the Rus
sian Government. The lanterns are to
be placed at the bows Of the seven larg-
est Russian men-of-war.
A number OF horse cars were lately
shipped from New York for Calais,
France, to be used in running from that
place 10 the suburb of St. Pierre, over a
road constructed with English capital.
Orders are expected soon from other
European cities.
Cotton is worth from "a to 8 cents
a pound in the Covington, Ga, market,
ans corn-meal Is worth SO cents bush
Ell. Is there any other argument
needed says the Star, "to convince
our farmers Of the necessity Of raising
more corn and less cotton,"
The value Of silk ribbons annually
exported hither from Switzerland has
fallen from four million to one million
dollars since 1873. Paterson silk-mils
are running on full time and employ
eight thousand to ten thousand hands,
and the greatest demand is for ribbons
and scarfs.
There are more than 1900 women
in the departments at Washington, the
majority employed in the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing, and in the Gov
eminent Printing Office. A number Of
them are widows and daughters Of army
and navy officers, who lost their lives in
the civil war.
A new industry is springing up in
Iowa, in the shape Of muskrat farming.
A man with a good pond or marsh can
seed il down u. rats and make 1t Weld
him steadily, after two years. breeding,
about $50 per acre. The trapping Is 4
winter industry when there is plenty of
leisure, aud Is a source of amusementto
the young members of the family The
market for rat-skins is steady and reli-
Bile.
We have been shown five samples
Of English cheap Manchester prints
made for the Asiatic and African mar
kets. These samples in question were
sent from Canton. A piece from each
sample has been weighed, and then
washed and cleaned. sample No. lost
~ and 95-lU0 per cent. Sample ? lost
"a and 12-10O per cent; Sample lost
h and a2-l00 per cent; Sample lost
y and 45-1O0 per cent. Sample lost
- and $500 per cent. They, however,
justified the comment OF "too Thin
The stufling had base of clay, with \
starch and cheap gum to mako II adhe-
'ive--Boston Advertiser.
The latest exploit Of the San Fran
'isco reporter is the alleged exposure Of
! process for manufacturing hens eggs
rom deleterious materials. According
o the narrative the albumen is initiated
" mixture of sulphur, carbon, and
atty matter obtained from the slaughter
Houses and rendered sticky with mucil-
'ge. The yelk is made Of blood, phos-
hate OF lime, magncsia, muriate Of am
nonia, oleic and margaric acids, and
olored with chrome yellow. The shells
re shaped by q blow-pipe from mass
4 gypsum, plaster Of Paris, carbonate
i lime, and oxide of iron. After the
bells are blown the albumen is forced
n through hole in the small end and
ticks TO the sides; then the yelk is add
d, and after being covered with more
4 the albumen mixture the hole is seal
q with cement, the complete egg II
ubbed pretty smooth and laid aside for
acking. II Is asserted that many bar
oils Of these eggs have been shipped
astward for consumption.
Haps and Mishaps.
a boy, > years old, son Of G. q.