Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-01-04
who commit the atrocities can never bt
detected"

who commit the atrocities can never be
detected"
Science and Industry.
The Brazilian Government has
granted privilege to 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 to 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 cents
a pound in the Covington, Ga market,
and corn-meal is worth so cents BUSH
ell. sIs 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-mills
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
i ernment Printing office. number of
them are widows and daughters of army
and navy officers, who lost their lives in
the civil war. ltE
"A new industry is springing up in
Iowa, in the shape of muskrat farming.
A man with good pond or marsh can
seed it down to rats and make it yield
him steadily, after two years breeding,
about $50 per acre. The trapping is a
winter industry when there is plenty of
leisure, and 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
: 40 and 9T-100 per cent; Sample 9 lost
81 and 72-100 per cent. Sample lost
% and T2-100 per cent; Sample lost
, 81 and 45-100 per cent; Sample lost
, SO and S7-1O0 per cent. They, however,
justified the comment of "too thin
The stuiiing had base of clay, with
starch and cheap gum to make it adhe-
sive.-Boston Advertiser.
The latest exploit of the San Fran.
cisco reporter is the alleged exposure Of
process for manufacturing hens eggs
from deleterious materials. According
to the narrative the albumen is initiated
by mixture of sulphur, carbon, anC
fatty matter obtained from the slaughter
s houses and rendered sticky with mucil
L age. The yelk is made of blood, phos
phate of lime, magnesia, muriate of am
monia, oleic and margaric acids, ane
: colored with chrome yellow. The shell
Q are shaped by blow-pipe from a mas
= of gypsum, plaster of Paris, carbonate
of lime, and oxide of iron. After thu
j. shells are blown the albumen is forcet
in through hole in the small end ant
~ sticks to the sides; then the yelk is add
ed, and after being covered with NOR
, of the albumen mixture the hole is seal
q ed with cement, the complete egg i
= rubbed pretty smooth and laid aside TO
J packing. 1t is asserted that many bar
., rels of these eggs have been shippe'
u eastward for consumption.
}; Haps and Mishaps.
'e A boy, 8 years old, son of G.
N rorter, of Litchfield, Mimi, while at
neighbours, shot himself with revolve
D which had been carelessly kept loade
r on the mantel-piece.
Is Philip Corydon, watchman in a
al Indianapolis pork-house, fell from th
D. topmost floor to the basement, breakin
his neck and dying instantly.
Of Charles CAM, a wealthy farmer {
id Monana County, Iowa, was kille
,e Christmas Eve by the running away {
v. his team.
3, "A Akerosene- lamp was knocked offtt
ye table at Christmas party at the hous
of James Whalen, in Delavan, ILL.,, an
the clothing of a 13-year-old daughtt
a, of John Holderman was set on fire, an
80 she was burned to death.
q The 1-year-old babe of P. B. Curtis
a of Black Hawk County, Iowa, was sh'
no and killed by the accidental dischars
of a gun in the hands of its brother.
"A young girl named Doster, livir
y, near Washington Courthouse, Obi
~ died from the effects of coal-oil expl
az sion.
ha "A 7-year-old girl near Paris, Ky
in was burned to death by her cloth
taking fire while she was playing wi
some embers.
Nv AT Midway, KY, two colored ch
IN II dren were burned to death by the hou
~ taking fire during their mothers a
oI sence.
@a AT Fort Wayne, Ind, little g
en- named Julia Mills, while playing, fl
nd into kettle of boiling water and W
c;- scalded to death.
re- A 5-years-old son of X. Nibblelin
re- of Holland, Mich, died from the effet
,e- of having been frightened on the NOR
he ing of the 9th of December, the San
he Claus day of the Dutch, by hir
for man disguised as st. Nicholas. A lt
lal fever set in Immediately and terminal
EN- fatally in spite of the best medical ski
be Near Reading, Penn, Mrs. Emeli
w. Wagner was roasted alive, her CLOTH
-. having ignited from the fire while s
,a.. q. was standing with her back to it.
he Douglas Hopper, aged u, a
, II Elmer Eaton, II, of Lakeport, Maids
90 County, n. Y, were found dead in
,s ditch in snow and mud, from drunk'
,T, rr ness and exposure, on account of drir
nc. ing hard cider.
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