The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-04-15
S0IID FACTS. ga SEA a#s

4 r.stxA ,a and Maryland capitalists
bought twenty-three thousand
~ y. Of copper lands in northwestern
90 and families from those states are
s,idlr s taking possession. .,.,'[z
7. i semi-officially announced that
! , chicago, Burlington and Quincy
s.unauy will build sixty miles of new
@I a n Nebraska this year, and that in
sst M the line viii be extended via the
ss,aubHcan y Valley, to Denver. s..
,s aid that the /" electric middlings
.,Iaer J, invented by two Yale students
- entire success, so far as the tests
h far applied indicate. One of the
ssntors IS now in Minnesota arrang-
% .stO intplnee the machine into one
I The largest Touring mills in that
d uts fsgls zaF7e< sJl--41e5l Is l-e4
I gsoM d paltry rs cents worth of iron
y nav be Developed $3.50 worth OF
sr.iron. $40 worth of horse-shoes, $3.50
sarh Of table knives, $4,000 worth of
M needles, sS29, $50 worth of shirt but
M, 100000 worth of watch springs,
4.anOOO worth of hair-springs, or ST.
/, ,a0wortR of pallet -arbors (used)in
alnches) 6slgO asI .Bssu9 1as ..f
Thirty years ago there was but one
ptery in this country>snaking white
nd yellow ware, and not mill Ss grind
,qerial. All the flint and stone re-
aired Nxsinpo ported from Great Britain.
5ow there are 800 potteries in the United
ssss, representing total capital of
ar G,e6o,eoo!a The pottery craze OF
IL hst two or three years resulted in
h erection of &c new kilns in 1879.
Bfmeans of delicate processes nj.
Tnue has, according to the Iechnologist,
sdeiermined the fusing points of the
srerefractory metals The following
ne dveA dsthe exact temperatures Of
: Ire Of the metals in the order of their
hblity: Silver, 1,749 degrees Fab
nnheit; gold, 1868 degrees; copper,
L@O dsgfees,, platinum, g. degrees.
Ind iridium, 3,510 degrees. 1t will be
zen that copper requires higher tenn
mature to fuse it than gold. Com
rrcia toppsr,p however, nlelts below
l,Os5 degrees. Iridium is the most
difficult Of all the metals.
The cabbage grew Wild id Siberia;
ssry originated in Germany; the po-
so 4 SKativesof. Peru; tobacco came
rom South America; millet was first
iscoyered in India; nettle, a native of
Europe; the citron of Asia; oats, origi-
aed in North Africa; rye came from
Siberia; parsley was first discovered in
sardinia; the parsnip IN Arabia - the
anfowers was. brought from Peru;
glnach was first cultivated in Arabia;
hs horse chestnut is a native ef Thibet;
be ounce came, from the Island of
ggrregs; tie pear isSs,ipposed to be Of
lgpdm originix the horse-radish came
hum the south of Europe.
The total capacity of the steel mills
a The present time throughout the
srd Is estimated at about 3,000,0OOf
nH for the years production. In the
lnts1 Kingdom fhsresare 12O Bessemer.
onverters built, Of which over 80 are
sWork. and Che annual yield from
asse IS considered as from .755, 900 to
MW0 tons. The American make is
samaied Eatg $50, ,0DO. stonss the next
aEgest producer being Germany, which
70 considered by many to be capable
ale greatest expansion among all the
sssl.Aaking countries. Less than two,
ears ago there were twenty FIVE con-
sitsrs in Prussia working out of the
I built, aatturnmg ont 375, ,oeO tons,
sann was Increased by the works in
S1ung and the Palatinate to 40O, ,0O0;s
aa since theIrevival of trade fresh con-
Sl ,sisers have been put into operation.
las estimate of the French steel manu-
acufs IS about $4,000; that of Bel4
gun, 10000; of Austria, with thirty
Aoconyerters, 250, 900, and of Sweden
su Russia, 150, ,0o0. u T-.ff 49, s.r4.9
WHAT is commonly known as rice
napef-one of the most admired of
.uaese manufactures-is not a paper,
gOPeTly 50 called, nor does any rice
ass 'a'ss INTO ts'composition; tits, in fact,
a maze oy slieing the pith of a plant and
sssslngs sss it, into thin sheets, and, if
y 'a.Is0 . paper !" at, all, should be styled
@a paper rather than any other. The
.ss sss, or plant, in this case, is said to re-
-. smole our sownE sarsapariila, in its as
~ aad characteristics. The vigorous
s.a ss,ls Contain q snowy-wfite pith, an.
~ s'a ana . half in diameter, for which
ss K . uee Is sought after and cultivated,
II Il plsa forming an important item in
~ i - aIAhaiacturing interests of China;
s.ss. @ used not only in making the
Sss. s which are subsequently to be
n. sSlaled with paintings and other ar
s,. IVY action, but ,is-also fempleyed
,,;sy ss'y IN the production of toys and
sss; Saelal flowers, The operation of
Sss sas The pith paper is not unlike
ks;;su =, cutting corks shat is, after
ssas MI Invested of its exterior9coating of,
M l natter, it is, soaked in water,
+ pressed into a uniform cylinder
y naeAlre lit is afterwards placed
ma : : !, frame, where it lies firmly,
lSr H. 'ae ne operator. by means of a long,
Al asery sharp knife, pares the cylin-
AM on tneeifeumference' towards the
asa, .,Ssa., and along its entire length, into
So rsssaI's,Ihe sheet thus. produced is
mil r.;1a y out aud flattened under weights
Inn a Y Sser pressed out by means of an
sSslss , t1ls ilttle holes or other imperfec
nies lDg neatIy mendet with bits OF
aart & s1ued underneath. A very great
~ ~ = sne product is dyed of various
sn;ss: eIsthe use of nlanufaetarers of
Ssalelal HovarS rTho loro-.-. - a L<,ct