Sharp County record., 1880-03-04
TrMS OF INTEREST
Personal and Literary.
'adise Of h..

T-SylganuS COpo' "A'' ~
who, 100000 by his pen.
ne ~Ho AaVet In il said that Turgenietf has been
~ yos can ,rbidden by the authorities from carry
q v01l ,JllaGy - out plan he had formed OF spend
WORK thet pS suinter ~ in Russia for the purpose
cEs uie ~ unit, studying up the present situation.
'4S' e lheJ barlps Darwin, the English scien-
to[a byt u has won the prize of 81, 400 recent
Al theIl od ot Turin for discoveries in the
- Clear bvs;olooy of plants. He is receiving
sancQd@ s i.ongTatulationS of all the scientific
lrlng the nc oHnE ~ Tnrone
w V,"LSi ths M J. w. Mackay has secured the
te Of PEN xclusiye services OF one OF the most
nndoS ma Sa elebrated modstes of Paris, IN order
tbo" iueF g hat here might be no duplicates OF her
rn0l eVa asbions and styles. She has the fame OF
W nT Oeea ,e;no The most richly dressed woman in
these ~ Europe.
'IoSe aios Oo MI, Larkin j. Mead, the American
'''0p u@ sc,lntor. is married to beautiful ltal-
on a. an iadv with whom he could not at first
On 'le S sconaintance talk, neither knowing the
'y. Na ntber's language They have charm
oPS, and ;nc home in Florence Mr. Mead is one
'"CAS, ~ Mo If the kindest of men and most gener-
3 .Ian fe ous Of artists, always sympathetic and
'"UM. ",,l helpful to younger artists.
tSrfen t%a .-Herbert Spencer, the English phil
them lV '' osopher, is 60 years old. Having been
re 4sn, SomS privately educated, he was at hrst a
noVt ovu .i civil engineer. His forehead IS hlgh
tboA LoA' and be is quite bald His face IS long,
th in'iH and, although his features are not small,
~ INC useas be has an impractical and almost et-
Il away Terminate appearance. His portraits re-
oSi and present him as resting his head against
70 Z co cover his hand, in the Washington Irving
~ oI'D olacA style.
else 10 M, w. D. Howells's home at Cam
H.. bridge bears the quaint name of "Red-
'oesOM top.H The lower story is of brick and
squoe the second of wood, entirely sheath ed
I'VE men in california redwood shingles. In
are al mr architecture it is a mixture of Queen
lhan Anne house and Swiss chalet. Mr.
Ks Of tl Howells's study is large and charming
leir ata room, with q wide fireplace, filled at
winch this Season with blazing logs, with a
nSef u pretty winter garden, under glass, open
an eag ING but of it, and ceilin g divided in
en- The ancient fashion by beams.
0 much
'hteS Science and Industry.
'ntly JE We sent last year to Europe 1,5O0,-
len en 900 hides.
gas "A toy maker of Montrose, Pa,
Y lns itO uses 100000 feet of Eastwood every
sp'lns ausns year.
'O'inS Sixteen pudding furnaces at the
h hn. Altoona Pa.) Rolling Mill are running
. SoS % day and night.
r 7Ibi, 'S'I Seven machines in Pittsburgh, Pa,
no nn +, produced, last year, over 1,O63,345 kegs
r / mnl Of nails.
bo Gri Si The grape islands of Lake Erie
~. |- have 1900 acres of vines, and the
0f 5Js +. yield in 1879 was 100000 pounds.
arj The wine production was l,526, 400
, Tps IiIa, gallons.
fb, IAN order that can not be filled in
chn, less than one year has been received by
ID S the Marlborough Woolen Company.
tbe The company will turn out 800 yards
w a day.
who's 1t is said that the adhesiveness and
esOn durability of q solution of 100 parts gum
but arabic in 25O parts water may be in
alone creased by adding two parts of sulphate
an Of alumina.
hr Crocus, dried and powdered, when
ted d applied with chamois leather to nickel
tOod plated goods, will restore their
ues briliancy without injuring their sur
NOT ! face.
time =" Ecprlate - is the name of a
ha new red color derived from coal. 1t is
lpty prophesied that cochineal has had its
be day, and that the new color will take its
enr place.
Of Geese are raised for their feathers
dit IN Texas. One goose ranch in Western
and Texas has over 800 geese, whose feathers
BID are plucked every two months, each one
naN ayerageing ponud and a half year.
ig ,!I IA species of dwarf cactus, abundant
Inv n IN Lower California, is rich in fiber,
Nv said to be excellent for mattresses. 1t
r'l Is reported that an experimental ma
III chlne, costing only $400, converts the
u raw material into white, elastic fiber
y nG with great rapidity, and promises to
~ al reduce the cost and improve the quality
m~ aS Of such goods very materially.
Ak "A fact probably but little known is
s mat the United States nickel five-cent
Nh piece furnishes a key to metric measures
r and weights. This coin is two cent?
m merets in diameter, and it's weight is
he I'VE grammes. Five of them placed in a
af row will give the length of the decimetre,
b and two of them will weigh deca-
N gramme. AS klolitre is a cubic meter,
8 the key to the measure of length is also
NJ the key to measures of capacity.