The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A most ruggestiye paper on the dIscoyery OF
dlnt imp lements in the gravel OF the Nile val.
ley near Thebos was read by HajOr-ieneral A.
Pitt.Rlvers before the Archaeological irstl-
tuto, London, on June II. The nints were
found imbedded two or three meters deep In
strataled greyel, The author OF the paper
showed that while In Europe IL was known
that the use of stone for implements preceded
the employment OF metals, and had been CO.
eval with many animals now extinct, there
was hitherto no certain evidence that the stone
period of the northern regions might not have
been c0ntempor0neous win the very
now traced backward to an antiquity OF seven
thousand yearB, according TO the chronology
OF Manelho. But In these flints the evidence
OF human workmanship, and, OF course, human
antlqlity, nnds conclusive support. The
gravel In wb ich the fllnls were discovered had
become so hard that the ancient Egyptians
out flat.topped tombs In II, supported by square
pillars of gravel, which have retained tneir
form uninjured 20 the present day. The
marks Of the implements that have been Of
late taken from the indurated gravel OF
Thebes must have liysd long before there was
any sign OF the dawn OF what is usually called
primeval civilization.
During the course OF lecture on indigo and
Its artificial productions, Prof. Ii. II. Roscoe
gave these instructive figures regarding an
| Industry hardly more than decade old. Last
year (lsS0) the estimated product OF the arti.
fiolnl colorlng matter was IL 900 tons, hut tn q
OOnthinb only ~ per cent oi pure kHEHln
Reckoning one ton of the artificial ooloring
matter as equal 10 nine tons Of maddur, the
whole artificial product Is equivalent TO 10000
| tons Of madder. The present value OF these H.
900 tons OF allzarin psste, ,atfl22 per ton, IL fl,
6sS, 900. That OF 1861 900 tons OF madder at fi5
per ton is $500, 900, or saving is effected by
| the use of allzarln of considerably over e. :
| 900. In other words, We get our allzarin dye
ing done now for less than one-third OF the
| price which ho had to pay 10 have IL done with
| madder. SO much for the discovery OF the
German chemist, Prof. Adolph Besyer, and
| Its successful application by lir. Caro- TO the
| demands of the textile manufacturer.
| Pitthburg 4 Erie railroso, who lives Mt West
New Castle, Pa has adopted singular and
| probably unique mode or revenging himself
| upon his wife. In recent war OF words with
| his better half David wsa badly worsied
There was nothing strange nbout this, and the
result was only that which = man OF expert.
ence ought TO have expectedj bat II aroused IN
this unreasonable Individual n demon OF
| wrath which would not down At hla bidding
Chokiog with anger, he rushed to his apart
ment, mutteflsg MS he went: "I'n get even
with youj III starvo myself 10 desth,n ~
fret little attention was paid 10 this threat
hut as days passed over the head OF the obdp
ate fnan aud left h N only the more deter.
mined, tho family began 10 take alarm. 1t T.
now nearly three weeks since the faster stor
pad eetibgj he Ia growing thin and weak
and swears that he Will carry out his threas
to tho 10 tie,
II complete collection could be mado Of tn,
colloquial names applied In EnRland 10 partic
catalogue All know the Flying Dutchma,
and the wild frIshmpn aud scotchmau Las
year the Great Western company started tn
''Zulu," while In Kent 10 seems thero 10
train known ~ the "shesrness Creeper."