Barbour County index., 1882-05-04
ITEMS OF INDUSTRY.

ITEMS OF INDUSTRY.
The Titusville Herald. said to be the
Oldest newspaper established in the
pennsylvania oil region, in an article
on the oil problem, states that the
American consumption of petroleum
for 1881 was $4,000 barrels per day
an increase over 1880 of 5000 barrels
per day. And, owing to the rapid de-
velOpment Of the far south and west
and the general prosperity of the coun-
try, the home consumption for 1882
may, it is calculated, be put at $4,000,
barrels per day. Like some other oil
organs lately quoted by us, our contem-
porary considers the Allegheny region
as at its height, and the Bradford as
declining; and, on the other hand, the
consumptive demand of the world
grows daily.
From Sonoma, CAL, the news comes.
that novel experiment is being tried
on the Yulupa farm in Bennett valley
by the proprietor, Mr.. De Turk. He is
now setting out 1000 olive cuttings
The cuttings are about fourteen inches
in length and one finch in diameter.
They are set on end in trenches about
foot apart, and are covered with soil,
the top of the cuttings being an inch
below the surface. They are left in
this position two or three years. With
in this time roots will strike. and they
will be ready for transplanting. If
these cuttings succeed, it is the inten-
tiOn of Mr.. De Turk to set them around
about the outer lines of his large vine-
yard.
Horse-thieves will do we'll to keep
away from Missouri, as the governor
of that state is reported, in a recent
letter to high state official, to have
said: 81 will not pardon a horse-thief;
1 care not how many petitions request
it. The sooner this is understood the
better it will be for those engaged in
such applications. It will be time and
labor lost. ALL other criminals can en-
tertain hope of relief, but horse
thieves-when the prison doors close
on such, the sentence must be COM
pleted, so far as am concerned, unless
the higher interests of the state demand
a release for other purposes"
Joseph Harris recommends the fol-
lowing treatment of the Lima beam
Put four or five seeds in pot and COW
er them an inch deep. After they are
up and the weather is warm, set them
out without disturbing the roots,
which is done by placing the hand on
top Of the pot with the plants between
the fingers, and then turn the pot up.
side down, and strike the rim gently
against any solid object, when the
plants and soil will come out together.
The soil must be fist thoroughly soak
ed with water to prevent the earth
crumhling off the roots in taking them
out.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Avalanche
throws out this suggestion: "Every-
where in the Mississippi delta are to
be found traces of the engineering
skill of the mysterious race vaguely
called Mound Builders Artificial ell
evationss miles of canals, and long
stretches of low protecting levees are
to be seen in nearly every county bor-
dering on the river from Cairo to
New Orleans. Would not modem en-
gineers do well to study carefully
the system which these an.
cient people no doubt found to be an
efficient remedy for devastating floods p
The telephone as an everyday con-
venience seems to have taken an i'm
portant position in Zurich. The tele-
phone company of that city, who have
just issued their report for last year..
have not only two central offices with
which all their subscribers are connect.
ed, but have besides throughout the
city eleven Offices open to the public.
Into these anyone may enter, and have
the use Of telephone for a quarter Of
an hour at small fee, and may thus,
through the central offices, commune
cate with any Of tie company's sub
scribers.
Among the trees laid low by the
great storm in England in October
was twin elm tree, which had di.
ameter at the surface of the ground
where the two stems sCarted out, of
thirteen feet seven inches; and three
feet higher one stem was five feet in
diameter, and the other six feet nine
inches. The height was 120 feet. Its
age was not stated.
In preparing land for crop of onf
ions do not apply green manure, as it
tends to produce ''scallions" or thick
necked bulbs. These cannot be cured
so that they will not sprout, and the
presence of a few Of them In lot Of
onions sent 70 market Injuries their
sale.