Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-03-31
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A Cleveland man has a. patent for
using wire fences for telegraph lines.
The Nebraska bee-keepers, in con-
vention at Wahoo, estimated that there
were 100000 stands of bees in the State.
One bee-keeper reported harvesting
5000 pounds of honey.
If M. Risler has made correct OBJ
s%ervations, the wheat plant never grows
upon any day when the temperature Of
the air does not for a period of several
hours at least rise above forty-three de-.
grees Fahrenheit Chicago Tribune.
"A landowner on Cape Cod, Mass,
says that he owns about a hundred acres
of land, of which some was so poor that
it yielded nothing but poverty weed. In
8 he commenced planting pine seed,
continuing for ten years, and now he has
about eighteen acres of quite valuable
woodland which was worthless before.
Boston Herald.
"A discovery of adeposi: of crysolite
has been made near Pixies Peak. The
present supply of this mineral comes
from Greenland, and is landed in Phil
adelphia by the ship-load. Not enough
is known, however, of the quantity ey-
listing in Colorado to determine its COM
mercial standing, but if the supply is
satisfactory, it will become an article
OF commercial Importance. 1t is used
in the manufacture of carbonate of soda.
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
An ink-maker of New York, apro.
pos of the base writing fluids of the
present day. says that the only perma-
nent black ink known is said to be that
made with vanadium. Vanadium is a
rare and costly metal, found in one OF
the Swedish iron ores, and in the iron
Stag Of Staffordshire. 1t is a white,
brittle substance, which does not melt
readily, and resists the action of strong
acids, such as sulphuric and muriatic.
Lately a quantity of the metal has been
found in Ceylon, and now will come
into the market.-N. 2. San.
If those who must tramp about in
the wet to do thier work will saturate
the soles of their boots thoroughly with
hot pine-tar. they will find that the
leather has been made perfectly imper.
vious to water. The soles are rendered
hard and smooth, resisting wear much
longer than they could if not thus treated.
The tar holds the pegs or the stitches
firmly, so that the sole will not rip from
the upper. Care should be taken to
have the soles as perfectly dry as pos.
sible before the tar is applied, and as
hot as they can be made without burn.
ing the leather. The tar should be boiled
for a time to expel most of the water it
may contain, and be applied while hot.
Detroit Post.
There is a peculiar but highly sue.
cessful colony Of immigrants in Kansas,
who call themselves German-Russian
farmers. They are probably agricul-
turists from the border country between
Russia and Germany, or from one of
the German settlements in Russian
territory. The Kansas settlement is
called Herzog, and is situated about a
mile from the railroad station of Vic.
toria, on the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
These settlers are frugal, sober, and
Industrious in a high degree, and dis
play intelligence and practical sense in
their labor. They show this particu-
larly in the purchase Of the best labor
saving machinery, without regard to
its cost. They adhere with singular
persisteney to the attire to which they
were accustomed in Europe, and the
traveller passing through their settle.
ment beholds costumes that belong to
the past century. -Denver Tribune.