Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Camphor trees are being introduces
with success in Florida.
The flesh of the whale is said to b,
very wholesome when picked. and
new industry in this line is growing u,
along the Atlantic coast.-Chicaqo Inter
Ocean.
-"Common wood soaked in petro
leum," says a writer in the Countr,
Gentleman, swill make it as durable o:
cedar" Wood used in .verandas anG
TROLLS work, where exposed to the ele
ments, can thus by little expense anc
labor be made lasting.
There is now a boat on the Thames
which is successfully propelled by cleo
tricity. The expense is about the same
as that of steam, but the convenience is
much greater, and there is no heat OF
smoke or cinders. That electricity is tc
be the motor of the future on the water
as well as on the land there is very little
doubt.
F. M. Shields, of Mississippi, ha.
invented a murderous gun which he
calls the "Sweepstakes." cit shoots
he says, so, 900 balls at the explosion OF
IL cap. 1t will kill and wound SOC
men out of a regiment of 1,O0O men at
distance Of 800 yards. 1t has forty-nine
barrels all combined in one, and each
barrel shooting one degree and twelve
minutes on a horizontal plans from the
others. Shooting a distance Of 100
yards, it will cover aspace of 100 yards,
filling a want long felt. "-Chicago Her
aid.
The experiment of making glass
with natural gas has been tried with
success at the Panhandle Glass-works,
ut Wellsburg. w. Va. Reports from the
superintendent of the works show that
where the latter formerly used $50 bush
els of coal they now only use thirty, and
the cost of fuel in the fattening depart
ment has been reduced from thirty-nine
dollars a day to about seven dollars per
day. 1t is claimed that, owing to the
absence of dust, dirt, or sulphur, much
better and cleaner quality of glass can
be made with the gas than when other
fuel is employed.-Fhilade!phia Press.
The Chesapeake Pottery Company,
of Baltimore, Md, have developed a
Parian body from native materials that
promises to be a unique production in
the line Of ceramics. They have just
produced two reliefs in this material
that show decided warmth of tone and
delicate expression. These reliefs are
entitled "Winter'' and "Summer." the
one modelled by a clever English artist,
the other the work of Mr.. Priestman, of
Boston. The fine heads presented in
these reliefs have considerable artistic
merit, and embody the qualifications
called for by the seasons they represent.
Baltimore San.
The orange crop in California this
year is said to be the largest ever known
in that State, Notwithstanding the fact
that many trees were damaged by the
February frosts. The lime crop, on the
contrary, is much smaller than usual.
Heretofore not many oranges have been
exported from California. They are
liked we'll enough for their sweetness
and flavor to have been consumed al
most wholly within the State up to the
present time. They are preferred, as a
rule, to any except Floridas, and very
few Floridas have reached the Golden
State. In time, however, with the or
ange crops increasing as they have been
doing, California will have to seek q
market in the Eastern States for her
surplus.-San Francisco Chronicle.