Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Grape-culture is assuminglarge pro-
portions in North Carolina. One grower
near Charlotte expects to ship twenty
five tons OF the fruit this season.-M. r.
Tribune.
According to the Weisz system Of
~type-setting, recently introduced in
Vienna, the type is cast in syllables,
common prefixes, suf1iNes, etc, instead
Of letters, and a great saving of time is
thus effected, it is claimed.
"A piece of oyster-ground off Mil
ford, Conn, containing six hundred
acres, has been sold to parties in Cali
fornia, who have been shipping seed
oysters quite extensively to that coast
to plant in San Francisco bay.-Bost0u
Herald.
"A New Orleans man has discovered
a new mode of tanning and preserving
the skin of Louisiana's bird, the peli-
can, by which the feathers are not dam
aged and the birds skin with the
feathers on it can be utilized for max
ing turbans and hats for ladies.-M O.
Picayune.
Those who object to the odors Of the
disinfectants used at the present day
will find charcoal unobjectionable on
this account, while it absorbs gases in a
surprising way; pieces can be laid on
plates and put out of sight in 3 sick
room.-M. Y. Times.
The nettle, q growth common to
nearly all of the States, and which has
hitherto been a source of great trouble
to farmers, has now been found to yield
a fiber, which it is claimed, will sup
plement cotton in the manufacture of
cloth. Cloth made from it, on trial, has
been adjudged equal in texture and ap-
pearance to linen.-C Chicago Journal.
"A Swiss matchmaker in Pennsyl-
vania has completed an automatic clock,
which for intricate mechanism is sud
to surpass the celebrated one at Stras-
burg. During twelve hours it plays
three musical selections, and 2,022 au-
tomato movements are made. OF course,
the machinery is so arranged as to per
NIT the entire performance of the u
donations taking place every fifteel or
twenty minutes.-RhaadclpAia Pres.
Mr.. F. L. Slocum has examined the
ink for writing on glass and, according
to the american Journal PhGrmaacJ, re-
ports that it is made by mixing btrium
sulphate, three parts; ammonium tiuo-
ride, one part; and sulphuric scid q.
8. to decompose the ammonium fuo-
ride and make the mixture of q semi
fluid consistency. It should be pre-
pared in a leaden dish, and kept in q
gutta-percha or leaden bottle.
Patent plastering was a novelty ex-
hibited at a recent building exhibition
held in London. 1t is claimed for it
that it saves both time and labor. The
materiali is prepared beforehand in slabs
which are fixed to the joists direct, with
great speed, forming the ceiling at
once. Thus, plastering which would
occupy weeks to execute can be accom-
plished by this slab system in as many
days. 1t is also claimed for this patent
that the ceilings are fire resisting.
-Turpentine is regarded by many
persons as an antidote to poisoning by
phosphorus. 1t is not the ordinary
turpentine which should be given, but
the acid French t%urpentine, or old tur-
pentine which has been exposed to the
air long enough to have become ozon-
lied by absorbing oxygen. If this be
administered while the phosphorus is
still in the stomach it changes the poi
son into an inert substance which re-
sembles spermaceti. After phosphorus
has entered into the circulation the only
remedy is TRANSMISSION of fresh blood
into the veins.-N. Y. Times.