The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16

area is immense. Oregon wheat grains are uni
formly large and heavy. The soil needs no fer
tilzation, because it is made of volcanic ashes
and carbonate Of lime, the proportions being the
same as in the wheat fields about the bay of Ma
pies. The Naples fields have furnished Rome
with wheat for 2, 600 years N1illers' Journal
The making of tunnel under the streets of
London is not done by simply excavating
trench. Instead of this the engineer digs
passage on either side of his tunnel, builds his
walls in these passages, then removes the earth
over his tunnel unites his walls by an arch and
then removes the earth within the tunnel. The
London tunnels are strong enough to bear any
pressure of enormous warehouses, strong enough
to resist any vibration of engines, and will last
forever.-Mechanical Engineer.
The latest conclusion of pilots, river men and
engineers on the Mississippi is that that the best
way to improve that river is to cOntine it within
one permanent channel This channel would
be deepened by the velocity of the current if the
water were confined within certain limits. During
high water the increased velocity of the water
would prevent the formation of sand bars. The
river would have to be leveed and mattressed
and riprapped from Cairos to the Gulf. The
millions of acres of rich land reclaimed would
pay for the work-Hydraulic Engineer
Stranger-Mr A. at homel
Big Boy-No.
Stranger-When will he be baek9
Big Boy-Dunno; mebbe not for week.
Little Boy following the angry stranger out
and speaking very politelyl-The men are not
Boys Father, on coming home, to little boy
You have sold the biggest bill l have had this
year.
Moral-A few years after the big boy is still
poor; the little boy is exceedingy rich.-Agents'
Herald.
Our present society is founded the spoia
ton of the propertyess classes by the propertied
True order should take its place All implements
OF labor the soil and premises of labor, should
be socetary property By this supposition is the
impossibility of the future spoliation of man by
man. Only by the impossibility of accommodating
individual (privatel capital can every one be com
PEELED to work who makes a demand to live.
1t is your duty to arm. to achieve
First-Destructiono of the existing class rule.
Fellow-workmen! Join our ranks Let the
drum beat defantly the roll of battle
Tremble Oppressors of the world! Not far
beyond your purblind sight there dawns the
scarlet and sable lights of the etc.-Scrap of the
National Association address, Pittsburg, Pa.
A railroad contractor in Chihuahua advertised
| for railroad ties A Mexican answered the aver
tisement How many can you supply| asked
"Excellenza can have so many as he wants"
said the Mexican.
usp
figuring.
"And suppose we should want 5000 of theml"
'Bolga me Diosw cried the native, that is
great many" and he figured and said they would
well sir, we shall want 100000 ties" The
astOunded Mexican figured again and solemny
announced that for such an unheard of guam
tity he would have to charge So apiece.-Eng-
neer
The confederate cruisers swept the American
flag from the seas The high tariff keeps it from
the seas The tariff is powerful instrument; it
creates close preserve in which American cap
ltal finds more profitable employment than on
the sea. Owners of capital have transferred it
to yyh tpd in all ofi
dustries it remains Owing to the enormous
natural resources of the country, the preserve
created by the tariff continues far more profta-
bic than any investment a commercial marine
can offer. Americans do not need to ransack
the world to find markets Should they abandon
their tariff and adopt free trade, profits in the
States would drop to level with European
profits, and Americans would come into the
arena to get a share of the marine carrying
trade, and there is not the slightest doubt but
that they would get it-British Marine journal.
youth just graduated from an American
college was told to open his trunks by an English
eustom-house officer. Lots of cigars and new
SILK handkerchlefs were found in his trunks, and
he had to pay good round sum before he could
land them. He said he thought England was a
free-trade country Englands coast bristles
with custom houses; there is one on top of Shak-
speares cliff, at Dover. England pays Sc 600 900
year to collect her tariff duties Some
of those duties are 1000 per cent, England hav-
ing the highest tariff in the world England has
l4O custom-houses several revenue cutters UNI
equaled as sea boats and the finest coast-guard
service ever known. England collects So 900 900
more tariff per year the importation of
American PRODUCTS into England than the
United States collects English products
brought into this country The English tariff
produces $4,000 900 per year.-United States
Miller.
A regular mechanic has been to Egypt lately.
He finds that the ancient Egyptians used Jewel
pointed tools on their hard granite. Some of
saws, some were straight saws, some
were tubular drills and craving tools.
The soft stones were picked and
brought to true planes by face plates The re-
curing circular marks of the circular saws are
distinctly seen on the impershable stones. He
found the ochre marks on stones made by the
face plates of the old workmen. Fragments of
work show that the cutting was done rapidly,
one tool sinking into hard granite one tenth of
an inch at each revolution. The tools must
have possessed intense rigidity and durability
and must have been well made. Great pressure
was required to keep the tools cutting the deep
grooves they made at every sweep The Egypt
ian drills had Jewels set on the inside as well as
the outside of their tubes, thus giving means of
Withdrawing the tools readily.-Steel.
He was a country telegraph operator He re-
ceived a dispatch to hold mo. r for orders. He
hung out the red light to notify the engineer as
usual, and then went to sleep. The red light
went out. Meanwhile mo. 7" came along, and
went by The operator awakened by the
call of his instrument, which asked
'Where is No n"
Hasn't arrived yet"
'How does it happen, then that the operator
at Steele reports the arrival of No. at that
placer
'Dern f I know. No. has not passed here.
If she's at Steele, she must have gone round by
another road"
Don't go to sleep again, and don't let any
more trains go around by the old stage road.
The mud eats the paint off the locomotive wheels.
and the coal required to pull up the hills is aw-
full"
The operator was paralyzed. He went to the
door, saw. the red light was out, took in the stu
alton, and then packed his grip.-Telegraph Re-
view.
Americans are liberal buyers of wool in for
eign markets Australia, with three millions
of people, has eighty millions of sheep,