The Brookhaven leader., 1884-01-31
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Cashmere shawls are embroidered
almost cnti ely by men, and sometimes
a single garment represents the work
of three generations.-N y. Sun.
A breastpin containing an Edison
glow light. fed hy small waistcoat
pocket battery, is sold for nine dollars
at Nuremberg, Germany. Chicago Her.
dH.
The Mennonites in Nebraska build
dams across the ravines on their farms,
and in that way provide an abundance
OF stock water. They stock many of
their ponds with fish and ut lize others
by ra sing large numbers of water fowls.
- -CalcdgO Ttnes.
Holland, in the last three centuries,
has recovered from the sea at least E0,-
900 ac eS. The axe of Harlem became
terra firma between 1910 and 1852, and
the /uyder Zee is in process Of transfor-
nation into 800, 900 valuable acres.
Holland has now l,479,OJO oxen and
COWS, and her present output of cheese
i, estimated to be worth S3,00O,000.
Baltimore men are talking about
reyiving the sugar refining business in
the city. which dccl ned in 1875. The
plan is to organize a company with
- 900, 100 capital, and erect buildings
with a capacity of twelve hundred bar
relS day. 1t is said that such an enter
prise would give employment, directly
and ind rectlv, TO twenty thousand per-
sons. BURN ore SIN.
In addition to the well-known series
Of experiments by Prof. Beal. showing
that there is no difference in the dura-
b;lity of posts when set inver,ed, DR..
Hexrmrr states in Hiss GarlieR that
fifteen wears ago. when building a grape
trellis. he set the posts tops down in row,
and all the others in the usual ma ner.
When de av commenced, no diffe en- e
could be seen in their du ability. and
all had to be replaced at about the same
time.
Even little Re"nau, hermit near
Berlin, may boast of having given birth
to an inventor, who has taken out a
Iatent on no less an invention than
that of Il cane, holding a sewing-ma-
chine in its head. 1t is said to be a very
neat, pra"ti able and recomme da de
thing; unfortuna ely, however, the in
d viluals arriving canes are, as a rule,
nDI Ill lIt IidDlG VI StNlI3, ~ III JllOSc
that are do not carry Chicago
micro e03.
West Virginia papers are saying
that the need OF that State is men of
money, brains, energy, muscle and
stcadfastncss, and ali Su"h are promised
hearty welcome and abundant oppOr-
tun ties for increasing their store of
means and happiness. eve have, say
they, room for industries without num-
her; we haze lands to be cultivated of
unrivaled fertility; we have mineral
wealth beyond compare; we have raw
material of every kind to be mined and
milled, rising generation to educate,
schools to build up; we have work for
ALL
England found Australia, India
and New Zealand destitute of hundreds
of products for which Their climate and
soil seemed well adapted. In brief
time numerous experiment stations, un-
der the management of experts trained
at the home stations, had introduced
such a variety of valuable products not
native to the countries as to many tines
quadruple their commerce, and to ma
ter ally modify the habits and customs
of the pc, pie. Russ has experimental
stat ons and forestry plantations in
every province supported in princely
fashion.