The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Cashmere shawls are embroidered
almost entirely by men, and sometimes
single garment represents the work
of three generations.-N Y. Sun.
A breastpin containing an Edison
glow light, fed by small waistcoat
pocket battery, is sold for nine dollars
at Nuremberg, Germany.-Chicago Her.
aid.
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 utilize others
by raising large numbers of water fowls.
Chicago Times.
Holland, in the last three centuries,
has recovered from the sea at least co.
900 acres. The Lake of Harlem became
terra firma between 1910 and 1852, and
the Zuyder Zee is in process of transfor-
nation into 100000 valuable acres.
Holland has now 1,479,000 oxen and
cows, and her present output OF cheese
is estimated to be worth S., 100000.
Baltimore men are talking about
reviving the ar-reining business in
the city, which declined in 1875. The
plan is to organize a company with
81 900, 900 capital, and erect buildings
with capacity of twelve hundred bar
rels day, 1t is said that such an enter
prise would give employment, directly
and indirectly, to twenty thousand per-
sons. Baltimore San.
In addition to the well-known series
of experiments by Prof Beal, showing
that there is no difference in the dura-
bility of posts when set inverted, DIR.
IIexrmer states in Bliss Garden that
fifteen years ago, when building grape
trellis, he set the posts tops down in arrow,
and all the others in the usual manner.
When decay commenced, no difference
could be seen in their durability, aud
all had to be replaced at about the same
time
| Even little Bernau, a hermit near
Berlin, may boast of having given birth
| to an inventor, who has taken out q
patent on no less an invention than
that of cane, holding a sewing-ma-
chine in its head 1t is said to be a very
neat, practicable and recommendable
thing; unfortunately, however, the in
dividuals carrying canes are, as rule,
not in the habit of sewing, and those
that are do not carry canes Chicago
Inter Ocean.
| West Virginia papers are saying
that the need OF that State is men Of
money, brains, energy, muscle and
steadfastness, and all such are promised
a hearty welcome and abundant oppor.
tunities for increasing their store OF
means and happiness. I'VE have" say
they, room for industries without mum
Der; we have lands to be cultivated o.
unrivaled fertility; we have mineral
wealth beyond compare; we have raw
material of every kind to be mined anC
milled, a rising generation to educate
schools TO build up, we have work fol-
all.
England found Australia, India
and New Zealand destitute of hundred,
of products TO: w1lch their climate ant
soil seemed well adapted. In brie
time numerous experiment stations, I'M
der the management Of experts trained
at the home stations, had introduced
such variety of valuable products no
native to the countries as to many time;
quadruple their commerce, and to ma
terially modify the habits and customs
OF the people. Russia has experimental
stations and forestry plantations il
every province supported in princell
fashion.