Huntsville gazette., 1884-01-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Cashmere shawls are embroidered
almost enti ely by men, and sometimes
single garment represents the work
of three generatiOnS.-N. 7. Sun.
A breastpn containing an Edison
glow light, fed by a small waistcoat
pocket battery, is sold for nine dollars
at Nuremberg, Germany.-Chscago 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 ut lize others
by raising large numbers of water fowls.
Chicago Times.
Holland, in the last three centuries,
has recovered from the sea at least eO,-
600 &C es. The Lake of Harlem became
terra tirma between 1910 and 1852. and
the /uyder Zee is in process of transfor-
nation into 100000 valuable acres.
Holland has now ,479, 900 oxen and
cows, and her present output of cheese
is estimated to be worth S3,000,00O.
Baltimore men are talking about
reviving the sugar r-refining business in
the city, which declined in 1875. The
plan is to organize a company with
$1,000, 900 capital. and erect buildings
with capacity of twelve hundred bar
rels a day. 1t is said that such an enter
prise would give employment, directly
and indirectly, to twenty thousand per-
Baltimore Sun.
In addition to the well-known series
Df experiments by Prof. Beal. showing
that there is no difference in the dura-
bility of posts when set inverted, DR..
Hexrmer states in Bliss Garden that
fifteen years ago, when building grape
trellis, he set the posts tops down in row,
and all the others in the usual ma ner
When de ay commenced, no difference
could be seen in their du ability. and
all had to be replaced at about the same
time.
Even little Bernau, hermit near
Berlin, may boast of having given birth
to an inventor, who has taken out
patent on no less an invention than
that of cane, holding a sewing-ma-
chine in its head. 1t is said to be very
neat, practi able and recomme ldable
thing; unfortuna'e ely, however, the in
dividuals arriving 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-
tun.ties for increasing their store of
means and happiness. ave have" say
they, ''room for industries without num-
ber; we have 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, a 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 m nagement of experts trained
at the home stations, had introduced
such a variety of valuable products not
native to the countries as to many t mes
quadruple their commerce, and to ma
ter ally modify the habits and customs
of the pc pie. Russ a has experimental
stat ons and forestry plantations in
every province supported in princely
fashion.