The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-30
while it is said there are 1000 provided
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| for at home.
Porpoise fishing promises to become
one of the principal industries on the
New jersey coast The experiment made
last fall at Cape May proved So success
full that the facilities there were greatly
increased, aud other porpoise fisheries
will be established in both Cape May and
Atlantic counties. At first porpoises
were caught for the skin and blubbel
alone, the carcasses being thrown away
or in few instances used as fertilizers.
From the blubber is extracted very fine
oil, while the skin makes a superior
quality of leather Some time last fall
it was discovered that porpoise flesh was
savory to the taste, and it soon became
popular as an article of food and was in
great demand The juicy red meat,
which is taken from beneath a layer of
fat next to the skin, is pronounced by
epicures to be more palatable than any
porterhouse steak ever cooked. In ap-
pearance it resembles beef, but is more
solid and of finer grain and very tender.
Some persons say that it tastes like ven
ison, and that there is nothing of the
tishv taste about it. Last fall New York
fish dealers offered two cents per pound
for the carcasses, but they will command
a much higher figure next summer.
The Chicago Times asserts that "the
last quarter of century has been pc
riod in which his. ory has been made with
| unexampled rapidity that is. vast events
in dense masses have been developed.
Rarely in any other period of equal
length, save perhaps in the career of Ma
poleon Bonaparte, has so much occurred,
and which has been so gigantic in the
dimensions of the respective units, or SO
potent in influences on the destiny of the
nations Within that period many of
the most mighty changes of modern
times have taken place. In 1861, Russia
emancipated her 22,O00.000 serfs, and
the same year in this country. commenced
IL conflict one of whose results was the
freeing Of nearly 4,000,0 900 slaves held
by the Southern States. A year or two
later, the comparatively insignificant
state of Prussia commenced a series of
aggressive movements against Sch eswig-
Holstein, which ended in the expulsion
of Austria from the German confedera-
ton and the creation of the German en-
pire-the mightiest product of the cen
tury. There were also the Russo Turkish
and Franco Prussian wars. each of which
made material changes in the map of
Europe and radically modified the con-
dition of at least one great empire.
Kangarooing is the most exciting
sport in Australia, and is one Of the
most exciting in the. world. Large
meets arc organized, parties of from
twenty to thirty joining in these hunts.
: They ride to the kangaroo grounds and
as soon as an animal is sighted the two
dogs are released and the horses are given
their heads. If the Australian horse is
we'll up in his business, and if you let
him take you instead of you trying to
take him. he will carry you safely, avoid
ing trees and underbrush. A good,
strong kangaroo will give you long
chase, and very often the dogs cannot
follow him. In this case, when the
horseman gets up to the kangaroo he
takes off his stirrup and strap and knocks
the animal over the head, which effectu-
ally stuns him. He is then killed and
skinned. The hind quarters are given
: to the dogs: It is good enough fol
, eating, but too strong to be palatable tc
those of delicate taste. The tail, or
the contrary. is considered delicious
when made into soup. The average size
of kangaroo is about three and a hall
feet high, but the old man kangaroo is
often six feet, and is very fierce wheel
, cornered; he has even been known to
rip men open with single blow from
one of his hind legs.
} The New York Constant Current Stor-
age Battery company, for the first time
makes it possible for man to go and huy
his electric light by the pound, and take
it home with him. For S. you can buy
little box about the size of thick
pocketbook and weighing little more
: than half a pound. This box is hcrmeti-
cally closed and may be carried round in
} the pocket. Two wires project from :.
, With the box comes little incandesceni
lamp about the size of a horse chestnut
Attach the two wires to the lamp and fol
four hours you have pure and steady
light equal to about three candles or hall
, gas light: at the end of that time the
lamp goes out because the battery is ex
, hausted. Then you can take it back tc
the company's Office and get it reflled at
a cost of twelve cents. If instead OF
, allowing the battery to run out the light
is used for few seconds at long inter
, walls, extending over months, the leakage
of electricity is very small and the lamp
f may always be depended upon for light,
provided there is any current left. This
: is the smallest size of battery sold, but
the lamps are of all sizes, the smallest
, being as large as peas and intended fol
surgeons who wish to see what is going
on inside the body. The larger size bat
teries are intended for carriage lamps,
for house illumination when cost is nc
, object, and for use upon the stage. 1t
was this type of battery which was car
ried about some time ago by the girls in
, one of the ballets, and which lit up q
small star in the headdress of each girl
but it is only now that they have been
! put upon the market il quantities fol
practical use.
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