Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-26
GLEANINGS.

There are ninety different styles OF
collars in use by gentlemen in this
country.
A mine Of magnetic ore has been
| found in Fresno County, California;;
also spring near it that cures the itch.
Cheshire, Mass, has two large bald
eagles which have their nest high up
on the side of rocky cliff The hunt
ers and citizens generally, with sense
OF pride and patriotism, leave them I'M
molested.
The mongooses imported into Ja-
maica to eat up the rats having as.-
complished their task, the burning
| question now is how to get rid of the
mongooses, which the blacks have a
superstitious fear of killing.
Massachusetts, has 1878 miles of
railway, of which Coz miles are double
track. OF street railways there are 500
miles in the state. Last year the for
mer carried 66.5l7,00 passengers,
while the latter carried 95,000,000 pas
sengers.
The statistics of the salaries paid
Congregational ministers in Connecti-
cut show that of the 29S churches only
fifty pay $1,000 a year or more and l2o
pay less than $1,000. The average of
all except the first-named fifty is about
| $3.50. The lowest salary'is about S400
and the highest $4,000
The Nevada gold-seekers have dis
covered new use for fowls. The hens
are picketed, and. being hungry, begin
to scratch and eat. After three or four
days honest toll they are killed and
their craws examined for gold. As
| much as So has been found in one
craw. San Francisco alta.
Tuscarora, New, has small tree
growing in gulch, the foliage of
which at certain seasons is said to be
so luminous that it can bedistinguished
a mile away in the darkest night. In
| its immediate vicinity it emits sufficient
light to enable person to read the
finest print. Its luminosity is said to
be due to parasites.
b. p. Shillabcr, the venerable Mrs.
Darlington, is ono of the few friends of
Rev. Adirondack Murray who still has
a kind word to say for that notorious
| back-slder. ..He is, as Father Taylor
| said of his son-in-law, Judge Russell,
not much of a saint, but u sweet sin
ner. The world has been much too
harsh with him. - Boston 1raUctter.
That absolutely tircproof buildings
can he built, suitable for any comfort
able occupation, is very much of de-
| fusion and a dangerous one. Proper
| and scientific methods may reduce the
| danger to minimum. But what is
! mostly needed is that the tenants and
occupiers should have fireproof obser-
walton, diligence and method, - Rhita-
detphia Ledger.
The London Truth says: wherever
there is an aristocracy of birth it inevi-
tably follows that the aristocrat is
socially the most pleasant person, for
his good status is clearly defined,
whereas that of others depends good
deal upon the company they keep; and,
consequently, they are ever engaged in
seeking TO be on good terms with an
other person. An aristocracy is not so
much IN evil in itself as productive of
evil in Others. Every one Lord makes
ten thousand snobs. +"
The consumption of copper throughout
luc WptHi HIS l'tactltttit} uOuDlcu OUR
| ing the last twenty live years, having
increased from 100, 90 10 200, 200 tons
per annum. OF this amount America
produces about 10000 tons and Chill
$4,000 tons. The present low price
naturally stimulates consumption, and
will cause copper TO b, used in other
directions than has been hitherto the
case. The peculiarly of the copper
| production is that it must go on, as
mines once opened can not be aban-
doncd at every depression of the mar
ket.
A ssrni>h has been invented in Ger
many for foundry patterns and ma
chincry 1t dries, leaving smooth
>'iriace, almost rs soon as it is applied
= thus prepared: Thirty pounds of
.iieiiac. ten pounds of Manila copal,
and ten pounds of Zahzibar copal are
placed in vessel, which is heated ex-
ternally by steam, and stirred during
four to six hours, after which $50 parts
OF the finest potato spirit are added,
and the whole heated 70 -four hours to
81 deg. This liquid is dyed by the adj
dItlon of orange co or, and can then be
applied as u paint on wood. When
used for painting and gazing machin-
cry it consists OF thir;y-iiye pounds of
shellac. five pounds of Manila copal,
and 100 pounds of slirl.-.Sc entifc
american.
The following is a description of
submarine terror rcce tly invented by
Mr.. Middleton; '.The Loaf invented
by him was of the igar shape, not un-
like the Whitehead torpedo. Its PEE
culiarity was its power of carrying
men below water. The boat could be
propelled with tunnels without either
steam or electricity, and the coming
tower is above water. When within
gunshot of an enemy's ironclad it
could be sunk to any distance below
the surface, and, guided by the electric
light, could be brought within thirty
yards or less of the ironclad. at which
range percussion shell fired from the
submarine boat could knock hole
of several feet in the ironclad, too large
for any pump to remedy and sufficient
to sink it.
..There is more money in Bibles than
in anything else. said Mr. j. r. Jones
of Philadelphia, one of the largest
Bible printers in the United States.
There is steady, reliable trade for
the good book, and / think | have
made 10000 of the different grades
since | have been in business The
price ranges from 10 cents for the kind
given away by the Bible Society to the
$50 one bound in velvet and ivory. /
have nearly ceased printing other
books. As a general thing they don't
pay. Unless you can get work by a
great author ora noted politician the
safe of any book does not reach beyond
small edition. paid Alexander II.
Stephens $50, 900 royalty on the War
Between the States, but only about
$4,000 for his History of the United
States. +"
The introduction of open fireplaces
makes the preservation of the COM
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