The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-10
Sfienre and 5udustrv.

Washington Monument to catch
any thunderbolts that may come
flashing down.
The petrifed skeleton of a
whale, over thirty feet long, has
been discovered by an officer of
the Coast Survey on a range of
mountains in Monterey County,
Cal, owe $500 feet above the
sea-level.
Krupp & Co. are manufacturing
for Italy four guns. Each will
weigh 120 tons, while a charge
of 600 pounds of powder will be
required for the firing of the pro-
jectile of one ton. The guaran-
teed range is ivemiles.
Fall River has ffty-four mills
with 1,713,816 spindles, 4O,586
looms, run by thirty-seven corpo-
rations, with a capital of $17,478,-
600 and an investment of $35 ,0OO,-
600. These have on their pay
rolls 10000 employees. The last
State census gives it a population
Of 56,863 and valuation Of $45,-
900 900.
One gets a striking idea of the
magnitude of this country from
the statement of Rev. DR.. Bar
rows, that if the entire population
of the globe, estimated at 1,4OO,-
600 900, were divided into fam
lilies Of five, the State Of Texas
alone could give each family half
an acre of land to live upon.
In the reign Of Louis XIV, Ia
dies hair was drawn over a wire
framework more than half a yard
high, divided into several stories
and surmounted or covered with
bands of muslin, ribbons, chenilles,
pearls or flowers. Each separate
part of this monument was desig-
mated by a name. If the wearer
moved about much the whole
structure trcmbled and menaced
ruin.
There are engaged In the fish
ing industry Of Europe and Amer
lea upwards Of 10000 vessels
and 600, 600 men. The annual
product of fish is not much short
of 800 600 tons, but few people
will stop torealize the Importance
of these figures. AS a ton of fish
is equal in weight to- about twenty
eight sheep, years supply Of fish
food for Europe and America
might be represented by 42,0oO,-
600 sheep.
A writer in the Eastern med
ical Journal says that the medical
idea of a teaspoonful is one fluid
dram. This is, in fact, about the
measurement of that article as
used by our grandmothers. But
this and the desert spoon are
now made 50 much larger than
formerly that they hold nearly
two drains, and people who meas
ure medicine by them overdose
themselves. The tablespoon re-
mains as in the old days.
Science destroys some the most
cherished popular decisions. Cat
gut is derived from sheep; Ger
man silver was not invented in
Germany, andit contains no silver;
Cleopatra's needle was not
erected by her, nor in her honor;
Pompey's pillar had no historical
connection with that parsonage;
scalingwax does not contain a par
ticle of wax; the tuberose is not a
rose but a polyanth the
is not a berry; Turkish baths did
not originate in Turkey and are
not baths at all; whalebone is not
bone, and contains none of its
properties.
There is a curious clock in the
Cathedral at Lubbock, Germany.
On the end OF the hour hand there
is a little clock which keeps exact
time with the large clock. This
little timcpiece Of course goes
round and round the larger dial,
and reminds one of II sSwheel
within a wheel.f In a Swiss
museum there il a watch that II
only three Of an inchip