Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-13

a notable invention. She has applied fol
a patent to cover the process of making
"sweet potato -four" The processes are
those of peeling the potato and kiln-dryine
the peel 80 that it will keep for any length
of time as food for live stock; of drying
and grinding the potato into three distinct
grades of flour, and also of slicing and
drying in the form of Saratoga chips. u
"All these forms will keep for years in any
climate"
Electroplating has been applied in an
ingenious and effective manner for the
inexpensive lace of good pattern is hard
ened by saturation with a substance that
sets quickly, and is fashioned into the
form of some article, as lamp shade. The
pattern is then subjected to the electro
plating process with the result that the
filmy beauty of the lace is preserved to tie
last detail in silver or gold. AS the process
is of trifling cost, compared to the labor
required to reproduce lace forms in metal
by hand work, aud, as the quantity Of metal
used is only a film, the price of such work
is much smaller than might be expected
from appearances. =
Everybody knows there are loud colors.
At the recent session of the International
Congress of Psychology, held in London,
Professor Gruber read paper on "CoIor-
ed Addition" in which he declared that he
has found in the persons whom he
has made study, a number of
mysterious associations, not only be-
tween sounds and colors, but between
sight and smell, sound and taste, sight
color and temperature. His "subjects"
think that some sounds are red or yellow,
and also that some tastes correspond to a
special degree of muscular exertion. And
he thinks that some day it may be pos
sible to hear as well as see colors.
The Engineering Magazine thinks the
silver output for 1892 will be under the
estimatee. 1t says: An increased produc-
ton OF silver would mean also q cor
responding gain in the gold, lead and
copper mined in connection with it. But
the lower prices of silver and lead,
coupled with the temporary closing of i'm
portant silver. lead mines in Idaho, have
counteracted the gain from the new
sources; and the projected additions to
the smelling plants have not yet been
fully carried out. Some of the weaker
producers have closed down and others
have reduced shipments. On the other
hand, few of the best paying mines have
adopted the policy of keeping up their
cash receipts by marketing large quanti-
ties of silver and silver-1ead ores. 1t is
rather early to venture positive predic-
tions, but it seems very likely that the out
put of silver for 1892 will fall considerably
short of anticipations.
1t has been supposed that Whittier first
heard the incident on which his poem
Barbara Fritchie" was based from Mrs.
E. D. E. N. Southworth. But the poet
not long ago told an inquirer that he
caught the conceit in this way: He was
waiting for his mail at the Amesbury post
office one day, and while thus detained
listened to the narrative of soldier, home
on leave, who had been wounded at Mon
ocacy, and who witnessed the fag-wav-
ing episode, but could not tell the woman's
name. Thereupon the poet wrote to the
postmaster of Frederick, Mr.. William D.
jerks, and the latter replied: "In all prob
ability the heroine's name is Barbara Frit-
chic" As he understood it, the soldier
described the heroine as young woman;
Mr.. jerks described her as four-score
years and ten. IT never saw the soldier
again." said Whittier, "neither do 1 know
his name. All 1 could learn of him was
that he was a member of Massachusetts,
regiment. I have given Mr.. Jenks' reply
from memory, being too feeble to look
through my accumulated correspondence
and give his answer verbatim"