The evening times., 1895-08-28
Industrial Echoes.

hdustFl9l ECHOES
Petroleum has beeb used for some time
in Germany as a amthns of preventing the
formation of scales e boilers
Missionaries say there are seven Aned-
can barkeepers in the village of Nazareth
the home of the saviour.
A Hartford concern has just made a four
ply leather belt 11S feet long and 7s
inches wide. The hides OF ITO steers were
FUSED.
One of the heavy expenses attached to
raising sheep In Terra del Fuego Island
is killing panthers which raid the flocks.
Some of the eighteenth century tables
and chairs. very popular in England, are
made in and shipped from Connecticut.
The salt fish obtained from Siam and
Cochin China greatly injure the United
States salnion trade throughout the far
East.
The total cordage required for first
rate nian-of-war weighs about eighty tons,
and exceeds $l5,OC0 in value.
The Countess Cecilia Plater-Zybeck, one
OF the weaithiest women In Russia, has
been enrolled in the guild OF master tailors
at Warsaw.
In the Loo ChOo Islands, though there
are neither vehicles nor public lighting,
the Inhabitants have letterboxes and tele-
phones.
Japan's first spinning mill was erected
In 1888, with 5.436 spindles. AT the end
of 1893 there were forty-six mills, with
600, 100 spindles.
1t Is proposed TO build an electric rail-
road FROM Basic City, Va. to Bridgewater.
distance of twenty-three miles. The
road will cost about 100000.
Shoestrings were first worn in 1877, and
the English buc kle-makers presented
petition to the throne asking that these
articles be prohibited.
The manufacture OF typewriting machines
| has In late years grown TO very large pro-
| portions. This is one Of the newest OF our
manufactures.
| A 100000 company has been organized
at Henderson, N. c., and will erect a cot
ton mill of 5000 spindles, with electric
light plant attached.
| The Erwin Cotton Mills. OF West Durham,
N. c.. has commenced work ON its new
building. 400XS5 feet, to contain 100
looms and 1900 spindles.
Mr.. c. A. Norton, of Tallapuosa, Ga. Is
| endeavoriDg to secure the acceptance Of a
proposition for the erection of u I0,500-
! spindle and 115-loom mill.
AS result of better feeling in the coal
mining regions OF Virginia and West vir-
ginia, the railroad shops at Radford, Va,
have resumed operations.
There are in this country 4,Tsi ,625 de-
positors in savings bank who have on de-
po:it the enormous sum of Sl,T12,TG9,-
O2G, an average, of S35s.20 to each de.
posltor.
Platinum has been drawn into smooth
wire sofine that it could not b. distinguished
by the naked eye. even when stretched
across piece Of white cardboard.
Lighting trains by electricity on the New
York Central. the supply of which is fur
niFhed by the revolution of the axIes, as
far as tested has proved very satisfactory.
The first bale of Georgia cotton was sold
in front of the New York Cotton Exchange
Saturday and brought IL cents pound.
1t reached Savannah three days before.
The State geologist OF Georgia reports
the discovery Of belt of true marble over
sixty miles long. Some or 1t is of a flesh
tint with green, and some light gray, with
black bands.
1t Itisproposad by means of the electrophone
to connect London's churches and chapels
with the hospitals, SO that the sermons
preached each Sunday may be hear by the
patients without leaving their beds.
During the-fiscal year which closed June
80, over 4.13O, 44O 900 cigars Were manu-
factured In the United States. This is an
increase of 63,522,00O over the number
manufactured during the previous year.
A Lowell business man told his children
he W ould give them So If they would put a
lot of wood into the cellar. They sublet
the job to other children for S1.50, and
watched them work with great satisfac-
tion.
When pins werc first invented, they were
considered so great n luxury as not to be fit
for common use, and the maker was not
allowed to sell them in an open shop, ex-
cept on two days of the year at the begin
ming Of January.
Editorial BrevitieS.
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