Year: 1874

managers 81 tie Produce Exchange and
the directors of the different railroads
to give them effect. There is no doubt
of this confirmation being shortly Civ.
en-. The result will be considerable
saving Of expense and loss Of time in
handling cargoes. It is proposed to
store the grain in boats upon its arrival
at the shipping port. Each boat will
receive 5000 bushels, and the grain
will be graded upon its storage accord
ing to it's quality, irrespective of own.
ership. Receipts will be given for
what is stored, and these receipts will
be negotiable as so many bank checks.
and will be paid in grain upon presen-
tation. The business will be very much
facilitated, and the producer Of the
grain will of course be benefited in the
reduced cost Of handling his produce
This achievement is the fruit Of those
natural laws of business some are so
fond of treating contemptuously:


IF We were to strike balance in the
account for and against the tribes Of
insects good and bad it is hardly safe to
say which side it would be upon. We
have much laid up against them, and
bugs and beetles, caterpillars and grubs
have much to account for. But, then,
upon the other side we have the floods
of nectar, the toothsome honey, and the
useful wax, the brilliant dyes, the need
full though painful blister, the lustrous
lac. and above all the indispensable silk
to 20 to the credit of the busy insects.
The money value Of all these products
goes far to strike an even balance, Tor
we find that each silk worm produces a
value of 8 cents in eggs alone. The
number laid by each insect is 500, and
100 worms produce one ounce Of eggs,
the market value Of which is So. The
total yield of raw silk. is many millions
Of dollars. In addition to this hard
money view Of the case we should not
forget the valuable services rendered in
clearing off waste matters, purifying our
foul spots, and fighting hurtful kindred
races.-N Y: Tribune


A machine for drying hay and grain
has been put into operation in Essex,
England. 1t is the invention of a MIR.
Gibbs, and works by passing the newly
cut grass through a trough about four
feet long, strong current Of highly
heated air being driven at the same
time through the trough against the
stream of green grass. Thus the. grass
is dried on exactly the same principle
as fruit or vegetables in some Of our
most successful drying or preserving
apparatus.


A Manchester man" has come to
grief, and from Chicago he vents his
sorrows. He is displeased because he
found upon his arrival in the central
part of Nebraska that ''he was set down
in the midst of vast wilderness, with
no house or anything else to cover his
head" Here was the place in which
he was invited to make himself at home
by the pesky emigration agents. Speak.
ing mildly, he found some drawback and
considered himself an ensnared individ.
ual. What he expected upon the bound
less "prairie We know not. He found
but little and wanted more. He was
dissatisfied, and wrote instantly to The
Manchester E1an,iaer, pointing out his
little grievances. Moreover, he found
that one day he was compelled to wear
a thin coat and the next day an over
coat. He objected to change his coat
and wanted to take it cool or all hot.
Then he objected to the laws which ex-
empt homesteads from execution 50
strongly that to seek relief he suggests
that all emigration agents should be
sent to the State Prison. Here is a
man who is too dangerous to be allowed
to run around loose and write letters.
The Nebraska Changers should look
after him.-T]t6une.


Slapped in tie Face for Saving = Life,