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WILLAMETTE FARMER.
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The Angora Uoat.
Wo hnvo previously touched upon this nub
ject mnny times, nnd would uot again leturuto
it wero it not to nutlco tlio conflicting asser
tions current in tho press. Thuro has been a
great deal of discussion on the gout question,
yet n fluid, decisive judgment leimilns to bo
reached. Iu tliu course oi our scissors work
we cuuio uixiii tho follow in', iu tho columns of
tho weekly New York Tribune of August 'J7lli,
bended " No Good in Goats." It U perhaps
north while to glvo tlio paragraph in full:
Tlio Cnshtnoro nnd Aligorn goats nro synony
mous. Wo enn but repeat what wo recently
snid: "They huio yet tobo proved profitnblu."
Thero is nt present no mnrket in this country
for their lmlr or wool, or whatever it limy be.
Hut olio factory uses it (tho ono nt Philadel
phia), nnd tbo proprietors of it import thubulk
of their uintcriul. It is used only in tho uiun
ufacturo of articles of but circumscribed uso,
ns trimmings and similar fancy goods, and tho
vast Hocks said to bu iu o islenco in California,
ho far ns wo can learn, exist only in excited im
aginations. Tho Hush of tho best goat iu the
world is inferior to that of sheep as mutton,
nnd goats aro subject to dlscuhos of as trouble
sumo u ehnracti r as those peculiar to hIii op, A
sheep enn bo raised as easily us u goat, and
wool is n vast staple for which them isn world
wide market. Sheep aro more docile than
goats, and moro mutiiigcnblo. It is strange,
then, that there Is such n desire exhibited to
cultivate tho goat, nit iinimal which, iu the
whole history of tho world, bus utveryet Hindu
n place for itself at all reiiinrkablo iu tho gen
eral economy, ami ono, too, for tvhleh there is
really no place but iu u very small nay; while
tho harmless, nicessary sheep Is looked upon
with something like contempt, A Hock of
sheep properly can d for will pay u handsome
prollt anywhere, but especially on the Western
plums, where thorn is extensive pasture; but
wo have yot to learn of tho ilrstdollarof prollt
made from u ltock of goats.
Wo puss tho error of nomenclature In tho
first lino of this clipping it is needless to state
that there Is no such gont ns tho " Cashmere,''
and come to tho assertion that "goats bale
jet to bo proved profitable." 'I'ho ipiestiou of
prollt certainly depends as much upon facilities
for ccoliumlcitl production ns upon demand and
liiarki t. That tho Angora can bo successfully
raiseil hero, and cheaply, is already prmed by
experiment, nnd in eds no nrgumi lit to substan
tiate. It willhn observed that ivliiliilhn Tiihunr speaks
for tho whole country, it has iiiviow innrncspce
ially the conditions of its own imimdialo local
ity. And w bile in the Atlantic Slutesgoat rais
ing on a largo scale may bo impracticable, in
California, New .Mexico and Arizona tbo cli
mate lery closely approximates that of tho na
tive home of tho Angora goal, iu haling tho
net and dry seasons, and tho topography of our
Stall's nod Territories as well resembles that of
Asia Minor, with Its mountains and table lands
That the Augorii can bo successfully raised
hi re, ami cheaply, Is aln udy proved by experi
ment and in eds no argument. As to a market
our eotemporaty Is undoubtedly right iu mm-,
ure, the marki t is limited. There Is, hnitemr,
Is sides tho l'hllndclphia factory mentioned, a
large ono nt Protidoiion It. I., and also sotonil
woolen mills which have appliances for work
ing niiilinir also. Hut the market is limited
because tho cost of import lug Turkish goal tlcoco
at !KI cents per pound, plus duties, freightage
and commissions, excludes Americans from re
iiiiiiieratiin competition with I'.uglisb manufac
turers. So soon as wo imii lay down line goats'
llccco at the mills iu quantity, uud id prices
underselling the imported llccce, there will be
uiuilgll demand for it. That this will be the
case, there can bo no reasonable doubt. And
elen now the factories take what lleeco they
can Mohair of all kinds is coming moro and
more into Use. England impoits, for liiaiiu
factiire, 11,(100,(100 pounds of goals' wool from
Turkey, annually, and about 1,000,000 pounds
from Australia, This can hardly be explained
by assuming that it is made into "articles of
but circumscribed use."
We hunt no " ast thicks iu existence iu Cal
ifornia," us let, but no have seventy thousand
Angora grades, and u few hundred pure breeds.
The dlsliiiclion raised by (ho Tribunr between
sheep and goats, in faiorof the former, lias
the true orthodox ring of the popular prejudice
against the poor goats, resulting from their nn
foituuate position "on the left hand." Hut it
siiouin ne iiiitifrstooti mat Hie .ngorii com
putes (monthly in tho very qualities (hat aro
coiiMdcrnl the good points of the sheep, and
icscmblos the latter in character more nearly,
peihaps, than it docs the common goat. In re
pud to Ibis comparison bet w con sheep mid
goats, wo can do no belter than ipioto from
Mr. Iiiiiidrum's interesting pamphlet an ex
;mtfe statement, but none (he loss ithablo
the following points.
l'irst. They lire less liable to 1st poisoned
They eat almost oicry species of vegetation
with pirfect impunity.
Second. They tiavel farther (it water and
back (o feed than sheep; they will graze six
miles from water and keep fat, while sleep will
net do well oier three miles from water.
Third. They increase moro rapidly, general
ly bearing twins, and will lamb twice iu a year
o'li good feed, (hey go the lunar month's iu
gestation, same as a sheep.
loiirlli. nioy i ti-iii morn than one-halt as
much wool as the best sheiit iu tho world, mid
it brings double the price of wool in market.
I'lllli, They lliooue-llilrd longer than sheep
under the same treatment.
Sixth. They fatten more readily, are moro
secure from drouth, and will Inn on brush
when grass gives out, thus being very reliable
Iu dry years, when other stock are starving or
costing mere for feed than they are worth.
To w hlcli wo limy add the greater ability to
protect themselves against attacks of animals,
uud freedom from jxinio. J'.ioiIo Viinil 1'rtxt.
Piiofmsoii Fi.r.t'K has completed an elalmrnlo
Investigation in n'gard to (he manner in which
nrai'liio is disseminated by wall paper covered
with pigments containing it. It lias long k'cit
known that particles ol Si'huuiufurth green,
may lxi usondod like dust In the atr of the
room, nnd thus niter the lungs, Hut il Is said
that a gas is itWo produced containing arsenic,
mil tho professor lias tudtuiorcd by numerous
experiments to show how such ngasiuiy be
generated, Schwetiifurth green, taken as a
typ of ivrsoiito colors, oouUius, iu addition to
arseulo nnd acetate of copper, more or less fteo
arsouiou ncid. Organic mutter and moisture
net uiKin this free acid so as to produce isu.
IctUxJ hydrogen, uud this Is mom especially tho
rasa wheu gelatinous substances aro used to
faiteu tho paper to tho wall. Anllli e dyes con
taluluif amnio way net iu a similar luauuvr.
A Market (or Angora Fleece.
In this wtok's issue wo, comment upon nn
niticlo fiom the N. Y. Tribune on tho xnluo ol
tho Angora gont and its Iheco in tbo United
States. The Tribune Minis ptisi-Uiit in its
ctlbrts to d-cry tho propagation of tho Augora
goat In this country and doubts even that any
roicli lloiks ns tho pross has nccruliUd to Cali
fornia, havo mi existence. Wo shall not take
the trouble in any way to remove the doubt;
our Mocks make their own showing.
In regard to a market for tho llttce, wo hnvo
just called upon Jus. Hartley it Co., dtnlers in
wool nt tho l'ntiflo Wool Depot, comer of Front
Street and llrondivny, S. 1, In order to ascertain
if possible the truo condition of tho market If
market there bo for tho product. As nu
answer to our inquiry wo wore shown nt once
n bill of sale of mohair forwarded by their
hoiiso to Kilchltig Ilros., Now York city, of n
satisfactory s.tlo lundo there, nnd not in Eng
land; ho (hero Is n market in Now York, (ho
Tilbnne (o (ho contrnry.
Tho principal dilllculty seems to Ho in tho
small ipmutlty of flecco as yet sent forward.
If manufacturers wero coulldeiit of n full sup
ply of mohair, they would adapt their mach
inery to its requirements, but until this is tho
ciso, there cannot bo expected that competition
iu tho purchase of tho product that would at
tend upon a larger supply. Ono other difll
rulty, wo ndmlt, stands in tho way of our
obtaining those largely remiineratlvu prices
for our product that wo naturally desir-; it con
sists in tho low grade of u largo proportion of
the mohair as yet set forwnrd.
(Irowers should not expect to obtain lull
prices for low grade, coarse hair, nnd wo nro
not certain but it would havo been better for
them to have directed their ell'orts entirely to
tho growing of full or pure blood, with no ad
mixture or crossing whateier with (he common
goat. Tho Increase would have been slow, it is
true, but it would havo been sum, and the
pioiluet would hnvo la en sent forward with full
colilhleiico In Its merit of quality, us equaling
(ho best.
Mohair is ouo of those piculiar products
which, to command any price at all above cost of
production, must be of tho best; no other will
answer. Hence the ell'ort to grow largo num
bers of low grade goals, to make up for lack iu
quality, may result in u mistake pecuniarily
To get ono dollar or lib cents n pound for our
mohair, wo must lay down iu England or Now
York as good a quality as is product d Iu Asia,
w hern thero urn no low grades, resulting from
a cross it ith tho common goit. There, nil nro
full blood, uud (ho same should transpire here.
Tuh-Washcd Wool.
In directing tin) attention of our
wool glowers to tliu Circular of Wultor
llrown .1 H'Ui, in our columns this wool;,
ivo would especially invito llioir attonttion
to tlio fact regarding tlio values of washed
wools ovnr tbo unwashed of tlio hiiiiio
grades. It would hooiii that fnir mill in
ferior grades urn moro than doubled in
vultio by lining; tub-washed.
Now wo would suggest, in vioiv of tint
great dillornnco in viilttn between washed
ami unwashed wools, and tint high rates
of freights ruling behveen this const uud
tho wool markets of tho l'.ust, I lint a ma
jority of nil our smaller wool growers,
adopt tho plan of washing their wools
piei ions to shipment or sale. Tlio opera
tion of washing tun bo performed dining
or immediately after tho shearing, liy tho
farmer himself, with tho help of such
labor mill iipplicuucoa us ho can cheaply
command, with tliu assurance of n holler
leliirn for his labor than attends many of
his i'IVoiIh in other directions.
Wo mo mi urn (hut to derivo (ho gtent
ost hoiiollt fituii washing, that tho
llivco sheared bo sorted into grades, uud
ouch grade kept liy itself, to bo tub-
washed, in distinction from washing tho
wool upon Ihn sheep Imfnro shearing.
Thorn is however no dilllculty whatever
in tlio farmer doing his own grading in an
entirely satisfactory maunor, or Hiillloieut-
ly mi (o meet any lensonablo requirement
of tho purchaser, while tlio satisfaction of
knowing that ho was saving tho freight
on thousands of pounds of moro dirt, tilth
uiiil burrs, would at bust, conduce to
sound sleep wo nro sure.
Hut if nothing moro than u careful
washing of tho wool upon tho animal bo
made beforo shearing, u gain upon tlio
iiiluoover that which is wholly unwashed
is MulUcient to pay largely tho expense at
tending it whoro oven tho most ordinary
conveniences for doing it nro available.
ISui.wvY Si'KMi. - The London Kinjun
states t lint the highest railway speeds in the
world are attained in l'ngland, mid that the
highest of alt is rcaclusl on (ho llrcat Western
railroad -the speed on tint latter being given
rouudlv ns fifty uiilss nu hour. Instances are
giien, uoweicr, of slxti -live nnd seventy miles
an hour, uud tint weumr Ivohoics that it would
be possible to lay permanent way so well, and
to maintain it in such excellent order, that
trains might (rmel on It with perfect safety at
one hundred miles nu hour indeed, miles upon
miles of such track nro now to be found on
most of (ho great main Hues, but nowhere can
out) hundred con-cciiUie miles of permanent
way Iu perfection ho found; nnd, us n chain is
mi stronger (ban its weakest link, so a low
hundred lards of lud tnick would spoil for tho
purpotc of trax cling nt one hundred miles nu
hour a whole hue. The really Important ques.
Hon, argues tho A'ni'iittr, is, given the hue and
the cars tit for it, what shall the engine te like,
and Is It possible to construct nu engine nt nil
which, with it moderately heavy train, will at
tain uud maintain a xelocity of ouo hundred
miles an hour, on a line with no grade heavier
than, say 1 in )00. Aftur a thorough examina
tion of tint question, iu all it bcArtugs, tho A'n
!imrr' nguia pruvo that it ia absolutely iiu
possihltt lo obtain a pedof ouo hundred miles
au hour on a railway, if the rvaUtauee ia any
thing like l'.iO pounds per tou.
Wool In New York.
From Walter Hrown ,fc Son's Monthly Wool
Circular for August, brought down to Sept 1st,
187.'J, wo extract the following:
Tho wool mnrket for the past thirty dnvs has
In en (baracteriz-d by n steady demand from
consumers, with values on nil grades of the
staple well maintained
As is customary iihin tbo nssortment is
ample, the inquiry lnis bien for cholco wool,
ami during the month the supply of such lots
has bun considerably reduced. The natural
result of such a depletiou iu tho stock of desi
rable fleeces, is n gradilil hardening iu values,
and wo have now to note n rise of about thrte
per cent, since our last hstie. This upward
tendency is nlio somen hnt duo to heavy pur
chases of fo'cign wools made iu tho American
markets for Europenti nccount, which has, in n
gnnt measure, rt lioved tho pressure on this de
scription, besides encouraging mi advance on
domestic, ami will materially assist importers
iu working oir tin Ir purchases without loss.
Tho fall trade in woolen goods opened with
considerable animation, and with most of the
commission houses tho transactions nro much
iu excess of those of last Jiar; in fact, iu sev
eral Instances, wo hear of sales abend, which it
will employ tho mills for some months to con
summate. This is quite eiicourauiug to man
ufactiircrs, and they, having confidence, both
in the continuance of n good trade in their own
productions, and iu firm prices for the raw
iu iterial, have during the past few weeks, been
frio purchasers of such wool is they nro likely
to n quire for the next two or three months.
For combing nnd del. duo grades thero hns
been nu uctive dem tud, with steadily improv
ing mines. The iiianufacturo of these ools
is rapidly increasing in tins country, ami such
of our domestio lltoccs ns can bo combed, are
eagerly sought lifter to mix with the imported
artielo nnd then by cheapen the stock required.
It is a matter of regiet, that tho American man
ufacturers of worsted goods should be obliged
to go nbrond for the bulk of their supplies; but
this must uieessirily bo the case, until our
farmers see their own In netlt iu increasing the
production of the full blooded Leicester nnd
Cotswold lire) ds of sheep.
The presi nt condition of the wool uud woolen
interests, considering the uppan lit small avail
able supplies of wind, would indicate a reason
able prospect for further advance iu values,
uud it is eiiihnt that mnny of the speculative
translations which h.ue declined within tlio
month, nro ba-nl on this supposition,
1'iice current of wool at New York, Sept. 1,
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Kllcll .1 I 'Jtl.b'.'J
hull lli, low mmlis nml harry l'tvJii
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Choice Aft.i.V1
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liitirlur siiil hurry Ili.ns
Ncvv Great Premiums for Discoverers
and Inventors.
Considering the fact that by tho progressive
wants of eliiti.itioii the time must come wheu
there will bo no more coal or other fuel to spare
to fetsl our steam engine', uud also u great
scarcity of nitiogeiiicd matter to iiiaiiufucturo
artitlcial fertilizers which agriculture can not
lispeuso willi, mid considering that perhaps
our griitiilchiMrcti may ulreaily see such calam
ity that will arrest everything on earth if in
ventive genius does not e-oiuo lo our help, the
Count tic Doubt t made, beforo tho session of
the French National Assembly, on duly --d,
IST'I, the following proposition:
Two iuilioii.il premiums nro decreed, one of
1,000,000 I nines, ami the scooinl ot I.dOil.OOO,
(respectllely about S'JOO.tHH) mid S'llKi.lHH' )
The premium of 1,000,000 francs to be award
ed to lint inventor of one or moro chemical ni
trogciucd products mado directly and econom
ically from the nitrogen of tint atmosphere,
being tillur cyanides, nitrates, or iimmouiacal
salts, so us to obtain an inexhaustible basis for
iiitrogeuied fertilizers, independent of niiiuial
matter, and also rtaliiiig au economy of at
least ten ptrcent, our the iirlillcial fertiliers
of (ho present day. Two hundred thousand
francs w ill be given lo compensate the labor of
the inventor who succeeds In utilizing the nat
ural phosphates called apatites, and abundant
ly found in geological deposits, for fertilizing
purposes, either iu mixing them with the nitro
geniod products of tho trade, or otherwise, so
as to obtain a substitute for the guano import
ed from across tho oci nu, being also tell per
cent, cheaper than the same.
A million mid n half of francs will bo given
to the uiieiitor of the application of any mo
tile power, djnainio electricity orwhiiteier new
motor, it Inch uuiv by expulsion, circulation.
or any other motion of tliiid bodies, be Adapted
lo uiccli.iuic.il mid indiistriil progress, looomo.
lion, or traction on rails or ordinary roads.
The use of steam pressure and exnlosiio cas, s
aro eve udeil, uud the premium will not no ul
lowed if the system does not unite with the im
possibility of explosion or coutl ignition it sav
ing of soiue tweiity-tno percent, over the pres
ent motors.
It is expiettd that the proposition will bo .
copied unanimously. Tun iiiieiilious required
are it ry tlilllciilt, therefore the danger ol hav
ing to pay the premiums is not very great; but
eien if Ihn pronlems nero solved and the pre
miums h id to be p ml, it is considered in 1'raiHv
to bo a very desirable liivestlnt lit, as it would
double the fortunes of the country and enrich
the whole human race generally, so much sous
tti i educe n few million francs to such it com
parative tntlo tint n country possessing the in
exhaustible resources of France, cm easily af
ter I to coinpeiis no the Inventor witli dun lib
erality, .M.iiiiiiirfiinr utnf lluililtr.
I'liriT in Tin Cans, Tlio l!oston.em-;iiif
. . ... v.. . "
of Chemxtrt says: Tho impression prevails
among thoso who freely uso fruits which
aro put tip m tin cutis that thoyuro injured
thereby, and this impression is in many
e.isew correct, Wo Imvo long; contoiulcel
that till preserved fruits mid vegetables
should lo storcHl in glass, ami that no
metal of any kind should bo brought iu
coutnet with thorn. All fruiUs contain
more or less of vegetable acids, uud others
that nro highly corrosive nro often formed
by fermentation, and the metallic; vessels
nro considerably nctevl upon. Tin cans tiro
held together by solder, an alloy into
which leud enters "largely. This metal is
iiwily corrodevl by vegetable ncids, uud
poisonous salts aro formed. Undoubt
edly many peraoua nro greatly injured by
cnUut; tomatoes, peaches, etc., which havo
boon placcsl iu tiu cans, nnd vre adviso all
our fnouda who put up fruit to uso only
glass.
Polar Regions.
, , , ,, i i i i. i, invol
The information developed by the nvesti-
gitloniu connection with tho loss of tho Fo-
laris, nbounds with facts of much scientific
interest. In tho flrst place tho cold was not
, , , ,,. T i,
so extreme ns hnd been anticipated. In the
next plnce the Polar regions nro by no menus
devoid of vegetnble or nnlnml life. Among tho
contributions of tho Polaris nre skins nndskel-
eto is of musk oxen, bears nnd other wild nui-
mals; dillereut species of birds nnd their eggs;
mimerous Inarin'o invertebrates; plants, both
recent nnd fossil; miuernls, etc.
Wla3ft
which wero recognized wnlnut, ush nud pine,
The dip of tho necdlo nmounled (o 13 degrees;
lis deviation to DC decrees. Auroras wero fre-
qneut, but by no menus brillinul. Tho rise
nud full of (ho (ides wero nbotK ay, feet. Tho
greatest depth of water nbout 1U0 fnthoms.
The coldest weather was C8 degrees below zero.
Tho prevailing winds wero from tho northenst,
with occasional tempests from the southwest.
Ituin was occasionally observed.
During the summer the extent of both low
lands nud elovntions was bare of snow nud Ice,
excepting pntches hero nnd there in tho shndo
of tho rocks. Tho soli during this period win ,
covered with n more or less dense vegetntiou
of moss, with which several Arctic pliuts wero
Interspersed, souio of them of considernblo
beauty, but entirely without scent, nud ninny
small willows, scarcely renchlug tho dignity of
shrubs.
Tlio rocks noticed wero of ft schistous or
slate nature, and in some installers coutained
fossil plants, specimens of which wero col
lected. Woltos, bears, foxes, musk oxen nnd '
other nninials wero repeatedly observed.
Oeese, ducks and other wiKer fowls, Including
plover and oilier wndlug birds, nbotmdod dur
ing (ho summer. Laud birds wero compura
lively few; niuong these wero tho pelican nud
snow partridge. Tho waters abounded in
shrimps, jelly Ush nud marine invertebrates.
It is said that seals depend upon tho former
for subsistence. Odd iV'oic.
Wo may add that iu nil probability tho re
sults of tho cruiso of tho unfortuuato Polaris
will not ho lost, as His supposed that nil papers
wero careuf liy "cashed" when tho vessel wns
abandoned.
Crystallization of Wrought Iron.
It hns been a question long In dispute, fays
tho Minlnij Journal i-onceded by one authority,
ami denied by another that tho continued
wear on iron, (as in tho uso of mils), caused a
crystallization of tho atoius composing tho
metal, which would sooner or later uuiko tho
iron brittle nud rotten. That is, tho lamina
tion, would so separatu tho atoms ns lo disturb
their adhesion, or tiflliilty, nud thus destroy tho
strength of tho iron. Hut it is more than likely
that Ibis hypothesis will neierbo proven to bo
u fact. Actual we-ar nud tear upon iron will
separate the tlbriu, mid ill enso of rails, will
"broom" it. but it does not nppeur that what
Is known as crystallization follows, elso the
rails would break oil short within a given length
of time, nud wo would hnvo but Utile less than
n crumbling muss for what is usually regirded
us Imperishable iron.
A writer in tho Artfom ngrces with us wheu
ho ngrces us follows with another contributor
to tho Arttfin: Practically there Is no limit to
the life of iron, uud the crystallization notion
is onlv n theory. It is tlienractlco. uud a eood
one, perhaps, (o uso enr axles tor passenger
coaches from ono to three years, nud then trims-
fer thom lo freight cars, where they generally
run till the journals get heated nnd cut down
loo small. Even then they might bo bushed,
and used nn indefinite length of time, or n
slocio might boput on nt first, to bo renewul
when iiccidtiiitnlly Injured. Tho car axles
which break usually have sharp shoulders
where the journal is turned oil to tit the wheel,
and tho fracture usually occurs there. The
ooseriaiious nun experiences oi iiuriy years
warrant mo iu doubling the truth of the crys
talllzatlon theory, iu any respect. I know- of
both cast nnd wrought steamboat water-wheel
shafts that are twenty yours old, nud ns good
ns when first used. This is also tho 1'nso with
line shafting, sixteen or tighterll lours in Use,
to my knowledge.
A Gas-Propelled Boat.
Mr. William A, I.eggo, of Montreal, Canada,
is the author of u novel method for proptlliug
vessels, designed especially for can.il bo its, to
overcome the dltUcultiesol horse towage, lie
disc irds steam wheels, ropes and other com-
nion contrivances. All that Mr. I.eggo uses is
n large bent pipe which is attached lo the stem
of the vessel, tho mouth of the pipe being placed
under water, pointing stern-wise. The pine
rises to the dock, uud nt the upper cud of the
pipe is u gas light uud valves that open Inward
tor admission of hidrogeu gas nud atmospheric
air. As soon us enough hydrogen nud air have
entered, to wit, two parts of hydiogeli to one of
ox gen, the mixture takes lire I rem the gas
iignt, nu explosion ensues, mo valves arecloseil,
and the great pressure produced finds u-ut nt
the ...ou.l, of the pipe, 'ictingagauis, the water
and driving tho Unit ahead. Hie Utiles then
eii't'ii ni;aiu, me hum's uuu in, it uvw rxpiosiou
. '. i . ... . ' . .
tuKts place, anil so on lilt-so explosions (ul
low with us much rapidity as the motioi.s of a
steam engine piston, and thus the boat soon
acquires a regular velocity. Whether the man
ufacture, cost, and storage of the gas, and the
working of the gaseous motor, will cquil tho
economics uud conveniences of steam power,
and its propelling appurtenances, remains for
Mr. I.eggo to nscirlaiu by trial. cirndrfc
-tmrriciiu.
Fiikk Amlxsks. The Paris School of Mines
recoil es uud analises without charge mineral
specimens of all kinds, from soils to metal
works of art. In tlio years, from lM'S lo 1672,
the number of such analysis was 2,'Jlt!, or nn
average of 51 each year. A Government c.iu
uudtrt.ike a work like this but il is almost be-
joiitl the powers of a school m untamed bv re-
ci ipts from private sources. Tho Now York
School of Minos had it similar practice wheu it
legiin Its existence, and uuuy hundred speci-
uieiis vt em n cciied for gratuitous niiali sis. Hut
in this country thoSSll nuali ses made inch vear
by tho Paris School would represent gift of
,i,,r lHdj 111,,,, t,l IllNl t, .'111 llllll .l,ll,,ra T1,.,
ali.kllii.iiia r.weiv...'l In Wik- York- ir.rt til n ..rent
spes.itneua reHdietl in .e kor. were lo a great
oiieiu ii.i.iiit uiuuiciesmi,, nun iiiulmui
mauy of them wero drawn from old collections
nud represented stones which some iguorant
person had just euough curioaity alwtit to ses.
cure nu analysis of. when ho could uet it free.
The attempt had to bo given up, but it is ouo
that wo would like lo see revived if it c.iu bo
done nuder couditious that will secure, really
valuable results, aud uot sutler tho work to be
come too ouerous to tho schools which under
take it. Knijiiuxrim; and Ji,iin; Jounuit.
A L.VDY of Qreeley, Coloraelo Territory,
has abandoned tho needle for the plow,
and has done plain sowing to the extent of
eighteen acres of wheat. She had for
merly boon accustomed to sewing tears.
A OBEAT EXOINEEMNO FEAT AcCOMrLLSIlED
in St. Locis, Missouri. The two center sec-
lions oi xuo nrcu oeiweeu iijb wtsiciu uuui-
ment nnd tha flrst q thfj btJJgCf tnch CQU.
8i3tiDg of nn upper nnd lower rib, were com-
pleted, September 18th, by tho insertion of
tho key or center tubes, nnd thtit portion of tho
nrch is now finished, demonstrntlug tho feasi-
bu,tl o ,be origtnal plnps, nud its success is
regarded ns ono of tho grentest triumphs of
engineering skill the world hns ever seen,
The two reumiuing ribs of this nrch, which are
P""""") cons rue eel, will be finished at
once with ense. Tho three grutid arches of ho
Wd !
tuU'e ",?ct,ml";r-
CAtuioucsoap nua water is recommend-
edto destroy ruilelow on roses, to bo op-
plied by sprinkling.
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