Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1890 — The Greatest Curse. [ARTICLE]

The Greatest Curse.

The greatest curse that has ever afflicted this land, slavery not excepted, has been the “protective sys em." But for that, instead of having onr industries confined to c.ties, driven by machinery attended by serfs, end owned by purseproud monopol.stß, we should have had small industries scattered all over the land, with machinery nsed as an adjunct to hand labor and not its dominant power. —Ypsilanti Sentinel. A correspondent of the Engineering and Building Record thinks that rats gnaw lead water pipe to sharpen their teeth, and not for the purpose of making a hole through which to pass, or to get water. Hereafter plumbers may consider these rodents as valuable assistants, and possibly charge for their time. India ink is made from burnt camphor. The Chinese are the only manufacturers of this ink, and they will not reveal the secret of its manufacture