American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-09-15
CITY OF LANCASTER:
rhuTsday NIOrning. Sept. is, 1850
HiiIizinr Small Things.
EDITORS AMD PRoPRIE1

A correspondent OF the National Amer
ican Gazette alludes to the saving of what
is called q waste" at the Altoona machine
shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad, as
follows : oai
Waste is cotton shreds and rags used
for cleaning locomotives and other ma
chinery. 1t soon becomes saturated with
oil and dirt, and in that condition is use.
less. This article, seeming like email
item. adds nevertheless. some eight thou
sand dollars TO the expense account OF the
read. Some Ingenious Yankee proposed
washing this ''waste" by steam, using
soda or some other cleasing compound.
and afterwards drying il in a centrifugal
drying machine. II was tried and proved
that, by renewing. this item of expense
can be reduced at least one.half. The
degree OF attention paid to this minutiae
in detail, will. at any time, upon so ex-
pensive an undertaking. make the differ.
ence between a dividend or non-dlvidend.
paying road. .saa
1t is surprising to what an extent seem
ipgly useless articles are utilized in The
manufacturing aris. We will present
few examples to illustrate this point:
The prussiate Of potash is made in large
quantities in Cincinnati, from hoofs, horns,
and otherrefuse Of slaug Uttered auimsls.
Cow hair, taken from the hides in tan.
ueries. is employed for making mortar ic
give it sort OF fibrous quality.
>, Sawdust is daily sold in our streets to'
sprinkliug floors in marketA. 1t is alst
used for packing ice for shipping,
~. The rags Of worn out shirting, calico
dresses. and the waste of cotton factories
are employed to make the paper upoi
which these lines are printed, a.,
-I Old ropes are converted into fine not
paper; ITSELF. which is picked up in tb
cutters Of our streets. is again re converted
into broad, white sheets, and thus doe
duty in revolving stages. 80.
The finer qualities OF gelatihe are mad
from ivory raspings-the bones and len
dons OF animals.
Bones converted into charcoal by roast
ing in retorts are afterwards employed 70
purify ing the White sugar with which W
swee ten our coffee, &c.
The ammonia obtained from the distil
fation of coal in making gas, is employe
for saturating orcbil and cudbear in rns
hing the beautiful lilac colors that ar
dyed on silk and fne woolen goods. a
! Carbonic acid obtained in the distilta
ton Of coal-tar is employed, with otbe
acids, 10 produce beautiful yel ow colo
on silk and wool.
The shaviDgs Of cedar wood used
making pencils are distilled to obtain III
otto Of cedar wood. %
Brass filings and old brass kettles at
employed to make the brass work OF prln
ing presses, &c.
Old copper scraps are used in construt
tion Of splendid bronze chandeliers fc
Illuminating our churches and the mar
.sions of the wealthy.
Old horseshoe nails are employed
make the famous steel and twist barre
Of fowliDg pieces.
Coal tar is burnt and made into lam
black---used for printers ink, commo
black paint and backing for shoes.
The castoff gauze dresses of Parsis
bellies are purchased for o mere song az
sent to the West India Islands, where The
perform a second duty in de,oratiug Il
sable daughters Of tbe tropics. : $50
Oyster shells are burnt in kilns al
dfterwardSused in making cement, the
base being pure lime.as n Nv .ti
The MURDER IN 1845 The stateme
made by us last week. with reference
the probability that the parties guilty Of d
murders, burglary and bouse- burning
.Xenia, in l845, wsre likely to be disco
cred, has renewed all the interest ever {,
on this subject. We have been fairly d,
uged with inquiries in regard to it, to
ofwhich We can only reply that so f'
there has appeared to be every reason
credit the revelations made to Mr.. Putt
sbAugh, and that The matter will be di
gently prosecuted. So soon as aryihi
further oan,be. made public on this su
jsct our readers may rely on receiving
.-Exenis News,