New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-23

as the re- ard usefulappcaon Of refuse articles,
vida field would he 0penrr hut not the less Interest
ING ts extension, for il would embrace that class oi
facts which lead lttead q personal oNg unation
OF - diet clothing aEd t5c various articles OF done tie
cca unrtion aud use As IN ' trat!9n Of the p"r'eI
siN If spent products he alluded To the statement oi
on Maley of London. From Trustworthy dat, he CO
mates that ah0u; n O0 pounds Of exhausted leaves are
= ed and mixed with cheap tea and sold 20 The poorer
ls.s as genuine article. Beet and turnip leaves are
also largely used for aGuieraton IN TIC maluiactnTe o
However Of the other class he stated that the lste
mn lie nv the slver and turner OF wood Lad set erh
rconou'irs Mahogany dust is valuable for CCk,nG
fish box.dust for cleaning jewclry; the fhtrmes of
cedar for extracting lis aroma, 100 pounds Psodu,l <
% ounceS Of the essence. Tie saWdCst Of mahogany
brch and rosewood is used ~ uricrs in cleaning ad
Ore. sing fuis SpeBt ianIafS from nncIcsS pressed
and dried, has been useI ioI iueI IN ptlh9g SIN.
compound consisting Of 27.5 paris nj refuse aubark
- narts OF urats Of soda and 70 plrts q sulphur
La, b,.i used Gs a powder tor blasting. II mh! Do
interesting 10 know that there ere wooden r7g5 not
Good enough 10 be used "sI0doy" these are found
u make a very eEclcnt m1Luf-. dahy o9ier WIS.,
prclucts have The came useful application by cult
vation The speaker then gave minute Inscription OF
how every part OF Inc dead horse used N rae al, 's
Ice once REGARDED waste product Of nature, has
become o great article Of commerce. Tue amount
oun reeG in ten cities OF Union ia Tf5O 600 tuaS
As an illustration Of " at may be saved By swecU"g
"A New York correspondent OF The London Technology f
stated some time ago that the foreman Of the
bindcry department Of the Harper BrGihers caiLe
in one morning with n bar Of gold valued ~ tdU' %
which wes the proceeds Of the gold leaf and dlft sweep
fron the floor and wiped from the rags uscd by tne
binders du! ing only three months lie further stated
that tho -o,d sweCpinFs were worth 500 year. tue
shaving from paper g. O00 slrving9 from pasieboafd
500 and tc scraps of leather S5JIn1dinB an annual
Aggregate Of $3.50 The llt'st successful utilization
of a vase product which had come under his notice
vas the application made By Prof Everett o. scrap tin
plate in The reduction Of sulpnurcttod LEAD ore. The
ieo Of the reduction OF sulpuiciied lead ore Dy IRON
IS based upon tie fact o. the Grr affinity o. iion ut
high beet Tor sulphur. The metallic lead IS set irce Nv
tic sulphur leaving the ore ard uniting with the iron
forming the supLidc Of iron by the Use OF scrap tin
date the iron process ia carried to ts ehcSt state OF
perfection because the timed iron plate ~ uade OF the
very best wrought iron Furthermore saving Is made
of al tho tin upon the scraps, which for many pr-
poses improves tie quality o. the lead; Int u ~ easily
separated il desired. lin always commands far
hhcr price than lead. Another advantage arises nom
The tlncss of these scraps trey present 20 much sur
face that part II the iron is oN7ed aud makes an eH-
cent fax t.us saving the addition oil an artificial nuN
ana reducing the time required for smciting very ma
ttriaiy lie waste product used IN this process has
until now been thrown away. In tins Instance tie
waste is more valuable than the new material.
At the conclusion Of DR.. Parmelees remarks II
was resolved to continue the discussion OF Lac same
Qncs ton AT the next meeting.
Adjourned 10 April II.