Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-11-16

ssweepiugs. y All are carefully collected,
not only for the sake of health and cleanli-
ness in the work. rooms, but because they
have money value. The "cotton waste
dealers" win give for the strippings and
Hyings about one-half or two-thirds the
value Of new cotton; and for the other
three kinds, price about one.eighth or
one tenth Of the original value. It is sup
posed that there is little less than fifty thou
sand tons of this waste produced in Great
Britain annually; tits worked upintocoarse
sheeting and bed-oovers, or Is sold to the
manufacturers Of fprinting paper, tobe mixed
with linen rags. In the United States, the
cotton waste is worked up into paper mache
for tea.trays and other articles. Linen rags,
besides their more prominent use in paper.
making, are largely made into lint for sur
geons during war time. Coir, the .fbrous
husk of the cocoa, is employed as mate.
rial for mating, soaking, rope, and other
articles, especially where power of resist.
ing the attacks Of. insects is needed Moss,
from the woods of the Mississippi regions,
is extensively used for making the bags OF
bales in which cotton is shipped; and when
this service has been rendered, paper:ma-
king affords q. further resource. Sea:weed
is employed in France for great variety-of
purposes; it is made into paper; it is used
as lining material fol. ceilings and walls,
on account of its incombustibles properties
and its power Of resisting vermin and tits
employed by manufacturing chemists as a
substance whence iodine and acetic acid
can be obtained So: -.
s The minor uses of the numerous other
components of the vegetable world are sin:
gularly varied, Rapeseed, linseed and cot.
ton seed, after the oil has been pressed ont
Of them, present the form Of husky cakes,
which, both in themselves and in the por.
ton of oil which they still contain, are; val
liable as cattle food, for which they have
very fattening qualities. 1t affords q curl,
ous instance Of the discreditab!e adulterating
practices Of our day, that there are many
factories in which tie husks and refuse of
rice are worked up into substance called
"shude, /" sold in thousands of tons to adul.
terate oil cake, to which it is made to bear
considerable resemblanoe-wanting, how.
ever, in the oleaginous properties of the
latter. Grape. husks, when charred, are en-.
ployed in making: the intensely black ink
with which, bank. notes are printed. The
raisin stalks and skins which accumulate on
the hands of British wine.makers form the
very best filter for the use Of vinegar man.
ufacturers and hence arisesa certain ad-
vantage in carrying son both those processes
in one establishments, as Is done BY the eel
ebrated firm of Beaufoy at Vauxhall. Rice
husks, and the delicate nellicle which in
closes the grain, are largely employed as
litter for stables, as substitute for saw-dust
and as food for live stock and poultry. The
bran or refuse from the grinding and bolt.
ing Of corn is useful as food for cattle, as
material in tanning, asa cleanser in cali.
co printing and tin. plate making, and as a
stufiDg for cushions and dolls. Brewers
and distillers' grains are much sought after
as fatteuiug food for live stock. The bread
raspings from rolls aud from over-baked
loaves are used as a coating for hams, aud
in some districts by poor persons as sub
stitute for coffee. In Paris, such of these
rsspiugs as have been carbonized to black.
ness are pounded, sif.ed, and sold as tooth
powder. Beet-root fiber, after the root has
had the juice pressed from it for sugar
making, is eagerly bought by the coutinen-.
tai farmers asa fertilizer; while the SKIM
mings from the boiling of the sugar are
added to the food for cattle. This same
sort of fiber will work up we'll with other
substances as a material for paper, and for
paper mache tea.trays, &c. The "trash" or
fibre of the sugar cane, after the juice is
expelled, is used by the West India plant
ers as fuel although chemits tell them that
it still contains a great deal of valuable
sugar, which might be more pro6tahly ap-
piled. The molasses which is left as resi-
due in beet-root sugar making can be. dis.
titled to yield spirit, and then made to
yield q useful amount of potash. Tan pit
refuse, a complex mixture, with much veg.
etable and little animal substance, is em.
ployed in hot houses, and forcing stoves,
and also for making a peculiar kind. Of
charcoal. Maize, 10 America, besides sup.
plying an important article of food for man,
is broughtinto requisition in great variety
. of ways; the grain is made to yield q spirit
and an oil the stalk has sugar and molasses
extracted frou it; the cob is an acceptable
food for animals; and the husk is employed
for packing oranges and cigars, for stuHing
mattresses, for making paper, and as cheap
substitute for horse hair. The cuttings of
cork are used as piston packing for steam
engines, as q stufiug for beds and pillows,
as buoyaut material for safety boats aud
garments, snd-wheu mixed with asphalt
as road material for suspension bridges !;
the elegant new suspension bridge at Batter
sea Park furnishes an example of the last
named kind. Rotten potatoes, damaged
grain, and refuse rice, ane sources whence
excellent starch is obtained Horse chest.
nuts, which used to be valueless, except as
an occasional food for sheep, are now ground
and mixed with a little carbonate of soda, to
neutralize the bitter principle, washed to
whiteuess, and employed in making meal,
starch, vermicelli aud maccaroni. The
brick tea, made from the spiked leaves and
STALKS of the tea plant, is q cheap and