Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-04-18
Art arad Science.

Nodded peat is to be applied under an
English patent to- the manufacture of pic
ture frames, holdings, decorations, ETC., in
the manner of pGpae1' n2dche or hard rub
her,
The manufacture of all kinds of paper
from corn stalks and husks is successfully
carried on in Austria. The paper is said
to be of superior quality. 1t is also posi-
BILE to make certain coarse cloths from the
same materials. t9-
The Highland Railway, Scotland, is
subject to very heavy drifts Of snow. Flows
are used, which, driven by five or SIX en-
gines, clean the track of ten feet of snow
at the rate of % miles an hour in new
snow, and 10 or 15in tough snow =
"A watch has been invented which
never needs winding up, and looks very
much like perpetual motion 1t is inclosed
in a gold hunting case, and the closing of
the case performs the function of winding
up in an almost imperceptible manner. it
was stated to run a month without inter-
ruption, and all that is necessary to keep
it going is to see to the time at least once a
month. "a g-
"A vein of salt water was struck at
boring for water for wooden factory. The
water yields onelhalf pound of salt to the
gallon of water. At that yield the bust
ness of manufacturing salt is considered
profitable in that section. Arrangements
are already madeto commence the manu-
facture, and it is expected that by fan one
hundred barrels per day will be produced.
DIR. L. Robinson writes to the New
York Farmers Club, that he holds that the
timber produces the different kinds of soil.
The black walnut, by the dark coloring
matter contained in its leaves, bark and
hulls, gives to the spot of ground where it
stands its black, rich color, and so, to a
greater or less extent, Of other timber.
Thus, we have beech, oak and maple land.
The trees make the soil, not the soil the
trees. z TT q 4
The small coin, now quite plenty, has
greatly diminished, and will, ere long, EN-
tirely supersede, the small paper currency.
1t circulates finely, few persons being SO
distrustful of the future as to hoard copper
or nickel The experiment that has sue
ceeded so well thus far might safely be APP
piled to dimes, and then we could get along
swimmingly in the matter of change, till
the good days when our eyes shall greet
the almost forgotten face Of gold and sill
yer. 4t Il EtH Ia t~E IS
The following method for obtaining
copies Of manuscript papers will be of
great service to those who wish to pre-.
serve copies of what they write put. a lit
tie sugar in common writing ink, and with
this write on common paper, sized as usual.
When copy is required, take some I'M
M mo In n
sponge, and apply the wet paper tolthe
writing, and pass lightly over the unsized
paper a moderately heated iron, and the
copy is Immediately reproduced.
--Parkesine is the ameapplied, in honor
of its inventor, to coarse collOdiOn dis
covered by Alexander Parkes, of Birming-
ham, and introduced at the Exhibition OF
1862. 1t is now alleged that the article can
be produced at cost of only a few cents
per pound, and that its qualities, are SINH
lar and equal to those of hard rubber, with
the advantage of every variety of color,
from the purest white downward, and of
resisting the action Of water and heat.
Specimens illustrating all the properties
claimed are to be at the Paris Exposition.
One pound of carbon in burning gives
Ia, 400 units of heat 4,400bt IT'LL, 11e,-
800 foot lbs. On the supposition that one
hour is occupied in the burning, then
11,116, sc. 60-195, 280foo lbs, represents
the mechanical value of the heat for one
minute. 1S5,280-33, 000-56 horsepower.
In other words, the mechanical value of
one pound of carbon burned in one hour
is SIS horsepower, and one horse power
per hour is equivalent to 1876 lbs. carbon
burned per heur. Thus it will be seen that
our engineers realize only about per cent
of the value of fuel
a-Beefcuring by venous injection is
practised by firm at Corpus Christi,
Texas, according to report, with perfect
success. The blood is withdrawn by tap
ping the right ventricle of the heart--the
animal having been !stunned-after which
the veins are forcibly injected with brine
through hose, the nozzle of which is
tightly inserted in an orifce in the left ven
tricle, while the orifice in the right ventri-
Gle is closed After filing, the right ven
tricle is opened, and allowed, under a con
tinued pressure of brine, to run clear of
the remaining blood On making an in
cision at any point in the carcase, the brine
spirits out the same as blood from the liv-
ing ANIMAL only with greater force. Even
the hide is perfectly sailed and the carcase
can be kept or transported whole as it
stands, or skinned, cut up and packed,
with perfect safety from decomposition {
The HEAD TURNED RoUND.- crazy
man was found at grindstone sharpening
a large butcher knife, andsevery now and
then examining the edge to see if it was
keen. 49, - 50
"What are you doing here?"
"Don't you see? Sharpening this knife,
; C"Yes, but what are yougoing to do with
it when sharpened ?"
"Cut old Ben Browns head off, to be
surel" II 52At
"What! You will not kill him, will
your .s.-. .--
!" Oh, mol I'll only cut his head of, and
stick it right on again, hind side before,
Just to let the old fellow look back upon his
past life?s 1t would take him all the rest of
his life to review il"
What queer idea the lunatic had in his
head And what if it were so, that'every
man when he reached certain age had
his face turned around, and was obliged to
spend the rest of his days in looking over
his past life Wouldn't there be strange
sights2a q - A-a- = -AaaA--}
The iron miners of Morris county, n.
j., Numbering about fifteen hundred, have
stopped work. Heretofore they have been
working for $1.65 to S1.75 a day; they