Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-21

MANUFACTURE OF TEETH 1t is stated that
at least three millions of teeth are Annually
made in this country alone. The first opera
ton, according to the method Of manufacture
pursued at one of the most extensive and cele-
brated establishments, is the choosing of the
materials These are feldspar, silica and clay
TO these are added various metallic oxides to
produce any shade of color desired. The field
spar, clay, &c., are ground to an lmpalpabie
powder under water, dried, aud made into
paste. That composing the body OF the tooth
is OF different materials from that composing
the tase or enamel. The teeth are made IN
brass molds and this is quite delicate process,
The enamel is first put in place with small
steel spatula the platinum rlvets. by Whico
the teeth are fastened to the plate, are placed
in position, and then the body is pressed into
the mold. They are then submitted to pow
eriul pressure and dried.
After being dried they are submitted to
process called biscuting in which they can be
cut like chalk. They ere then sent to the
trmmers who scrape off all projections, and
fill up all depressions which mag have been lett
in the operation OF moulding, and then wash
them with what is technically termed enamel.
This is composed of various substances, more
tusible than the tooth ITSELF and answers the
glaze 10 common porcelain making. 1t IS
ground to fine powder and suspended 10 wa
fer, and is laid on with a cameps hair brush. -
They are now sent to the eummer's, who ap-
ply the gum. This is chiefly composed OF
oxide of gold and is applied in the same man
ner as the enamel After being dried they are
burned, This operation Is carried on IN
mufls. The teeth are placed on bed OF
crushed quartz, which is placed on a slab OF
refractory clay. After being exposed to an To-
tense heat for some hours. tney arc taken out
cooled. aud assorted, ,-JOurnat OF 1ppAe0
Chemistry.
Con BLESS YoU.-Who has not felt :he
mower of these words? Who does pot treasure
up those ha!lowed moments of the irrevocable
past, when from the lips OF some loved ono tall
upon your cars "God bless you, y that iound
an echo in the truest and purest feelings OF tie
heart? A God bless you that will 60 With US
through lite. and bring peace aud comfort
when all things else are shrouded 10 gloom and
no ioy seems awaiting the heart so long ac-
ouaipted with sorrow. Dying lips in feeble &C
cents have murmured God bless sou. Ii
preets the ear OF infancy and reclaims the way.
ward youth. 1t has been heard at the bridal
and said ut the tomb. Loved voices breathed
it in our ears when We parted, end the sound
still lippers to cheer our saddened hearts. On !!
may We hear it through life. and when we stand
on the brink of those waters which How be
tween time and eternity, may the last words
that break upon onr- listening ears be the God
bless you which comes from the lips OF loved
ones lett behind.
A SOUTHERN SAMSON is q man iv,
ing 10 Calhoun couIty, Miss, who Is supposed
to be the strongest man iu the State, ii not IN
the entire South. He is thirty i've years OF
age, and weighs two hundred and twenty: i've
pounds. Ho has been known to carry three
bars of railroad iron, when it takes from three
to i've ordinary men to carry one. tie can
take cask containing forty gallons OF whlskey
or water 1.-THE former is preferred, We presumed
aud raise 1t from the ground and drink out nf
the bung hole with as much ease as others
could out OF common pitcher; and he has
frequently taken barrel of -four under each
arm, and, balancing sack OF salt on his head,
carried them for several hundred yards with
apparently but little effort. lie offers to bet
that be can lit 300 pounds.
"What will you do with it?' asks the Pitts.
burg Commercial. ''Twepty.6ve cts. worth OF
alcoholic beverages may totally unit man TO,
business; fifty c,s. worth may place his prop
erty at the disposal of saind'er, and seventy
five CTS worth may cause him to murder hls
wife, or his child, or some other human oe'nf
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