The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-02-28
NEW INVENTIONS.

| so conducted that it can be arrested at any
/ moment, and any desired quality of steel OBJ
| tanned.
One Of the most recently proposed meth
ods OF Zincing iron is by passing the iron
sheets through tluX of sal-ammOnia- then
through molten zinc, again through the
same flux, then through smoothing rolls,
and finally impinging thereon current of
| cool air IA ii rises from the bath.
! Successful experiments have been made
in Liverpool in the use Of salts in watering
the streets. For destroying nOxious gases
and malaria from filth and decompOsed mat
ter, the deliquescent chloride of aluminium
is added. This method has been found. it is
said. a cheap and etfectual one for purifying
tie thorou2 hiares.
Fresh meat is now preserved from spoil
! ing by packing it in carbolic acid paper, the
preparation being composed of five parts of
stearinc, two of carb0lic acid. and five of
melted paraffine. The stearine is melted at
a gentle heat, the acid thoroughly stirred
| in, and the paraffine then added. after which
the whole is stirred together TIL it cools. 1t
| is then melted and applied to the paper with
brush.
| By recent discovery, oxygen gas can DE
produced at about the same cost as hydro
gen, the result OF which has been the intro
duction in Europe OF new. cheap, and eff
ficient illuminating agent, called the hydro
| light. Common hydrogen is highly carbu-
retted an mixed in the burner. with Oxy-
gen, in the proportion of about two of the
former to one of the latter, which burns
with n pure white flame, far superior to the
ordinary coal gas, both in purity and inten-
sity.
| An English scientist claims to have ex-
perinaentally demonstrated tine electric ori-
gin OF nerve force. He found that an slki-
! line solution, acting on sulphur and phOs-
! phOrus, generate powerful galv;nic cur
rent, anu inferred that such current must
exist between the phosphorus of the brain
and the sulphur of the liver. Subiecting a
abbit to chlOroform and establishing q cir
Gait by copper wires between the brain and
/ liver. the current was Immediately mani
tested.
! ALRUNES CHARCOAL A preparation
called ai1umcn charcoal has been devised
! for the purpose OF clarifying sugar syrups
and = which it is said to answer an excel
lent purpose. a very small quantity only be-
| ing required. Its application in clarifying
wines mas been suggested. although i, is
not stated whether il is exactly suitable
| To prepare this sub.taEcA, finely powdered
and purified animal charcoal is TO be mixed
! to I stiff dough with white OF an egg. and
| torn apart into small piece. busted with the
charcoal, dried and pulveriZed. and again
kneaded with egg albumen to dough.
which is 10 be dried and powdered anew.
| NEW STYLE OF FURNITURE There has
recently been imported 10 this country from
Paris. small invoice of an article which
| shall it work successfully. of which We have
no dbubt-Till add II new and valuable ma
tcTial for this extensive and popular orna-
mcntatiun; We refer To an imitation of ivory
. m Ia- pt N, trl -hlll and several
varieties Of ornamental stones. which is
made in sheets Of abou, the thickness of an
ordinary veneer: il is readily cut with q
harp kniie or pair Of shears. Most of the
varieties are semi-tranSparent. and all OF
thcm are good limitations. and are finished
very finely. II is asserted that the material
viii take glue nearly as readily rs wood ye-
nceTs. in which case 1t must br valuable
addition 10 manufacturers of fine panelleG
and inlaid work.
STEAM PLowINo IN SCoTLAND.-An ex-
change savs the Scottish Steam Cultivation
Company have now stations in FOrfarshire.
PerthShire, SterlingShire, and RoXburg
shire. Ha dington, Fife, Aherdeenshire
and L4naIkShirc. At 1 mHeting held at
Cupar-Fiie lately, Mr.. ID. CurrUr, the
energetic secretary to the company. stated
that the returns tor the month of October
have shown an average profit or each sta
ton OF cl00. Each station is managed by a
local committee. The cost OF the engine
and apparatus required for station is cl.-
600 of which 81 900 has TO be subscribed by
the farmers of the locality in cl0 shares.
SCotchmen are generally supposed tn un-
dcrstand what is and what is not 4 likely in
ycstment, and the fact that steam culture on
this system is being so widely adopted by
them should he u practical answer To Mr.. W.
smith, of WoolSon, when he makes his
usual cry iii the papers that no system Of
APPLYING steam tillage will pay except his
own.
Thc SHINING mt Commercial List, of New
York, dated De ,ember 6-h, contains men
ton of a new article of fuel, which is far
cheaper than anthracite coal, generates
steam in less time, maintains more regu-
lar hest, and is not consumed nearly as fasI.
Ii was fully tested on the steamer ). +.
Babcock, under the management and in
spcctlon OF Joseph Belknap. Inspector Gen
cral of the United States Supervising En-
gineerS; William NJ. Vanderbilt, for many
wears experimenting Engineer of the Pa
citic Mail Company, William \. Lightner,
inventor of the surface condenser, snd John
A. German. Superintending Engineer of
the Atlantic Mail Steamship Company. Its
superiority over the best anthracite coal
! was fully established. This new artificial
! fuel is composed of seventy per cent of peat.
twenty per cent. OF coal dust, and ten per
cent. of asphaltum, coal-tar, or resin. Peat
ab0unds in various parts o. the country, and
it has heretofore been a disideratum 70 util
iLe c0al-duSt and cOal-tar. Should 1t be
found possible TO manufacture 1t in sufficient
quantities, it will supplant the use OF coal as
generator of steam, and will enable our
manufacturers TO compete with those o.
England and other foreign countries.
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A RErREuENSIBLE HABIT.-The-c is no
breach of that etiquette which ShOHld be OBJ
served in public places so reprehe:sible rs
that of gentleman leaving ladies sitting
alone. Ii is not only matter of etiquette,
but of the attention and protection due
lady under the charge of a gentleman. How
often do We observe at the opera and theater
from fifty to a hundred vacant chairs be-
tween acts, representing this reprehensible
act2 Gentlemen should not be guilty oil
such Il tiSrespectful act toward ladies, and
ladies should not tolerate IL. There are
many considerations apart from the etiquet-
te Of good breeding IL public place u di'-
courage such a practice. a lady Is liable To
be insultei in the absence OF her escort !; the
difficulty Of his returning thr0ugh ~" '~"'7d-
ed house To his seat, and even ltsu p.os..s.i-
ity ol an accident of panic occurring, which
would require his immediate care of the
lady or ladies under his charge. This
breach Of good taste and breeding is com
mitied in Il majority Of instances,i not once
or t|icc. uur frequently repeated between
every act The most eifectual way for a
lady 10 prevent t is 10 refuse to accompany
= gentleman To Il public place OF amusement
WHO is guilty ofthis ungentlemanly breach of
Il a nt AL tnr hts