The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01

occupied stall, did not for a moment
anticipate the vengeance of Venus, who
It the end of the first act, when the
electric light is turned on the inhabitants
IF Olympus, who are about to visit the
terrestrial globe, adroitly reflected the
powerful rays Of light into the very eyes
Of the journalist by means of the steel
mirror she holds in her hand. The gods
and goddesses on the stage were con-
vulsed with laughter when thew saw him
trying to evade the binding rays of light,
shielding his eyes with his hand and
hiding behind the seat in front of him,
Industrial.
There is said to be such an increase
of the disgusting habit of snuff: dipping
among the factory operatives of New
England that snuff factories are increas-
ing with the demand.
The origin of the Ayrshire breed of
cows is not uninteresting. A poor farm
er in Scotland in 1850, finding it almost
impossible to subsist, took great pains to
have his children drive his COW where
she could eat the richest and thickest
grass, to house her in winter and feed
her with carefully housed hay-in fine,
took unheard-of care of his COW. The
grateful animal rewarded her owner
with fine calf and an unusual album
dance of milk, and thus the celebrated
breed of Ayrshire COWS was produced,
though it was not till the first of the
present century that it was brought to
perfection.
Smooth and Brilliant Castings.-M.
Collignon says that a saving of 80 per
cent. is made by suppressing the sifted
coal and charcoal used with green sand
for small iron castings by careful
mixture of one part of tar with twenty
of green sand; the flashing by means of
tar or resin is also suppressed by the
same means. Castings produced from
molds with such mixture are smooth
and bright, because the tar prevents the
metal adhering to the sand, and the
formation of blisters. Such a mixture
| also aids greatly in the production OF
large castings, as the tar absorbs the
humidity of the sand.
| An ingenious modification of Erics
sons plan of employing hot AR in place
of steam has been devised, with view
to meeting the requirements for al
economical, safe and reliable engine fol
light work. The machine is described
as comparatively noiseless, works yer,
steadily and is compact and simple in it!
construction. With the use Of from fit,
to sixty pounds of coal for each dav O
ten to twelve hours, with continuous
work, this machine can be worked up t,
two-horse power, and requires no NOR,
care or skill than does an ordinar,
stove. There is no water, steam, no
water nor steam pipes nor boiler to car
for, consequently there is nothing to ex
plode or endanger, and but little to &c
out of repair, beyond what attaches t.
an ordinary Office stove. It occupies to-
but small amount of space-three an
one-half by two and two-thirds feet o.
the floor and seven feet in height.
One of the earliest processes in tn
preparation of hides for tanning is tn
removal OF the hair. This is sometime
effected by inducing slight putrefae
ton, which loosens the epideriuis an,
renders the hairs easily detachable. Blu
In England and America the metho,
usually adopted is to place the hides in
large vat or pit containing milk of lime
in which they are frequently moved so a
to allow the lime to act equally on ever
part. After from sixteen to twenty day
the hair is easily removed by a blur
scraper. In Germany, Austria an
Belgium, however, the trade is reporte
to have all but abandoned the old metho
of unhairing in favor of one in whic
salphide OF sodium is the depilator
agent; the sulphide of sodium is
crystalline form being now special
manufactured for the purpose in &c
many. Tie process is modified in var
GUS ways to meet the peculiarities of tn
metal operated upon. Sometimes, whe1
it is necessary that the hair should be r,
moved as quickly as possible, as in III
case OF sole leather, the hides are painte
with paste consisting of one part {
crystailized sulphide of sodium and tbre
parts of lime. The hides are covered wit
damp mating to prevent the drying {
the paste, and in fifteen or twenty hour
the process is complete and the hide
can be unhaired. In other cases tn
skins are stepped in a solution of SUI
Phlde OF sodium-one pound to one hur
area quarts-when the time required
two or three days. Where the hides ar
TO be unhaired by hand it is necessar
that they should be first we'll rinsed wit
water, and the men employed in the Law
ing on the paste are usually provide
with india-rubber gloves, on account q
its corrosive properties.
Religious and Educational,
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