Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-09-03
INDUSTRIAL.

SAYS the Sacramento Record: Orange
trees in this country are bearing an I'M
usually heavy crop this season, their
branches bending under the weight of the
fruit, now half grown"
THE sand blast has recently been APP
| piled for producing a lusterless, very fine
| ly-grained surface termed by the trade
| satin-fnish) upon plated-ware or silver.
| This finish has heretofore been accom-
plished by the use of rapidly-revolving
brushes made of fine wire. A Connect
cut manufacturing firm have lately found
that the sand blast performs this stippling
work much more rapidly and effectually,
and have introduced the necessary appa-
ratus for its employment upon large
scale
SOME interesting and significant exper-
iments on the influence of certain COM
pounds on the termination of seeds have
recently been made by Hackel, the results
of which appear to confirm views adj
vanced by observers years ago. Certain
seeds which, when exposed to the action
of pure water alone, began to terminate
after eight days. when kept moist with
iOdine-Water terminated in five days.
With bromide-water the same result fol-
lowed after three days, and when chlorine
water was used the interval was de-
creased to two days. These experiments
belong to the order which anybody can
try"
A Boston paper thinks 1t curious IL
Illustration of the uncertainties attending
business operations, especially where fash
ion has voice, that one Of the prominent
causes of the failure of cotton-mills to pay
dividends of late is the change in the
fashion of shirts Colored shirts of vari-
Gus kinds and other garments have sud-
denly become all the rage, and as a conse-
Quence the great factories, which make
only plain white goods, have been serious
ly affected, their market being materially
cut off, and their white cottons being left
on their hands.
A RECENT number of the Houston Tex
Telegraph says: GA shipment of Texas
pig-iron was made yesterday to the last
place one would imagine possible Ito En-
gland. Some time since lot OF Texas
iron ore was sent to the iron manufactur
ers of England for assay and test as to
quality. The result was so satisfactory,
and the quality was found to be so excel
lent, a shipment Of pig-iron was ordered
as an experiment. If it be found that this
ore can be proftably obtained and manu-
featured large trade will soon spring up,
and rapid development OF our iron
mines result Speed the day, say we"
THE great American inventions, which
have been adopted all over the world, are
the following: 1. The cotton-gln, without
which the machine-spinner and the pow
er-loom would be helpless. 2 The plan
ing-machine. 3. The grass-mower and
grain-reaper. 4, Tie rotary printing
press. s. Navigation by steam. o. The
hotair (caloric) engine. 7. The sewing
machine. 8. The india-rubber industry.
9. The machine manufacture OF horse
shoes. 10. The sand-blast for carving).
II. The gauge lathe. -. The grain ele-.
vator. Is. The artificial manufacture OF
ice on large scale. IA. The elecromag-
net and its practical application, by Hen
nv and Morse Is. The only successful
composing machine for printers.
ONE of the odd Industries, the nature
and extent of which are comparatively
little known. is the manufacture OF sand
naner the amount of which article annual
~ produced in the United States is es-
timated at not less than 2OO, 000 reams, IN
Guiding ne various grades and qualities.
Formerly it was made OF ordinary brown
paper, glue and sand. At present, Tor the
most part, the paper is made OF old rQpe,
the best quality of glue is used, and, IN
stead OF Sanu, pulNIlLeu quai " " ni t
By this means a superior fabric IS pro
diced of a constantly uniform grade, and
at SO low price that the use OF IL mas Pc
come greatly extended, large quantities
being exported to Europe, South America,
tbe Pacific Islands and elsewhere. For
e EN- and emery-cloth a large de-
mand has been created by the finished iron
work in steam-engine shops, the sewing
machine factories and other similar indus
tries which require them for polishing
purposes.
Senator Jones ordered $1,000 hat
rack the other day, but there was a Tune
when he was glad enough to hang his Ola