Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-23
INDUSTRIAL, STATISTICAL AND
TECHNICAL.

Mr.. DUFFIN, of Toquerville, on the
Rio Virgen, Utah, has petrified logs on
his farm that are from three to five feet in
diameter, which assay SIS 900 silver to
the ton.
THE sugar interest of Louisiana, which
was formerly the basis of prosperity of
that State, is giving promise of renewed
vigor The crop this year is estimated at
about 100000 hogsheads, which is the
largest for the past thirteen years.
THE eleven blast furnaces in Allegheny
County, Pa, have capacity of 237 900
tons Of pig iron per year, an average of
q, 5451a tons to each furnace. The fifty
furnaces of the Lehigh Valley have an an
nual capacity of 533, 900 tons, 1862 to
each furnace. -A;nerscGrs Manufacturer.
IRON says that it is proposed to " crino-
line" the British iron-clads with a net
work of iron wire, supported by booms
at distance Of twenty two feet, and reach
ing to below the keel. The reason is not,
as the reader will be only too prompt to
remark. because of the sex attributed to
all ships but because the authorities hope
thus to guard against the attacks of the
fish torpedo" that can be propelled un-
der water against the side of a ship with
fair accuracy from distance of a mile,
exploding when it strikes.
TO MAKE copying-ink which requires
no press, take one ounce of cOarsely-
broken extract of logwood, and one
drachm of crystalized carbonate of soda !;
heat in a porcelain vessel, with eight
ounces of distilled water, until the solu-
ton is of a deep red color. Then remove
from the fire and stir in one ounce of
glycerine, fifteen grains of neutral chro-
mate of potash dissolved in little water,
and mucilaginous solution of two drachms
OF finely -pulverized gum-arabic. This
ink keeps we'll and does not attack steel
pens The impression is taken on thin,
moistened copying paper, at the back of
which is placed sheet of writing paper.
THE total amount Of capital employed
in the banking houses of Canada at the
opening of the present year was as fol-
lows: Authorized, SOS, 1866, 500; sub
scribed, $64, 1910, 321 and paid up, SOL
270,22O.73. The aggregate amount of
notes in circulation was $40, 1881 ,009,
which were secured as above stated. The
total assets of the banks amounted in the
aggregate to $167, 155 SOC, of which $113,-
81 ,254 10 was notes and bills discounted
and current. The total liabilities of the
&c in 10 ta 70
271, 149.35. OF this sum, besides the Gov
eminent deposits, there were $50, 1914, 537.-
Oh deposits payable on demand, and 1922,
b 285, 513.4 payable after notice.
THE singular fact has been ascertained
by French electrician, that steel bar
may be magnetized to saturation by a
very powerful current, and the magnetic
fluid will penetrate to the very core of
one of his halves, which he calls positive.
This being obtained, the same bar is ex-
posed to an inverse current, which, very
weak at the outset, gradually increases in
intensity, and determines a boreal or neg
alive magnetization, merely superficial at
first, but going down deeper by degrees,
leaving, however, positive strata further
down. The outer surface is now carried
off by corrosion in an acid, so that the ex-
terror negative surface is removed, and
the subjacent positive strata are brought
to light.
AN article of original manufacture,
called cane fiber felt, is now coming into
use, and is said to be the only felt made
from cane in the world. 1t is used as a
lining under tin, slate and single roofs,
and for deafening floors; it also forms
cheap carpet lining, and is a substitute
for plaster; in fact, serves any use for
which felt can be employed in buildings.
1t is said to be a non-conductor of heat
and cold, and impervious TO water or
moisture, and is plain or resin sized, the
latter as we'll as the former being inodor
Gus. If, as is asserted of this article, it
be cheap and durable, and free from the
objections which characterize most of the
felts now in use, its extensive introduction
AS substitute for the latter is quite proba-
ble.-N. 2. Sun.