The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-10-19
INDUSTRIAL. STATISTICAL
AND TECHNICAL.

Accom- feature of the trade revival
is that it is gradual,
REPORT says there are seven hum
bred workingmens clubs in Great
Britain. with a membership which
averages $780, 900. They are opposed
to the liquor traffic, and their club
rooms. of which there are many, are
kept open ON Sunday to induce men to
visit them instead OF patronizing the
sin shops,
AN invention which will revolution
ize the tinware trade of the country
has been perfected, after some years
of labor, by young Bostonian. 1t
consists of series of dies by which
boxes of all sizes. from the salve-boN
to the preserved fruit and oil-cans. are
pressed from single piece Of tin, the
corners being doubly folded in the
process. and no solder being required,
though the cans are perfectly air tight.
Flared ware. as dripping pans. are also
made. They are durable, very pretty,
and, as some dozen minute are manu-
featured, very cheap, and in these
days of solder poisoning will be espe-
cially acceptable to Gamers of pre-
served meats.-Boston Globe.
THE Journal Of applied Science
announces that simple process, de-
pending on the use of acetate of lead,
and which renders every kind Of paint
ing applicable to sheets of zinc, is
among the recent German inventions.
BY mixing black lead, for instance,
with the salt, very agreeable light
brown hue is obtained. 1t is by this
means, it appears, that the cupola of
the synagogue at Nuremberg has been
painted, sufficient length of time
having already elapsed, it is asserted,
to show that the atmosphere has had
no influence on the zinc sheeting of the
roof-thus showing the peculiar adapt
| ability of the process in such cases. BY
the addition of other colOring matters,
the lightest or darkest shades of gray
or yellow may be produced. For
writing with dark ink on sheets of
zinc, a solution of chloride of copper
| is employed. After a few minutes,
the zinc sheet is washed and then
dried. Various useful applications of
this method have been suggested,
among them that of making labels for
the names of plants, on account of its
readiness, simplicity and resistance to
atmospheric Influences.
IN 1925 was established the cele-
| brated stage-coach, the Shrewsbury
Wonder, which maintained its charac-
ter for punctuality, safety and speed
for thirteen years. 1t was the first
that attempted to perform 50 long a
| journey as 154 miles in one day. The
Quicksilver Mail ran from London to
Exeter, 175 miles, in eighteen hours.
The Telegraph used to leave London
every morning at half past five and
reach Exeter at half-past ten the
same night. In 1886 the fastest
coaches, known as the crack coaches,
We're running between London and
Brighton, fifty-one and one-half miles,
in five and three-Quarter hours Shrews-
| bury, 154 miles, in fifteen hours; EX-
eter, III miles, in seventeen hours
Manchester, 1871 miles, in sixteen
hours Holyhead, 261 miles in twenty
six hours ffty-tive minutes; London
and Liverpool, 2O3 miles, in twenty
hours fifty minutes. On May-Day,
1880, the Independent Tallyho, which
ran between London and Birmingham,
performed feat altogether unparal-
leled in the annals of coaching, having
! Travelled the distance of 100 miles in
seven hours and ten minutes. On
May-Day, 1888, the Shrewsbury Grey
| hound, with no passengers except a
friend or two of the proprietor ac-
complished the distance from London
at the rate of twelve miles an hour, in
Guiding stoppages. -NoRtreaZ Herald.