American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-01-03
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.

PINE cones dipped in turpentine make
the best kind of kindling.
AN elevator with n capacity of mil
lion bushels will be built at Duluth,
Mimi, next spring.
! PROFESSOR j. p. STEELE, Citronville,
Ala, urges the pecan nut as crop of
great possibilities in all parts of the low
er Mississippi Valley.
THE Vesuvius Railroad is finished.
| The mode of traction is by two steel
ropes, pu. in movement by a steam en-
CINE at the foot of the cone.
TIE American COW is at last begin
ming to be appreciated. Over 100000
pounds of her butter and over $500, 900
pounds of her cheese were shipped
abroad during the month of November.
! THE hat factories in Adamstown, Pa,
are buster now than they have been for
years. Wooden goods have advanced in
price, and four factories are kept run
ming day and night TO fill the orders on
hand. About 500 operatives are en-
ployed in these factories.
A MACHINE for spherical printing
has been perfected by Philadelphia,
by which a band of color or of plain or
fancy printing can be placed on cylin-
ders or spheres of any size with unfail-
ing accuracy and in az exceedingly rap
id manner.
ANY fibrous material can be stuck to
metal, whether iron or other metal, by
an amalgam composed of good glue,
dissolved in hot vinegar with one-third
of its volume of white pine pitch, also
hot. This composition, it is said, will
give q sure and certain result.
COMMON resin prevents the formation
of acetic acid in fermented liquids with
out disturbing the process of alcoholic
fermentation, and it is thought that the
peculiar effect of the hop is due rather
to its resiuous matter than to its oils.
The Greeks add resin to their sweet
wines.
REICHENBACH's wood-tar color, pit
tacal, is stated to have been resusci-
tated, and is now an article of COM
merce under the formidable name of
German imperial flower blue" The
pure base is insoluble in water, but dis
solves in every acid, and the solutions
can be diluted to any extent.
A MILLER is reported by the hide
pendent Farmer as saying that bread
made from wheat ground in extremely
cold weather will soon become hard
and dry; if ground in hot weather the
other extreme will follow October is
a good month to grind in, and if prop
erly done and the -four kept in a cool,
dry place, it will keep sweet for a
year"
LAMP-wICKs of spun glass are made
in Germany. They supply the petrole-
UNI, oil or spirit, more regularly, and
lamps which are provided with them
can be carried about with less danger of
going out or scattering sparks and kind
ling conflagrations. For equal strength
of flame the glass wicks give clearer
and purer light; they have less I'M
pleasant odor; they consume less fuel;
in spirit lamps they give n more intense
heat, with a more quiet and steady
flame.
NOTWITHSTANDING all that has been
written on the subject, the use of arsenic
in dyes and coloring matters continues
to be the cause of widespread mischief.
We see by foreign journals that in France
the Project of the Department du Nord
has just issued a notice to bookbinders
and others concerning the danger IL
1x-f ha IS oh hox
for their basis arsenic or "copper" These
are often employed in coloring papers
or the edges of books bound in green.
In case Of any accident arising from
them the binders are liable not only to
| civil damages, but for criminal offense.
A CORRESPONDENT, say the Scientific
american, sends transverse section of
Usage orange wood cut from stick
which, to his certain knowledge, had
been lying for twelve years partly coy
cred with earth in an old meadow. The
heart wood is in perfect preservation.
This timber, he says, is rapid grower,
and seems to be nearly imperishable in
the ground; and he suggests that it
would pay railroad companies to cult
vate it for ties. Usage timber large
enough for narrow gauge roads would
grow, he thinks, in from twelve to fifteen
years from planting. Whether it would
hold spikes well does not appear.
IT is reported that the Laclede Roll
ing Mill, st. Louis, Chouteau, Harrison
Il Vale, proprietors, is about to resume
operations with force of 500 men, and
the Vulcan Iron Works will also rclight
! their silos and give employment to be-
seen 200 and 500 men. Both insti-
tutions resume operations with most APP
proved appliances, the Laclede having
invested s2o0, 600 in preparing it
self To mccc the demands of the trade,
while the investment of the Vulcan, for
,he same purpose, is 100000 The La
cledc Mill is expected to turn out 10000
tons OF iron next year.
The Earth's Day Increasing.