The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-06-14
The Value of Scraps.

| Few people appreciate the value of
little and apparently insignificant things
In some foreign countries the litter Of
domestic animals is carefully collected
and sold to farmers. Not few people
make living in gathering fertilizers in
this way.
In the shops of jewelers. and others
where articles are manufactured of gold
and silver, great care is taken to prevent
the waste Of the precious metal. Every
particle of filing, scraping or grinding is
preserved for the assayer. The wheels
on which gold and silver have been pol.
ished, when worn out, are burned and
the Gre develops particles Of the precious
metals which could not be seen by the
naked eye.
Even the sweepings, after great care
has been taken to pick up every bit of
metal that may have fallen on the hoor,,
are preserved, and in New York City
sell for $40 barrel. 1t is calculated
that when jewelers. shop floor is to be
renewed the dirt accumulated in the
.crevices will more than pay the cost Of
the new floor.
tits said the receipts from the sale of
the refuse of starch mills, which is used
by farmers as feed for hogs and other
stock, constitute large part of the
profits, and that if this refuse could not
be sold some mills would be compelled
to run at loss.
The paper trimmings Of large print
ing Office, like the Harpers or Apple
tons, are worth thousands Of dollars
year.
Lumbermen have found uses for near
ly every part Of a tree, aud scraps that
a few years ago accumulated so rapidly
as to be a source of inconvenience, and
consequently expense, are now sold for
a good price and are in great demand.
The value of tobacco scraps is more
highly appreciated in Europe than in
America; but even here in the manu-
facture Of cigars very little is allowed
to go to waste. The stems and ribs of
tobacco leaves, which are rejected by
the cigarmakers, are sold to farmers for
manure, The cuttings and odd scraps
are sent to the cigarette manufacturer,
or to Europe for pipe smoking.
The great waste in tobacco is with the
consumer. It is estimated that about
one-third Of the tobacco made into cigars
is thrown away in stumps, and that the
smokers of the best cigars throw away
the biggest stumps. The enormous
waste in this country is attributed large
ly to the very limited use Of cigar-hol-
deTs, which are more popularin Europe.
In Paris the gathering of cigar stumps
is recognized industry, and in the
Place Maubert there is a regular mar
ket for them. The tip or head Of the
cigar, which the American bites off and
throws away, is carefully preserved in
Europe, and in some localities is the
basis Of a vast organized charity. It's
use for this purpose dates back only a
couple Of decades. A German philoso-
pher observing that much valuable to-
bacco was wasted by the rejection Of the
cigar tip, conceived the notion that if a
general collection of the tips could he
made, and the material put 70 use, q
handsome revenue would result.
After awhile ''spitzelvereine," or tip
societies, were organized in all parts Of
Germany, and a regular system of col
lections was devised. Every member
made it his business to collect cigar tips
from his friends, and boxes we're placed
in tobacco stores and saloons. The tips
we're collected monthly, and at the end
Of the year were sold to snuff or smoking
tobacco manufacturers. The system ia
time grew to extraordinary proportions,
and hundreds of poor children in Ger
many are to-day clothed and fed through
this simple agency.
The tip collecting plan has been
adopted in England, where the proceeds
are given to the hospitals; and in Dem
mark, where the tips" help to sustain
i charitable hospital in Copenhagen and
pay for the education and support Of a
number Of poor girls until they are able
10 take care Of themselves. II seems
probable that the tips thrown away in
This country, where there are said to be
more cigars smoked than ia all Europe
together, could be collected, and used
lor some good purpose. - Vanity Fair.
Fort Valley, Georgia, boasts an immense
sollard plant. Il Is tWenty.threo inches
high. forty.six and one-half inches eero15
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