Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

= i now stated that the substitu.
t;on az iron for wooden sleepers on
railroads is only q question o. LINZ.
The change has already maze consiuei'
able progress in Germany. ;,
Paper labels may be removed
from bottles by wetting the surface
and holding for an instant over any
convenient flame. The steam Pene-
trates the label at once and softens the
paste.
The growing of chicory is becom-
mo On imuortant California industry:
II is said that $50 worth is sold
monthly from the plantations on KIDD
erts and Union Islands, in the San
JOAQUIN delta.--S San francisco Cdtt.
A New York ice-cream manuiac-
turer claims to be able TO MAKE ICE
cream keep year in Just as socu
condition as when first MADE. IL - Al
brick form. about Skis incnes' anu
wrapped up in white paper'-"' l.
Times. &t 81
Literature comes every year more
and more completely under the dom-
nance of newspapers, ana DOW tnat
an ingenious inventor has devised
prOces. by which, with the aid OF cleo
tricltv and photography, SO, 600 copies
of a Sheet NAV be printed imam hour,
everything else may as well retire from
the field. Y. Times.
A quantity of liquefied carbonic
acid gas is kept in the steam hire en-
gines of Berlin. On arrival at lire 1t
IS allowed to escape into the steam
cylinder, when its expansion drives the
engine until sufficient steam pressure
can be obtained. A gain of four or
five minutes in. setting the pumps at
work is thus effected. se.a,
After spending a small fortune in
experimenting, a New ork photpgra-
pher succeeded in so difftrsing and soft
ening the shadows cast by the e1eotric
light that it answers every purpose OF
sunlight in photography. The fhethcd,
however, Will never be generally
adopted on account of the expense at
tending tn r. San. 80
The new ships now built in Maine
have many appliances unknown to the
ship-builder Of a quarter of a century
ago. They have steam eng mes which
can be used to pump water out OF the
hold, to raise the anchor or to load or
unload heavy articles. Their masts
and rigging are of steel, rs being more
durable and stronger than wood and
rope.-Bost01s Post.
= A Connecticut whittier has cut
from single block a group OF figures
representing span OF horses attached
10 a carriage In which are seated two
men. Even the spokes of the wheels
are perfect, and the wheels revOlve on
their axles freely. The harness is COM
plete in every detail, aud can be moved
on the horses. Several months more
will be required to perfect the minor
details HaYtj ford .C0urG'u. 9Y
Bricks made of cork now con-
stitute ONE of the new German in
dustries. The usual size is ten by four
and three-fourths and two and q half
inches They are prepared from small
corks, refuse and cement, and have not
only been used for certain building
purposes, on account of their hghtness
and isolating properties, but are also
employed as o covering for boilers i'm
preventing the ra;diation of heat
Chicago Herald. ... IL ..ss.
Astronomers say that the length OF
the year has not diminished ten sec
onds in 1000 years, and that CON.
sequently the mean distance of our
planet from the sun is only about
twenty miles less than it was twenty
centuries ago. At this rate it would
take a hundred million of years to
bring us million of miles nearer the
sun, or less than third Of the present
range of distance due to the eccen-
triclty of the earth's orbit.