Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-08
SCIENCE AND INDU STRY.

The United States, it is SAID, is now
the second copper producing country in
the WOrl0. tIE5 y7esss .~yaa .Fyil.s : 1
Mr.. Drummer j. Adams, a me-
chanic of kitterY, Me-, CLAIMS to have
d scovered q process by which he YIELDS
copper as perfectly and securely as
iron.
"A boat ng man has invented a row.
ing car in which he, can row races
around a room upon tracks. 1t is said
that the contest can be made very excit-
ing.-N. Y. Herdld.. 7'fs''''< 'e-
The latest U.S. devised for paper is
the making of carpets. A Connecticut
man is reported to have taken out pat
,ents for processes by with beautiful
paper at very low prices ord
Post. asl,r VA s.,s e.t.g.s ~ r,Y
At meeting of the Academy of
Science in ct. Louis a few days ago,
there was exhibited a specimen of nat
ural coke taken from a mine of Ignite
coal iii Utah The coke had been made,
1t is stated. by volcanic action two vol
umes of volcanic rock having passed di
rectly through the mine. "'$ "a" 7s7f
T. Baseball making is becoming a very
year over 5,oOo,0O3 balls were manu-
featured in this country, and as the
makers have a larger number of orders
than ever before. it is estimated :. that
1000, 900 base balls viii be in, use the
coming season. = Chicago Herald.
An apparatus designed to ascertain
tie quantity of carbonic acid in the at
mosphere Of room has been devised
by a German. A plain. thin rubber
vessel, shaped Ike a narrow necked
eourd, is filled with the atmosphere of
the room and dis ;harged into a cylin-1
dridals jar filled with common lime
water. This -lsoperation is repeated
untila marked change is produced in the
lime water. The degr es of such
changes being we'll known, the, COM
parative condition OF the. air. in the
room is denoted closely enough for all
ordinary practical purposes.
1t is related that professor of Bot
any in Boston s hool was recently
taken into d conservatory where the
most of the, hoWe IS and shrubs were
artificial. and asked if he Thought there
were any, bogus flowers there. AT er
making a hasty examination. without
touching them, he pronounced them all
genuine except one. The facts were
that this one was natural. and those
that he pronounced such perfect speci-
mems were all made of paper and wire.
SO perfect were some of the paper
specimens that when they were placed
beside the natural one the latter eould
hot be distinguished from the other
Boston Herald. .g.is.is .6le n ssat ~
-Mr..C. Menelas, q cotton exporter
at Savannah and a large planter in Mis-
tsissippi, who has experimental for sew
eral years in the cultivation Of tea, ex-
presses the opinion that this industry
will in time become so extensive as to
do away almost entirely with the inn
portation Of teas. He says the greatest
trou Bile in tea culture in this country is
not it's. growth but its manufacture.
The various processes of steaming,
firing, asserting and tanning employed
in e tea-growing countries will have
tolbe learned by experience. and when
this is accom- ished there will be moth
ing to prevent the preparation of a tea
rs fine as the finest from China or ia
pan T Times. - IL. -. ), s.i...,t.
At ball. some one took it into his
mead to. stand in the ante-room and
count the number of g1enthmen who
would stfAighten Their hair pyA passing
theirfBs rs fhrouah # before entering
The balf room 1t was feand tat out
of thirtyIe entlen,en sytwens y-nine went
tthrou2h h. this little operation most of
them peopaei'withg very little hair, on,
their heaasaa e.oaotA Sunday Herald
n House servants in Mexico receve
from So to $3.50 per month They do
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