The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A new device has been patented in
London for generating electricity at so
mall cost that it will be cheaper than
yas.
A new kind of cloth is being made
Lyons from the down of hens. ducks
md geese. Seven hundred and fifty
grains OF feathers make one square
meter OF light and very warm water
proof cloth, which can be dyed in all
shades.
Two New Workers. who are now in
ia 'ksonyillc, Fla. claim TO have d s.
covered a chemi al process that will
preserve oranges and other fruits for
Twelve months without impairing the
quality or flavor. T. san.
The best use to which the electric
light could be puts locomotive head
light. A successful exper mcnt a been
made In Oh .CagO, the electricity being
generated by a DYNAMO situated in
front of the cylinder and worked from
he cab. The light illumined the track
for third Of a mile bicago Inter-
Ocean.
Paper lumber is the newest inven-
ion. 1t is made of the pulp of wheat,
rye and oats straw and other vegetable
hbers. They are combined with chem
zeal ingredients, and produce an art Gle
that Is said TO compare favOrably witt
the best wood. 1t is susceptible If the
finest polish and will take any tint or
color.-LOstOn Post.
In the course of recent lecture in
Baltimore on the subject of food and
the markets in their relations to mu-
niclpal hygiene, DIR. John ;. Billings
affirmed that ifty-thrce dIphtheris cpl
denies. seven scarlet-fever epidemics
and twelve typhoid epidemics in Eng
land had been dire tly traced to the
milk supply.-Ba'timore Sun.
The fuel employed has a great in
fucnce on the color and quality Of
bricks. some Goals contain foreign
substances. which produce gases uufa-
rorable TO tile development and fixing
f the natural red color of the brick, rs
well as to its quality. SulphurOus gases
are especially dangerous. They unite
with the free oxygen which is retained
n the bricks and form sulphatcs viii I
not only spoil the color but DESTROY t e
durability OF the brick under atmoS-
Pherir changes. Another fire ;ucnt result
: tuat white crust forms on the out
side.-PHjiajej 'hiG Pr. IS.
Dried apricots are likely to he
prominent article of export from Cali
fornia. Heretofore this fruit has been
put up almost entirely in tin cans. but.
in consequence of Over-production, the
canning factories reduced the pr paid
TO the farmer to such figure that he
was driven to experimenting with vari-
Gus process of DRYING, and discovered
a method that leaves the fruit in a
delicious state taliiornia fruit-growcrs
are now going largely into apricot dry
in%, but it is thought they never will
produce more than the markets Of the
United States alone are prepared to con-
sumo. --.Sa FraHct 60 C.ronic c.
-One of the latest novelties in lamp
shades is iced or cracked glass. which
was the 1--we ton of rcnchman
narl"d Ray. The peculiar cracked ap-
pcarance obtained by covering the
surface of the sheet of glass with thick
coat Nc OF some CO arse-grained tlux or
some more easily fuS bic glaSS. a d then
subject ng it TO the acton of strong
fire. As soon as the coating is fused
and the table red hot. it is Withdrawn
and rapidly subjected to cooling
pr, cess, which at once separates the
layer of tluX from the underly mr. sur
face and leaves behind the evidence of
ITS attachment 10 the same in irregular
outlines, scales, crystal forms, etc
n. Y. Times.