The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-03-13
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Glass made from sand procured on
the Geiser ranch, near San Antonio,
Tex. is now made in that city.
An engraver at Versailles. whose
name is not given, is said to affirm that
he has discovered q method for taking
photographs in cOlors. being able thus
to reproduce the colors OF the individ.
ual or landscape photographed.
Three stages in the industrial In
terest of the country are shown in the
following figures: In 1881 the value OF
the cotton-mills in the United States
was = 10, 600, 900. in 1870 it was SILL
UOO, coo, and in 1880, sos, 225, 600.
Silk, which is carelessly treated in
dyeing with some artifi, ial colors, loses
much of its lustre; as the workmen say.
it is no longer silk, lit is changed into
cotton" This can be avoided by the
addition of soap to the dye bath.-Tez-
tile Recorder.
A novelty in the baking trade is a
loaf of bread that does not require cut
ting after it is baked. 1t is shaped like
Vienna bread, and so made as to form
lave or slices Of uniform thickness,
which by pulling gently are detached.
thus avoiding the use of the knife
Bo ton Glo.e.
-Hog-skin is used extensively for
saddles because it is the only leather
that all the stretch can be taken out of.
and there is no other leather that will
stand so much friction and wear so
we'll All the straps are made of
dressed cow-skin. There is little
st cngth in hogskin, so it can not be
used for straps. Chicago Times.
There is likely to be revival of
the beet-sugar industry in England.
Some of the works long ago abandoned
are beng put in order, and large plant
ings OF beets for sugar will be made in
their neighborhoood. One difficulty in
English growing of beets for sugar is
that the growing seasons are so cool rs
to greatly diminish the proportions of
saccharine matter in the root IS COM
pared with beets grown in France and
other warm climates.
The cement used in patching the
uppers of fine shoes is generally made
by dissolving gutta pc cha in chloro-
fOim until the mixture is about rs thick
as strip. Scrape and pare clean
around the hole to be covered, and thin
carefully with long cham.er the edges
OF bit of leather to be applied. Only
q little of the cement is needed, but the
surfaces must be pressed close together.
The parts will adhere firmly in . few
MISUNDERSTANDING.
strawberry short-cake -four" is
the latest invention of an improving
An enterprising Connect
cut firm stirs flour, butter, baking pow !
der and salt together in proper proper
tons, evaporates all moisture from the
boxes and labels IT, and it /.
is ready for use. All the housewife
needs to do is to mix the -four with
milk, bake it, lay on the strawberries
and allow her hungry family to take
the cake.-Hdrtford Posi-.
Wood is being employed scientifi-
cally in surgery in different form from
0; binary splints. Aforeigner has intro
duced wood wool as . cheap and use
lul dress ng for wounds. and it is being
prepared extensively as . commercial
staple for surgical dressings. Il is |
ineIy ground wood. such IS is extern |
lively used in the manufacture of paper.
Il is clean-looking. delicate-fbered. |
,oft, yellowish-white substance, having
IN oder Of fresh wood, and absOrbs an |
mmense Ouantitv of GOuid