Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-26

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In the manufacture of oilcloth no
means has yet been devised for utlliz-
ing the waste trimmings. Since inc
printing machine for the oilcloth must
be absolutely to gauge, at least one
and half inches are lost on each
side of the material. These trim
mings are particularly valuable be-
cause they contain considerable
amount of linseed oil, and method
reasonably cheap and economical IS
wanted to extract this oil from the
trimmings.
The properties of the metal titanium p
are many and various. 1t gives hard
ness and toughness TO steel and nne
lustre to silver, while, added to car
bon used for are lamps, it increases
the brilliancy of the light Titanium
is also added to the fertilizers used on
tobacco plantations, and it is said to
improve the flavor of the leaf. The
oxide increases the brilliancy of in
candescent gas mantles; its strong af-
tinity for nitrogen promises Il cheap
means of preparing ammonia direct
from the atmosphere, while with car
bon it yields product hard enough
to scratch diamonds.
According to the report of the Cape
Of Good Hope Department of Agri-
culture, arrangements are being made
to grow large quantities OF sugar beets
in South Africa. The report says:
"As to South Africa, there are i'm
mense tracts of land in this colony
suitable for the cultivation of sugar
beets, and we do not hesitate to as
sure those who so the right way about
it that there is success before them
and a good market for all the sugar
they can produce" Another matter
that is booming agricultural conditions
in South Africa is the growing and
producing OF prunes, apricots and
paper-shell almonds. Formerly all
these commodities Were imported, but
they are now being grown at home
Large jam factories and fruir-drying
establishments are springing UP.
One of the most unique quarries in
the world exists near the town OF
kemmerer, Wyo., at an elevation Of
$500 feet above sea level. This quarry
is worked by hand, no blasting being
permitted owing to the fragile nature
Of its output. The latter consists
solely of fossils, mostly those of
few varieties Of fish. IN operation the
shale is split into slabs, broken with
sledge hammers and thrown over the
bank by hand. When the slabs con-
tanning the specimens are cut and
taken out they are very moist and
have to be dried out to about cne-
third of their original weight. After
the drying has proceeded far enough
to permit Of the easy manipulation
Of the material, the fossils are care
fully cleaned by means of special tools
devised for the purpose. Many of
these fish fossils are exceedingly
beautiful, every bone being plainly
shown in the outline. They rank as
the finest specimens of fossil fishes
yet discovered.
A prominent gem expert thus sums
up the progress that has been made
In the precious stone industries of the
United States, particularly as it re-
fers to the development OF native de-
posits. Greatest prominence is given
to the continued mining OF fine blue
Sapphires in Montana and the de-
velopment Of deposits OF fancy colored
sapphires and beryl at different To-
calities in the same State. The in
creased output of turquoise from the
mines of New Mexico and particularly
of turquoise in its natural rock.
known in the trade as turquoise ma
trix," are other prominent features of
the local industry. Some emeralds in
the gangues are mined in Western
North Carolina and sold under the
name of emerald matrix." Purple
pink garnets are mined in North Caro-
lima, and new deposits of colored tour.
maline have been located in Califor-
MIA. Queensland and New South
Wales still furnish the supply of rough
OpalS and South Africo tha e,,nnl,, of