Evening journal., 1903-05-08
RICH PRODUCTS.
MADE FROM WASTE
Big Products Made From the
Refuge Are Often I'M
portant
HISTORY OF SOME OF SUBSTANCES

Ilttle things count for more now than
ever before in the history OF the world.
Nothing is so unEmpOrtant as not to have
some value in the market today, and much
Of what was formerly thrown away as
worthless is now converted into precious
commercial products. The refuse OF yes
perday is the wealth OF today.
Mankind no longer depends wholly upon
flowers for the perfumes which are re-
quired for toilet purposes and in the man
ufacture Of confectionery and fancy soaps.
Many Of the most delicious scents are pro-
cured from more humble and much less
attractive sources, such as fusel oil "a
waste product of distii ileries), from which
are obtained oil Of apples. oil Of grapes
and oil Of pears.
Putrid cheese Is not the kind of substance
from which one would expect TO get an
agreeable odor, and yet 1t is the principal
substance employed IN making the COM
mercial oil of pineapple. In the same way
oil Of bitter almonds which is utilized 30
widely by perfumers and candymakers, Is
derived from gas tar. by-product OF the
gas factory.
Not so very long ago when 1,2OO-pound
steer was slaughtered in a great butcher.
ing establishment Ut yielded about 7g
pounds Of dressed beef. The remainder
nearly all Of It, used 10 be thrown away
and 10 get rid OF it cost money. The bloot
was allowed to run into the river, and th'
head. feet and 'inards' were hauled ou
TO q. vacant place and buried In trenches.
There came time when enterprisini
persons were found willing ITO accept sucl
material and remove 1t for their own pur
poses and the packing companies wen
glad to get rid OF I so cheaply. Later
however, they discovered that they coul'
sell 81, and today much Of the profit de
rivable from a steer comes from the part
which were rejected as waste few year
ago.
The horns are cut on close 20 the hea,
and the pith is removed, TO be sent to tn
glue pot, while the horns themselves ar
dried sorted into various grades and even
tually converted into combs and buttons
Most Of the so-called tortoise shell on III
market is a really beautiful and very accu
rate imitation made from cattle horns
which are reduced to fat sheets with thi
help Of steam and afterward colored. Tn
tips Of the horns are converted int
mouthpiece for pipes and the scraps lef
over are sold to the florist as a superio
kind Of fertilizer.
The bones are utilized in a variety o
ways, THE knuckles from the feet an
shanlks being transformed into knife hnr
dies, tooth brushes and buttons. The har
bone takes high polish and is hardly dis
tinguishable from ivory; Hhe scraps al
used by manufacturers Of Bicycles fC
casehardendng steel, as we'll as for poultr
g. 70, ma
butotns. glue and gelarne.
From the blood albumen IS extracted Il
calico printing and for finishing feathers
Such portions OF the hide as are not uti
ized for leather furnish isinglass, and sue
of the fat as viii not saponify is convert
cd into glycerine and nitro-glycerine
From the fat also Is obtained oil for ole
omargarine and butterine; the feet yiel
neats-foot oil, and the tails AFFORD ms
terial for curled-hhir mattresses. I'll
rest OF the hadr Us transformed into Eel
the cheaper grades OF which are used fc
insulating refrigerators and Ice boxes, {
well as for under carpeting, while the be
ter qualities are employed for hors
blankets, saddlery and hats.
Glycerlne, which is now so important
by-product of the packing house, and +
which so many valuable uses have be-
found, was formerly a waste substan
evolved Incidentally to The manufacture
candles from palm Oil. 1t was throw
away in quantities. Bet today the profile
OF utilizing every portion OF the slaugf
cred animal has been solved so complets
that absolutely nothing is lost. Even I
erav brain stun OF the calf furnishes
.,,notanca valuable IN the treatment
neurasthenia and other nervous diseas
and the stomach Of the pig yields pep.
for the benefit Of persons with weak
gestton.
All parts Of the beast that are not NJ
lied for food or manufacture hnd IN
way back to the farm as Fertilizers
Scotsman.