Evening journal., 1906-11-01
.COFFiNS MADE OF GLA 5

solid mhsa capable OF being nodded
into amy shape and Of receiving brill
liant peilsh The only materials used are
sawdust. alum and blue
imitatlon marble can be manufactured
from mixture OF siwdust wth ivory
waste watergraes and glue. In Norway
acetio acid, wood naptha. tar and nlco.
hoi are Produced on commercial basis
parto aawdust
Factories have been erected In tht
country ard IN Europe for converting
Pine needles into forest wool. This if
used, Tor mattresses and furniture, for
manufactnre into hygienic articles and :
such things as undervests and chest pro.
teotors.
The principal use Of sawdust seems dee
tined 20 be 10 the production Of sugar
and Of alcohol II is practically pure Gel
lnIote and easily convertible into these
products. . "tt
For many years bltuminous coal operr.
tors threw away slack as waste. Later
Il sold for q cents a toni To-day Il COM
nands at the mine IS cents ton or
within 5feehls a ton of the price Of run.
of-mlne cdai
The Increase is due to demand coming
from makers OF cement. Formerly they
bought lump coal, and pulverized It. FIN
ally one OF them Experimental with slack
and found It satisfactory and cheaper
He is said to use i4o tons of slack daily.
In the Allegheny Mountains there are
clirfs oomnosed OF almost sold quartz
rock. These cliffs were considered prsct,-
cally worthless until it was discovered
that glqss could be made-and very cheap.
ly-from Quartz rocks.
II has beeh known for years that cof-
fins, tombttones, bricks, things and SINH
lar articles could be made Of glass. Meas
" 10 years ago experiments showed that
railroad ties which were almost lnde-
structihle could be manufactured from
..lass retr
Now that process has been discovercd d
for utilizing these cliffs. Il is claimed
that glass manufacturers will bo able 40
extend their field Of operations. There
are even some enthusiasts WIN predic,
that the time will come when acop.e vii
live in houses made OF glass bricks waU
on floors made OF glass things, sit 50
glass chalrs. sleep in glass beds and be
buried IN glass coftins.
Each large packing establishment nov
has It's lohs list OF byproducts. The prod
ucts Of the gray brain matter NJ calves
are employed In affections OF the nervous
system. such as nervous debility. nervous
exhaustion. ST. vitus' dance. mental dis
order and insanity.
The blood Of the slaughtered animals Is
CONCEALED and manufactured into buttons
and is also utilized in the .rcduotion !
alhumen for the use OF the calico printer.
he sugar rofner, the tanner and others.
The bones nre used for score Of differ.
ent purposes, being manufactured into
knife and toothbrush handles. cheesmen,
combs backs Of brushes mouthpieces cf
pipes and various other articles. Black
hoofs are used In the manufacture of
cyanide OF Potassium for gold extraction
and are also ground mp TO make fertilizer
for lorlsts, grape growers and oihers.
Among the other articles MANUFACTURED
out OF the former waste products OF the
abattoir are glue hypape~. sondpapar,
gciatine, islhginss. curied hair, b-lstles
wool felt. hair felt. laundry soap, sosr
powders slycerin. ammonia. bone neal
pcpsin. poultry food. heats foot oil and
a score or other products The annual
value OF the hyproducts of the packing
Industry dil Of which are manufactured
out OF what was considered waste ma.
tprial 30 years ago is approximately $780,
100000. -lf
Prior to 1850 cottonseed was usually
hauled toga reaote place to rot or dump
Cd into a stream OF flowing water. out
of this prcdact then deemed n nuisance
there was manufactured IN 1900 byprod.
uets having a value Of more than slz..
10000. - y. -
More than a score OF products are 10.
day manufactured out OF cottonseed In.
cluding butter paper. fertilizer. cottbr
batting. cattle feed. soap. lard, cottoiene
crude oil and salad oils.
John u Afchboid, vice-presldent Of the
standard on Company, is authority foi
the statement that for the last 10 years
more than one-half the profits OF the
company have been made out OF the man.
ufacture OF byproducts. The company
could thf6w into the ocean every drof
Of refined oil as fast as it was manufac.
tnred and would still be able 10 pay hand
some dividends to It's stockholders simply
through the sale Of its byproducts.
The choicest perfumes whicn are placed
upon the market arc obtained from oils
and eithers extracted from flowers. but
there are many other oils which are arti-
nci0lly made but of bad-smclling ele-
ments oil Of pineapple is best made by
the action OF putrid cheese or sugar. OF
by distiliinB rancid butter with alcohol
and sulphuric acid.
The essential favoring substance Of the
vanilla bean. known to chemists as want
lin, as we'll as other essences, are mhnii-
faeipred out OF coal tar and the oil OF
cloves. The most beautiful dyes are man.
ufacturtd out Of coal tar The clippinss
OF the travelling tinker are mixed with
the parinss Of horses hoofs and there Il
produced one OF the most brilliant Of blue
dyes.
Accordine TO DR.. Lyon Playfair. ''ths
drogs OF port wine, carefully rejected by
the port. wine drinker in decantine his
favorite beverage. are taken by him IN
the morning as seidlltz powders. to re-
move the effeets OF his debauch. The
ofral OF the streets and the washings Of
coal gus teappear carefully preserved in
the Iady's smelling bottle or are used by
her to navof blanc manges for her
frfenda