New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
%1 CRIMINALS NOW -

during the blasting These were a.
allowed % escape and pollute thu .11sa d
atmosphere and utterly destroy v.vs,a,,.-" E
the combustihle gases are used IN -. ~
blast. by which means a steady tsr,,.., =
5000 degrees Fahrenheit T. rnair.s,,.s
a lower engine power. The amnnons. -. "
ployed in the conversion OF brine fr-o - (
saI-ammOnia
From slkali 70 soap Is a natural ,,,,..
Soap r. made by boiling fat with a, ,r,sS1
the process OF manufacturs zlycsrine =, -. .
This valuable commercial COMMODITY 49,.
time allowed 70 run 70 waste Won go
the most necessary articles IN modern s,o,o-.-
and its market value is three or four t,r,., -
Of the article IN the production OF which |.
ours as a by-pToduct.
1t Is not yet twenty years since III. -..-
introduction OF lanoline With purpo,.
modern introduction. for sheep's VOL - =
used as an ungucnt In very ancient time. =
mentioned by Piiny and Dioscorides a. -
the toilet or ladies. One 81 the arst-l, n. :.
very irst-s1mples Of lanol.ns which ea,,.-
this country passed through my hands So.
time I was witch firm Of German cheul.,,-
London. From 1Iessrs. Gehe q Co. OF r,r.,.~
we received small consignment OF wool a.,
This sample was a visCid mass yenowish 49,.
in color and OF most evil odor. such as pe-v,s.
a hide and skin mart on a hot day. IanoIl-.r
now a household word, and is IN world-wisa ~
mand as a delicateIy perfuraed emoHlen; ,or,
cream. How many tons Of this valuabls =
tunct 70 pharmacy have been allowed 10 m, /.
waste IN the wool washings 10 Is impossbl, !.
compute.
The last place one would expect to find ma.
rial wherewith 20 compound toothsome oon.s
tionery would be cotton mill Yet the ussa !,
pickers which have been discarded fror, \.
spinning looms form the basis og.certain t,,us.
or pastiIles. The picker consists Of a long ~.
OF hide studded with wire teeth Ike a vr,rs II.
brush. After a time the picker becomez clo-~.
with fluff. dirt and grease. and is then repla..,
by a new one. Cn.H quite recently the discard,
pic!1ers were consigned 10 the waste bean. ro-
as I said. they form the staple OF a proa,,s,
industry. The hide Is separated from, ths M,
and freed from grease and dirt; ths z.,.
tine Is then extracted and purified comics,
with glucose or sugar. CoIoring. and aavorsn
and sent forth again in variety OF tasty e,,.
fections- What left the mill for the waste s.,,
returns as a dainty sweetneat. Verify. thu y-rs
chrysalis and butterfly OF the workaday worlal
From hide 70 leather is a natural seouan..
What becomes OF the old boots? As far a,
have been able 70 gather. the brown papar an,
cardboard have no further use after hair,
travestied as leather; but from the leather N,
ton OF boot uppers buttons are made. tn
leather IS chemically treated, ard so converts
into horn substance. which may be colOr-d ar.
pressed into any shape or Style OF ornaments
and useful button. There is nothing like Leather
when IL IS leather.
From whichever side one enters the Iaucashi-
town OF ST. Helen's the centre OF the plate gas.
Industry, ones attention is arrested BY the m.
merOus banks OF sand which are all around Ths
are silt from the grinding and polishing OF n.
plate glass. This is done by fixing the slabs q
fired glass-varyfng in thickness from a quarts,
OF an inch to three OF four inches-on 70 circula,
table which revolves like a huge potter's whs.A
above this a mechanical srrsnE.an1sn. OF polish
ing pads Is fixed. sand and water thrown q
% the revolving disk or table and It Is the wash
ings from these polishing tables that hav
formed the huge mounds OF waste. The minus
particles OF glass mixed with the sand Rendered
it quite useless for any purpose until recently
a means was discovered for utilizing porto.
OF this erstwhile useless waste.
Many more instances might be cited. some on.Y
OF minor Importance. others Of enormous eCono
mic value, as the conversion OF the refuse q
towns by means OF Instructors into electrical
power and the methods adopted by corporal
bodies for utilizing sewage. and so forth; b.
these are subjects beyond the scope OF this paps
Charles z. Dodsley. Chamberss Journal