El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-07

chine shops suspenoers, mats. wash
ers for water pipes, elastic Dahas, gar
Iers hot water bags. ink ana pencli
erasers soles of shoes, syrlnges, ana
even horseshOes and the gums OF Ie'lse
teeth.
vast Quantities of Rubber Used.
I'VE use in this country something
like S35.OOO,00O worth of rubber an
nually. Brazil exports $4,000 tons Of
rubber yearly, Plantations in Ceylon;
yield an additional 1920 tons, and
from Africa and elsewhere there is
supply. of inferior quality, amounting
to 34,SOO tons As new uses for the
material have been found the con-
sumption of rubber has vastly IN
the Obtainable supply would fall be-
hind the growing demand, causing a
great increase in price. But this dan
ger is happily removed by the oIscov-
cry of a means whereby the stuff can
be cheaply manufactured in unlimited
quantities.
Substitute for TurPentine
q spoke a moment ago OF turpen-
timne. 1t is from this source that the
( chemists have learned how TO make
camphOr-another kind of tree gum In
pounds cost $3.50. Since then the price
has risen to about ten times that much.
This is why moth balls (made Of nap
been adopted by the housewife as a
utilZable, though inferior, substitute
Such money inducement sDurred the
efforts Of industrial chemists. and to-
day there are several processes for
making camphOr all of them depending
upon the discovery that 'pinene.' a sub
stance in the volatile oil OF turpentine.
could be converted into exactly the
same stuff that is got from the cam
phor tree.
From the bark of the pine tree has
Deen obtained vaniliin, the odOrous in
Sredient of the vanilla bean. 1t is
not a counterfeit or imitation. but the
ming ltself-crystall pure white.
and with the delicious fragrance that
We know so well The substance in
the bean appears on the surface of the
latter IN snowy crystals. But recently
II mas been found to be easier to get
EaniIl1n from oil of cloves. The only
dltIerence between natural vanillin and
the artificial is that the former al
ways contains impurities, while the
latter is pure absolutely.
How Perfumes Are Made.
Speaking of perfumes. coIognes
nowadays are largely laboratory pro-
ducts They smell Just as good as if
Iney were made from flowers in the
oId-faSh1Oned way. From cOumarinic
acid We get the delightful scent known
commercially as new moWn hay Arti-
1lclaI hel1Otrope was first successfully
enI time 1t is obtained from saffron.
AnISeseed OIL subjected TO the proper
chemical manipulation, yields may
DloSSom, or hawthorn, perfume. Lilac
and hyacinth are both derived from
turpenune. and ViOleC from lemon oil.
AMY acetate is commonly sold at
soda fountains as banana flavOring. It
is also an ingredient OF the best brands
Of polish for tan shoes, so that one
may take his banana internally or ex-
ternaliy, or potn, as he wishes. Ih1s
is a perfect imitation Of the essential
oil of banana. obtained by distilIing
the fruit-Ol of banana being a com
pound of acetic acid and amyl alcohol
Essences of pear. pineapple. raspberry
and other fruits are likewise labOra-
tory products. though for the most
part merely successful counterfeits.
"OI Of bitter almonds has been sue
cessfully cOunterfeited: likewise citric
acid which is the sour of the lemon.
Artificial oil OF mustard is said to be
preferred BY physicians in the natural
Musk is derived from coal tar 1t is
not the same thing chemically as nat
uraI musk. but its odOr is indistin-
guishable from that OF the latter.
ArfiEciai indigo.
Indigo, as pure as the plant can fur