Willamette farmer., July 30, 1875, Page 7, Image 7

WILLAMETTE FARMER.
A Copper Wonder.
There is now on exhibition in St. Lonis a
mass of native copper that is attracting mach
attention, and which -will be exhibited at the
Centennial at Philadelphia next year. It waB
taken from a mine on' the Islo Royal, Lake
Suporior, is heart-shaped, and weighs 6,000
pounds, exceeding by nearly doable the weight
of the famous copper boulder which was trans
ported many years ago from the same region to
the Smithsonian, Institute, at a oost to the gov
ernment of $5,810. The specimen exhibits the
pure copper to the eye, and contains ninety
eight per cent. of the metal. It was taken
from an ancient mine about seventeen feet be
low the surface, and when found had evidently
been detached from its beu by the ancient
miners. A number of pieces of copper bo
aides the mass were found, weighing from an
ounoe to seventeen pounds, evidently clipped
'by the old miners. Stone (hammers weighing
from ten to thirty 'pounds have also been found
by the hundred, either perfect or broken from
use. To what race these' ancient miners be
longed and at what period they flourished,-' can
only be conjeotured. Probably they beln;td
to tho prehistotiq mound '.bnildera, who worked
in metals long anterior to the Indian races.
At least, numerous evidences' of their occii
panoy were discovered by theearly Jesuit ,ex
plorers,jwhileA8pecimens clipped by them from
the copper, rocks, have; been found scattered
over nearly the .Whole country. ,
To Mace Lias Pirn Bam: to Use fob Dkink
ino Watkb. It is very generally known that lead
is more.or leas.acted upon by. drinking water,
and thus rendered unsafe to iuse. for conduct
ing the same for any great distance. Tinning
on the inaide.has been.employed as n remedy
for the evil; but on account of cost or.for some
other reason, 8nchpipeJ)as"not come into very
generaLnse., ,What.ia supposed to be a better
remedy hWbeeu patented by Dr. H. Schwartz,
of Breslan. HiB device consists in treating
lead pipe for ten or fifteen minutes with a two
to fiveper cent, sblution.'bf snlphuret of potas
sium'dr sodium, at a temperature of 212. A
boiling solution of sulphur in caustio soda Ib
found to answer the same purpose. This treat
ment causes the formation on the surface of the
pipe of a thin coating of snlphuret of lead.
A strong proof of the insolubility of snl
phuret of lead is the fact that water from (,-lena
mines never contains a trace of lead. Still, a
doubt might arise as to the eqnal power of the
artificial sulphuret to resist the notion of water.
Fortunately, here, too, we have experimental
proof to rely upon.
The Chemical Bulletin, of Paris, refers to a
series of experiments with pipe coated after the
method of Dr. Schwartz. These pipes were
exposed, at the same time with other unpro
tected pipes, to tho action of rain water, snow
water, distilled water and the city water. On
the following day he found a perceptible quan
tity of lead in the water which ran through the
unprotected pipes, except in the case of city
water, where traces of lead wero found after a
few days. For three months, however, and in
the' presence of air, the coated pipes did not
contaminate the water flowing through them.
For the benefit of those interested in
Schwartz's process, we would say that the de
tails are given in the specification of patent Mo.
1519 of the British Patent Reports for 1863.
Nklaton's Treatment or Boils. A French
medieil journal says that Nelaton for more
than twenty years prescribed the use of alcohol
for the prevention of these smaller abscesses,
whiob are so common among-t young people,
and which to seriously impair the beauty of
the face. It appears that this treatment is now
extending, as some interesting details are to be
found in a communication of M. Simon de
Forges, of Sainte-Fouilnine, which appears in
tho Jieuue de Therapeutique In speaking of
boils, small outward abscesses, and other in
flammations of the epirdemisnndof the derma,
he observes that as soou as the characteristic
circular redness appears on any part of the
body, whatever may be its size, with a point
rising in the middle, m.itinR it a grayish white,
a thimbleful of camphorated alcohol should be
poured into a saucer; the palm of the hand
should bo wetted with it, and this should be
rubbed with a gentle friction over the affected
place. The fingers should be again steeped,
and the friction continued as often ns eight or
ten times every half minute. The place should
be well dried, and before covering it up a little
-camphorated olive oil should be applied to pre
vent the evaporation of the fluid.
Gas Wells. Our predictions of some yeirs
since generally deemed at the time fit matters
de lunatteo inquirendo as to the immense
national importance of natural gas in the near
future, are being slowly but surely verified.
Among the numerous statements is one that
borings for oil on the Bed Bank creek, far east
of the Butler oil field, gave torrents ot gas. A
'Western Pennsylvania paper tells us also that
"a number of wells will be put down in Beaver
valley for natural gas. Messrs. Blake & Fes
aenden intend putting one down for the use of
their file works. The owners of the paper mill
at Beaver Falls intend putting one down also,
and it is rumored that a oompany have leased
the wells at Bennett's Ban, to convey the gas
to Beaver Falls, where it will be furnished for
fuel." We also learn from Pittsburg, May
13lb, that "a line has been surveyed, along
which it is proposed to run a six inch pipe for
the purpose of conveying the natural gas from
the well near Sarversville, Butler county, to
this city. It has been estimated that this size
of pipe can carry a million feet of gas every
twenty-four hours."
Petbolbuii Fuel. All steamers navigating
the Caspian Sea burn petroleum exclusively.
A blast of steam gives the liquid petroleum
evon distribution under the boilers. Some con
tending patentees exhibited some systems of
this sort here, three or four years ago; but
something seemed imperfect, for petroleum has
not come into nse. As petroleum oil is abun
dant in Santa Barbara and elsewhere in Cali
fornia, it may profit onr State to inquire into
the process which proves successful else
where in California.
A Cheap Fumioatob. The following will be
found to be a cheap and pleasaut fumigator for
sickrooms, diffusing a healthful, agreeable,-and
highly penetrating disinfectant odor in close
apartments, or wherever tho air is deteriorated.
Post common vinegar on powdered ohalk nntil
effervescence ceases, leave, the, whole, to, settle,
and poor off the1 liquid. Dry the, sediment
and place it in a shallow earthen or'glass dish,
and pour upon it sulphuric acid until fumes
commence anting. This vapor quickly spreads,
is very agreeably pungent, and acts as a power
ful purifier of vitiated air.
Pafu Bzocx. Bice grass is now being in
trodaced from Canada for nse of Eastern paper
makers. The article is pronounced fully equal
to rags. It makes paper that is superior for
printing clear impression. It it said that rice
Wium is- found in the Northern Statu, and prob.
ably it grows in California, Barely it can be
cultivated here. There is no reason why we
oaanot make oar own paper; for labor is not
an ebataole to success in such manufacture.
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