Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1891 — NOTE.S AND GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

NOTE.S AND GLEANINGS.

An iros buoy belonging to the Un'ted States lif hthouse establishmeht recently drifted across the Atlantic and was picked ijp on the west coast of Ireland. The lig, hthouse board, on being notified o the fact, presented the buoy to the Irish V.ght service and ft was thankfully j accept ed. All. pieces of glass formerly wasted are p ow put to use for decorative purposes by a firm of manufacturers in Pari s. Fragments of various colors are plac ed in a fire-resisting mold and raised to a. high temperature, when a coherent ma ,s is produced, which < an be dressed 1 n»l cut into blocks. These are, of course, irregularly colored. They may be used as artificial marble, and, one surface of tach block being usually rough, they are read Dy secured to walls by mortar. Deigns in relief may be pressed upon the •urface whffe stfll plastic. Ex senstoir Edmunds is a “damphooL"