Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1873 — New Source of Potash. [ARTICLE]

New Source of Potash.

On a perusal of the following article, from the Quarterly Review, Western farmers will see the great advantage of saving the waters of tub-washed wool for application to their land: Sheep draw from the land on which they graze, a considerable quantity of potash, much of which is ultimately excreted from the skin with the sweat. It was pointed out by Chevreuel, that this peculiar potash compound (“Buint’’) forms no less than orie-third of the weight of raw merino wool; while of ordinary wool it constitutes about fifteen per cent, of the weight of the fresh fleece. As the “suint” may be extracted by mere immersion in cold water, it is easy for wool, manufacturers to produce more .or less concentrated solutions from which the potash may be recovered by appropriate treatment. The development of the new industry is principally due to MM. Maumene and Rogelet, and their process is probably In operation at most of the great seats of the wool manufacture in

France. The plan adopted by those gentlemen is a very simple one. They evaporate the solutions, which are sent to them, until a perfectly dry and somewhat charred residue has been obtained. Thi* is placed in retorts and distilled very much in the same manner that coal is distilled at ■gas works; and the ’result is that while much gas is evolved which can be used for illuminating the factorv, and much ammonia is expelled which can be collected and utilized in many ways, there remains a residue, which chiefly consists of carbonate, sulphate, and chloride of potassium. These three salts are separated by the usual method, and then pass into commerce. Curiously enough, they are remarkably free from soda. The wool manufacturers of Rheims, Elboeuf and Fourmies annually wash the fleeces of 0,750,000 sheep; and the amount of potash reckoned as carbonate, which these fleeces would yield, if all subjected to the new process, represents a value of $40,000. But MM. Maumenc and Rogelet calculate that there are seven times as many sheep in France as are included in. the above estimate; and this will enable us to judge of the enormous loss in potassic constituents which the soil of an agricultural district has to suffer.

~ Ask for Prusslng’s Cider Vinegar and take no other. Warranted Pare. Preserves Pickles. _ _ —A clergyman of high standing in New York traces the non-attendance at church of the middle classes to their lack of means for dressing their wives a§d daughters in accordance with the extreme fashion displayed in the pews. He thinks the fact one of the gravest evils of the times. Consumption. —Por the cure of this distressing disease there has been no medicine yet discovered that can show more evidence of real merit that Allen’s Lung Balsam. This unequaled expectorant for curing consumption, and all diseases leading to it, such as affections of the throat, lungs, and all diseases of the pulmonary organs, is introduced to the suffering public after its merits for the euro of such diseases have been fully tested by the medical faculty. The Balsam is, consequently, recommended by physicians who have become acquainted with its great success. A Bitter Controversy. —The temperance organs are waging bitter war on the manufacturers n£ alcoholic bitters, and _their attacksare resented with equal - bitterness by the latter,—who-seem determined to prosecute the quarrel to the-bitter end. In the meantime a novelty in tonic medicines is making immense progress in the confidence of all classes and conditions of society throughout the United States and British America. We refer to Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar Bittehb, and we call it a novelty in tonics hecause iUeontains no alcohol—an article heretofore considered essential in medicinal invigorants. The abstemious portion of the community approve the. omission, and as the new remedy is curing dyspepsia, biliousness, nervous affections, and, in fact, a majority of the diseases, external and internal, which prevail, it is difficult to see how the more self-indulgent portion of our fellow citizens can conscientiously object to it. One thing is certain: if ever there was what the French call a “grand success,” the sudden and continually increasing popularity of the Vinegar Bitters, deserves that name. The advocates of temperance point to the salutary effects produced by this inalcoholic restorative as a proof that spirituous stimulants are not needed for medicinal purposes—a position which has been recently taken by many eminent medical practitioners. Coughs. —A Medicinal Preparation in the firm of a lozenge is the most convenient. "Brown's Bronchial Troches" allay irritation which induces coughing, giving relief in Bronchits, Hoarseness, Influenza, Cotsumptive and Asthmatic complaints. As Quick as a flash of lightning does Ckistadoho's Excursion Haik DvK.nct upon the hair, Whiskers nild moustaches ; no chameleon tints, hut the purest Raven or the most exquisite Browns ■will be evolted. In One to Five Minutes, Headache, Earache, Neuralgia, Lame Back, Diarrhoea, Croups, Sprains, • and all similar complaints, arl fettered by Flagg's Instant Relief, or money refunded. Pills which contain antimony, quinine and calomel, should be avoided, as severe sriping pains would be their only result. The safest, surest, and best pills are Parsons’ Purgative or Anti-Bilious Pitts. More than forty years have elapsed since Johnson's Anodyne Liniment was first invented, during which time hundreds of thousands have been benefited by its use.. Probably no article ever became so universally popular with all classes as Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. Use less of Dooley’s than of other Yeast or Baking Powder, as it is much stronger. Put up full weight. Give it a fair trial. Grocers sell it.