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within the driving-shoe, and the upper end of the said point is attached to the 

 sand-point coupling, as shown. 



Mr, F. H. Smith, of this city, is the inventor. 



Combined Carpet-Moulding and Fastener. — Mr, Isaac Holzmark, of 

 Kansas City, has produced a new design for ornamental carpet-mouldings of 

 which the following is a brief description. Heretofore fastenings for carpets that 

 were in the form of mouldings, or strips, have been constructed without regard 

 to ornamental outlines — that is, the edge of the strips were in most cases undis- 

 turbed, straight lines. 



The principal feature of the design is a series of ornamental wings projecting 

 from one side of the moulding and terminating with apexial extremities. Circu- 

 lar spaces separate the said projecting wings from each other, and triangular aper- 

 tures upon a direct line with the edge of the strip and at a uniform distance there- 

 from form a part of the wings and impart to them a comparatively artistic and fin- 

 ished form. 



The moulding is provided with teeth or claws upon its under surface, for 

 engaging the carpet, and thumb-screws that are easily operated secure the mould- 

 ing to the floor. 



KANSAS CANE AND SUGAR ASSOCIATION. 



PROF. E. H. S. BAILEY, KANSAS UNIVERSITY. 



At the annual meeting of this Association, held in Topeka on February 5th, 

 a committee was appointed to urge the passage of the bill now pending before 

 the Legislature to foster the sorghum cane industry by the payment of one and 

 one-half cents per pound upon all sugars above a certain grade made in the State. 

 Mr. E. B. Cowgill, U. S. Commissioner for the sugar industry in Kansas, gave 

 an encouraging account of his experiments on keeping canes in Silo. The canes 

 were laid in windrows and covered with about six feet of soil. Analysis frequently 

 made showed that the proportion of sucrose diminished but slightly, while that of 

 glucose increased. There is great hope entertained that by thus keeping the 

 canes the working season at the factories may be doubled. A method of 

 evaporation by hot air was discussed in a paper by Mr. A. A. Denton. Prof. 

 Failyer urged the necessity of greater economy in methods of extracting the juice. 

 By present methods only about three-fifths of the available sugar is obtained. It 

 is possible that in the diffusion process lies the solution of this problem. The 

 sugar content of the cane may probably be largely increased by careful and 

 judicious cultivation. Mr. Bennyworth proposed that the canes be steamed 

 before going through the second pair of rolls. As far as his experiments had 

 progressed this process was a great improvement. Mr. Parkinson suggested that 

 as the seed of the sorghum contained so much starch all manufacturers should 



