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Varieties. 
/Am.  Jour.  Phahm. 
|    Jan.  1, 1872. 
from  all  the  German  museums,  similar  to  the  celebrated  one  at  Kensington. 
Another  specialty  will  be  a  collection  of  articles  used  by  different  nations  in 
their  domestic  affairs,  kitchen  utensils,  furniture,  dress,  ornamental  objects,  in 
fact,  everything  used  about  a  house. 
Great  efforts  will  be  made  to  have  the  oriental  nations  better  represented 
than  they  have  been  at  any  previous  exhibitions. 
As  the  Austrian  nation  has  never  had  an  exhibition  of  this  character,  it  is 
probable  that  they  will  put  forth  great  exertions  to  have  it  worthy  of  the  em- 
pire. The  opportunity  ought  not  to  be  neglected  by  the  manufacturers  in  this 
country.  We  produce  many  things  that  other  nations  would  wish  to  have  if 
they  were  aware  of  their  existence,  and  this  is  an  occasion  for  displaying  them. 
Our  government  could  with  great  propriety  send  all  articles  free  of  charge  to 
Trieste,  whence  they  would  no  doubt  be  transported  by  the  Austrian  govern- 
ment to  Vienna  also  free.  We  ought  to  have  committees  organized  for  the 
selection  of  proper  articles  to  be  forwarded,  and  to  take  pains  that  we  are  well 
represented.  In  the  matter  of  household  conveniences,  we  claim  that  many  of 
our  mechanics  are  better  off  than  some  of  the  noblemen  on  the  continent.  It 
would  be  a  great  thing  to  see  the  common  every-day  domestic  utensils  set  up 
in  a  model  house  to  illustrate  how  we  live.  Our  machine  made  pails,  clothes- 
pins, sewing  machines,  cooking  stoves,  with  fixtures,  would  astonish  the  common 
people  of  Austria,  who  have  the  rudest  kind  of  articles. 
We  cannot  now  enumerate  all  that  we  ought  to  send.  It  will  be  remembered 
that  at  the  Paris  exhibition  of  1867,  nearly  everything  sent  from  this  country 
took  a  prize.  If  we  exercise  some  judgment  in  the  selection  of  articles,  we 
may  anticipate  a  similar  triumph  at  Vienna  in  1873. — Journal  of  Applied 
Chemistry,  December,  1871. 
Sugar  Factories  in  Europe.— Seventy-five  new  sugar  factories  have  been  estab- 
lished in  Europe  in  1870,  at  the  end  of  which  year  their  total  number  was  1507. 
In  France  there  were  483,  in  the  Zollverein  310  (384  according  to  another 
statement),  in  Russia  283,  in  Austria-Hungary  228,  in  Belgium  134,  in  Poland 
42,  in  Holland  20,  in  Sweden  4,  in  Italy  and  Great  Britain  each  1. —  Chem. 
Gentr.  Bl.  1871,  Oct.  11. 
Production  of  Bismuth. — The  market  is  almost  totally  supplied  with  bismuth 
from  Saxony,  which  produces  annually  32,000  pounds  of  this  metal;  one  estab- 
lishment, the  blue  color  works,  alone  24,000  pounds. — Ibid,  Oct.  18. 
Liquid  for  Removing  Spots. — This  compound  sold  under  the  name  of  Liqueur 
Bemhard,  is  mentioned  by  way  of  warning,  as  it  is  not  a  new  article,  as  it  pre- 
tends to  be,  contains  no  benzine  or  substance  of  that  kind,  and  is  moreover 
ruinous  to  delicate  colors,  on  account  of  the  potash  which  it  contains  ;  its  com- 
position is : 
Ox  galls,  100  Grammes. 
Potash,  50 
Water,  1  Kilogramme. 
The  potash  is  first  dissolved,  and  the  gall  then  added.  Soda  may  be  substi- 
tuted for  the  potash. — Amer.  Chemist,  Nov.,  from  Monit.  de  la  Temt.,  1871, 
No.  17. 
