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or the neuly 2.000,000 inhabitants--of
S ;:' York, calculate, thr' World,
aho;.- !fi,0UU cr.vii the whole city, anil
there 'u paly about IS, 00'') pj jphi pos-k-.-.:
ag aav real stnt.
Mr-. J'lhn Sherwood writes extrnv-
i:. i : ni prn:-c oi iucen .Margaret oi
Italy ; ; ad !,-: "Jler smile keep1 Italy
logerh?."' Manv things are eh irgcd u;
t'i th-: si.ijics of womankind, senteati-
,i v i ii.aiiK :it-t':i- ( .,'h:ca go A'c-.
President Wilson, of the Health De
partment of New Vork City, has in
fctnr;ted his .subordinates to make a care
ful cvaminatiori of the servants' quarters
in the hotel' an.- boarding homes. It is
Ktidthat in many instances the servants
arc compclied to sleep in small arid in
sufficient veatilate.lroo.ru. In one case
which was -jecently brought to the
attenlion of an inspector, fourteen women
slept in a sai.i'd room which had no win
dows. Tiie only means of veutilatioi
was the door which o'peaed into a narrow
hallv. :iy. T-..: . .p.trtmeat was originally
intended foi .a storcroim. In another
in.-taaei-, livo c .;s employe I in u hotel
kitchen slept, .' i .-. da no cellar, two of the
b'-'is being i r a coil bin. President
Wilson says hy i, determine 1 to bring
t.!out.a reform in the treatment accorded
the "iieipMdn ho'elsau 1 boarding houses.
As f m !:a is a strong competitor with
the United State-, in the production of
u oeat, the Aoo York Unit maiUtaiu-c
tint any trustworthy Statistics in regard
l it agriculture are. interesting. A re
( ( nt ( carefully taken, shows the
i pul ation of that heterogenous country
to lf 2-ij,()Q(),iYXi person, while the
i'.t-il area .if the country is less than
.t,M,,,'')0 .square iniie. Comparing thesg
figures with those relating to the United
Nates, we Go, 000,000 of population on
v.i an-a of .d,0d l,00 ) square miles, or
k than one-fourth of the papulation on
fa ur t hue-, the arei- a ratio of one to
dxicen as compared with populous India.
Ia the Province: of lid igal there are
l',W),00U more poop1; than in the
United El ites upon oaa t v juty-third of
oar are i. Tiie numb-jr per square mile
i- il perfjns, bat taking tha cultivated
laud only there are 71-r to each square
Uiliv. In the Uaitj i States we have but
u'w ial.a-iitant to thirty-six wcret, and
i j :.'k(u; lire of cuHivated land. Uen
: .! is alino-f w''.o!ly agriiMiItaral, and
i i Mipport i this v . popuiatijn. An
'dier agricultural province, tin; most
i hi' tive i.i wheat in all the Indiau
Kinpire, has -Hi p'rou.s to the square
liii'.e, which, acompanvl with ( iennany,
js'e.uiva!e:it to more than twice the
.nuailii ! of people on less than half the
or a ratio of more than four to one.
I;.e increase of the Indian papulation is
:t on; eleven per cent, in ten" year, and
!-: rn'-c'it 'he iaa'ea-e is larger in the
! 'Has and cities, vhre manufactures
.ir-- being established in tiie railroad
" at!; than in the agricultural clistricts.
The ' in lays da.vn id rule as to the
c ; ii .i' ies to be observed by i praeti
:. r w'a.-n pVcs.a-ibin c for a patient,
''I ii may, aad often does, prescribe
1 -. r:-fi iy we'd by merely , giving verbal
'!i:'t'i:ti.)as, to b: observed by his patient.
Wie.-n, however, the so directions iivdude
1 of any parti ralar drills, it is
:' a; and convenient to put then into
v...r. o that the patient may not
any mistake in ordering the drugs
' a ! vised to r.-e. The use of giving
" 4";v;i prescription does nit atTectthe
i r i !ty iu the piece ot paper given to
': patient. It is his the moment he
r'l slv, s it, says the UritUh eli;r Jvir
' unless bv custom or by special
reement it belongs, to some one else.
A custom, to b. goo 1 in law, must be
aeral, and Uicre is no custom as that a
i revripilva b. '.longs to any one except
tho patient at present known in Kagland.
iae paper, therefere, belongs to the
i'itieut ualess he agrees with his medical
Httendaut tint it shall not. It is, of
tvar.se, open to any practitioner to stip-l;-'de
that his prescriptions shall belong
1 i.unstdL, or shall only be made up by a
!-ct! nlir chemist, who shall destroy the
I vT as soon as he has use ! it, but
'I - piadv open to each of hispt
ao to d -e'.ine to be boun-i by any
v; i -Ipaiatioa, an I to do wh it he
j'-'s-js-with the piper when once- he
"A- -.' '. it. Any such stipulatious should
b-1 r.rly brought ic the notice of the
K-at.- before they consult their medi-
.vlV
j';' i so as to give them the op-
Ii.,
b o : 1 1 v men t i.e. Hd nfr
' ni,t:-'.i has !jcC;J given they would not
THREE STREETS.
i.
I nht th n-jw, uiihiiijwu to meet,
Ajk! found a gay and favor I street
V ''"r ; 'a.i'ou vralkel with fiittinj; feet:
A :d a F watched, a pol l-n gleam
.-rc-i swifi'y tli'.-ouii t,b summer air
til l !ar:.'d , vth hu nan stream;
I'm n np-.t'"5fl ':ni '.st som dusky nair,
1 W-i-l ujK.n the hair's dark graee,
tender ira.me to woman's face,
i IiU pictur' I .d! its charms sj weet.
' (; as I !h.ke i. I et her eye.
l;-.-p r.i t ii-f 1,'me of souf hf.-rn ykjes.
And from thf in -laneeJ a baby smile
My f.-.vn j;oor ti eanre to begmie;
Throu-h every vein, throughout my frame,
Ther wt?.t a !ry, an ardent flame,
JjoVt'a passion!
H.
'Tivas in the timo vi Love's defeat,
I wnn '.ere 1 ttiriu2;h a bi-v street
Au.l j.a'-l to wliep. foil.- croisways meet;
A ! as ci.'? i. the thr.min crowd
J'c s ' i onward, without reek or hel,
With aly fer-t, too anxious browed
'I o cast a glane-2 upon tny ne i?.
Tie c iol) neglect, the biting blast
Idiat o'er ray heart us ie.i wind pas3d,
An I t.ou -1 to bitter all the sweet,
3n.niit )ro a its frozen realms a gift,
The :ovv? of s.df, a careful thrift
To guard it-- treasure an 1 to guide
The current of its burning tide
i ui on :) ev.-ry vein, through every pore,
An an-ry .summons at -my door!'
Ambition!
nr.
f wan.lere.l for a dim retreat,
1 foun 1 a juiet moss grown street.
And trod its length with tireJ feet;
And as I passeJ, a iloor ill-kept
And batten? 1 with the strif j of year
l.iudos-d, ami forth a figure stepped
And met m wit l a fuej of teiro.
A figure, that had beauty's mie-a,
A face, that in a mood serene,
L'nmarred by grief, had been more sweet
Than aught that painter's art had traced,
Or chiseled marble coldly graced.
And as l gazjl with anxious will.
There-cam a glow, a silent thrill
Through every vein, through every part,
The swift bora m 'ssage to my heart.
Life's mission!
Uuod Words.
TEE AMIR'S TIGERS.
JbY CI.AUENCK PULr.KX.
A certain September evening, years
ago, found Gordon Trautwiue in India,
in tlu province of Siudh aad the city of
Haiderabad. This young tlectriciau, in
the employ of the Indo-European Tele
graph Department, had arrived by boat
from Kurrachee two days before.
Teaming that it would be a week be--fine
he could get up the' river, lie had1
taken .quarters at the house of a resident
who often entertained Jviroaean visitors.
This bungalow, near the river side, was
a large, rambling edihee of one story,
with the usual extensive verandas, wide
doors and windows. Although situated
in the heart of the city, its grounds were
of considerable extent.
Gordon as the latest aiest was as-
signed to a detached buildiug, separated
by a wall from tlieavst of" the establish
ment. This structure, which had once
been used for the storage of merchandise,
fronted upon a large compound or yard,
surrounded on three sides by a high
tdone and inu 1 wall, the -building form
ing the fourth side. The street passing
the front wall was considerably higher
than the level of the vard. The one
room was nigh and spaciou?, aud the
large windows at the back, overlooking
the river, were protected by strong iron
gratings, which admitted the cool breeze
from the waiter. The single entrance to
the building was in front.
To reach the main house Gordon had
to go into the compound and pass
through a low doorway in the dividing
line between it and the gardens. In his
own yard was kept the buffalo cow
which supplied the milk used by tho
household.
On his second night at the bungalow
Gordon had sat iu the main building,
oue of a company agreeably entertained
by masic and cards until near midnight.
At last, the goodnight haviug been said,
he passed into the open air and went to
his room to go to bed. His native lamp
was a little open, vessel in which a cotton
wick floated in cocoanut oil; this he ex
tinguished, and, clad in his pajamas,
dived between the mosquito curtains and
composed himself to sleep.
Some people who were in Haiberabad
a quarter of a century ago will remember
Amir Talphur's two great tigers, cap
tured in the SaUsar jungles, and kept m
captivity at his palace. Such persons
will be likely to recall the night when
both these savage beasts escaped and set
the tDwn in an uproar. JTheir cages
were found empty with broken bars, and
the mangled body of a native watchonu
lying in a by-street indicated the route
they" had taken. This episode occurred
ou the night of w hich I write.
Gordon hid slept perhaps two hours
when he was awakened by the, move-,
mcnts-of the buffalo in thsard, which j
was bellowing as if in distress. He wa
not yet fully arouseJ when tBe buffalo, j
noise was. swelled by a sound which j'
bad sicce the days before the ("rand Mo
guls, the roar of a tiger at large. There
was a scratcuing of claws on the stree!
wall, the sound of a body striking heav-j
ily but softly it to the yard, one loud bid-
low from the bu'Ialo, followed by anothe,,
o1:,1ua!l...:u ;iJ,iuu aieL ui-ij
ieara omy low, ueep gro.vls, mm !
..1,1 n.M. 1.1,,. a J I
uii iuc ioumi oi tearing nesn. i
Gordon had started up into ;. sitting
posture at the fi'rt alarm, aad up to thh
point had remained in that position listen
mg, with suspended breath". Now
slipped from bed, and goiug to the omch,
window looked out between tbejdats o
the blinds. The clear moonbeams; .shout
into the yard, lighting every part of i
except the black shadows beneath th,
walls. Fronting him, near tin; middh
of Che compound, was the white breast
of an immense black aad tawny animal,
which stood over the postrate buifalo
tearing its throat and greedily lapping
its blood. The beast of prey raised its
head from time to time, au.1 glare 1 abou:
with eyes of fire as if watching against
interruption.
The situation was a surprising and ter
rifying one for Gordon, who could not j
escape by the windows at the ba-k oi
the house owing to the iron "ratings.!
There was. no wav, out of the compound
except to emerge upon) he. veranda, ana
walk a distance of ten yards in the very
face of the 'tiger for Gordon had aty
Dnce recognized the nature of his terrible
visitor. He stepped back and lit the
little night lamp to gain such comfort as j
its light could give him. He was 'un
armed, and there was nothing between
r
him and the striped monster but those
thin blinds, which could oiTer no more
hindrance to a tiger than if they had been
tissue; paper.
Suddenly ths tiger wheeled, and with
his paws still resting on the buffalo,
looked up toward the wall in the direc
tion of the street. Upon that wall
another huge cat-like form similar to its
own had appeared, as if evolved out of
the darkness, and from it there came an
unmistakable roar, which was answered
in the same note by the tiger in the
yard.
With tails swinging augrily the two
creatures eyed each other, their roars
changing to deep growls; and presently
the oue on the wall leaped into the en-
closure. The animal upou the buffalo
crept over his prey toward the intruder,
which, crouching low, crawled onward.
As the two beasts drew near together the
crrowls became fiercer, and at last the ad
vancing tiger gave a great leap forward,
which was met by the other, and a ter
rific fight began with hideous growling,
deep snarls aud roars as they reared, bit,
and tore, iu the presence of the one awe
stricken spectator.
At last the two beasts separated, oue
bacKingswmiy.io u.e ouuaio, ma' toe
other, retiring iu the same manner to a
safe distance from its opponent, began
to explore the yard. If -the beast had
any intention of leaving the place it was
disappointed, for the walls rising at
least ten feet above the yard were too
high to be leaped. He approached the
veranda, snuffed along the face- of the
house, and peered between the slats of
the bund, but, repelled perhaps oy tae
light or fearing a trap, did not enter. As
his movements brought him near tbe
buffalo the tiger, iu possession of the
prey, stood again ou the defensive; but
the other beast seemed either to have had
enough of fighting, or to realize that he
was again imprisoned. Failing m his
attempt to get out of the compound he
began to roar iu alarm. -,vus ioadiy bailed by the people in the i . Chip Cff the Old 3lJCk.
Many people living iu the vicinity of j ni :in house who haviug been wakened j The little six -year ol 1 daught
the bungalow were awakened by th j J.y th.-. tumult had gathered iu oue apart- j Kitfulo lawyer extricated hrU
sounds, aud surmising the danger which
they could not fully understand closed
their doors and windows in fear; but no
one dared remain outsuJe. except tee ; to ,k,fenJ tbe premise3 Ikdieviog that
native watchmen, who gatherel ia . (;urtlon was sure!y kiHel, they were sur
groups at a distance and speculated as to j prised and delighted to see hira emerge
the cause of the disturbance. Bat the J 0 uaxpectedly from his periioas situa
character of the noises was uat inviting tion. The people of the neighboring'
of approach, and so for some time no i houses were equally aakrf, and on leam
one came upon the scene to investigate I tj,e fc ia tnc situation thi mare
matters. courageous ones approached an 1 looked
The first tiger at toe change ot note
in the other's roaring became ais un
easy, and leaving his prey'joined in'" the
outburst of sound and walked uneasily
about, still, however, keeping near the
buffalo. 1 A tlordoa, with no, barrier
between him aud a terrible death when-
ever tbe auima's should see fit to enter
the' house, stood with his eyes held ia
awful fascination upon his besiegers, he
bc-came aw ire, by a growing light aa'l a
Wd of burning, that a new element of
terror was added to the situation,
' A pud of the eight brerz- from the
curtain against the lamp wh'.ch stod bv
the bed, tipsettinir it. Like a !Uh the
curtain and bedding were iu tUms, to
which wa? added the caailmstioa of the
oil spreading over the ;1 o r mattiu ' It
a conflagratioa bevon 1 the po.cr of
Cordon to extm-uhdi, even if he had j
foajld the heatt Xo Mimf: it in tUe faCeJ
nf r.i,,.,- ,nat
It was but a few moments before the
whole interior of the apartment was in
flames, front floor to .ceiling. He heard
the tigers come one after the other upon
the veranda. The blow of a paw broke
down a blind uud the heads of one of the
brutes appeared -at the opening. Gordon
Cowered back as near the flames as ht
could endure to remain, until the tiger,
is if dazed with the light, with hew to
resume his round about the foot of the
all.
Itapidly the flames, fanned by, the
breeze iuto a roaring conflagration,
burned along the cloth and bamboo ceib
ing overhead aud ?ept along the mat-N
ting on the floor, forcing Gordon for
ward step by step upon the veranda into
the open vi ;v of the tigers. Thev
roared more loudly when he appeared,
but, seemingly frightened by the smoke
and dame, thev did not at one ? attack
him. Hut as they, paced to and fro
along the foot of thevalls at the farther
end of the enclosure they stopped to
''crouch with swHigiug tails at the siiih;
of the young man's figure outlined black
against the lire, aud crept toward him,
only to turn away and retire before some
fresh outburst of the flames.
The heat, on the veranda had become
unendurable, and Gordon suvv that, live
or die, he must, as his only chance of
escape, try tq get through the door of
of the wall; to reach this spot he must
pass within a dozen yards of the tigers.
Id lis small door, wdikib"vwas strongly
made, opened into the compound, and
swung toward the front wall where the
beasts were pacing. It vas fastened,
when shut, by a strong latch.
To effect his escape Gordon had to
take ten long steps, unlatch aud open
tli2 door, pass through the opening aad
close the door behind him before either
one of his savage besiegers could lean
upon him. With the flames already
sorching him he decided that a quick
death by teeth and claws was better than
to be burned alive. At a moment whem
the nearest tiger's back was turned he
walked rapidly but steadily across the
corner of the compound, lifted the latch,
opaned the door, aud f looped to passN
through. '
At his first steo from the veranda the
tiger nearest him wheeled, and both
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LUC uuiujan uv;i:aiA uui a nini "
Bat to attack him they must dash to
ward the fire that awed them, and while
they crept onward, growling and eyeing
him, neither of them sprang, until be
( nachf;J Q . Thcu
j th(? nparest trmoved partly perhaps
bv a hope o! escape through the open-
ing, leaped for it. The creature's paws
struck the door just as Gordon was pass
ing the threshold, shutting 'it against
him with such force as to throw the
j vcuug man violently up)u his face iuto
' tiie garden beyond.
Had the door swung ajar after closing,
tl !;C v:t wouu :lt OUCc have been after
; tnj Upon iirn; itut tie ltch caught auditioned: Whereas in 1S7S there, was uot
i lie!3, an i Gordon turning round as heid even in existence any public record of
j reamed his feet lard the scratching
; mde bv the tiger's 'daws, and the ani
rna
l's v, binning snarl over his discom-
j fiturc as it retired to the farther end of
the compound.
' Gordon's apoearaace ia
tiie garden
' meidurid barrici'Je 1 the window ands
j tjoors. auJ the raea with saca weapons
; thev toa'.d obtain were stan ling ready
f ,owu unou the self-cntrapped animals
restlessly moving about between the high
walls and the fire.
Some soldiers that arrived from the
British garrison, .nd a force of the
Ainu's retainers, including the chief
huntsman and his asidants, now set to
j work t9 caoture the tigers. The natives
J worked zealously from the certainty tint
if tnc tigers were not recaptured per
haps even if they were --that some per- j
sons would !noe tht-ir head on general
principles id disapproval of the auimalV
escape.
Fruin the wad coir rope nooses were
Iam.chfd at the how 'thoroughlv le-
Miorabzed a.n n:ils whit'a. Mft-r virimn s
, v
mistaro.v ana uiiu aos.were c iu 'at j
ces-irvly by the neck,-legs and bory.
until thev wtrt at least so will secured ;
. '. , , 3 , , , ,
tnat one or tvo bold leihMVs leaped down 1
into the compound, and liaised the
tying of them in safety. Kdled, tied,
and twisted iu a network of rope?, the
two struggling brutes, sluag to long
poles, were borne on the shoulders of
natives to the Amir's p dace and returned
to their cigcs, which it is to be hoped,
were suitably strengthened.
It was only after the eveat that Gjp
don- Traut.viue, who had bchivc l o
coolly through his time of peril, realise I
how' billy frightened he really had
been. He left Ha;elerab.d theiext day
to brace his nerves by the adventure
and .excitement of a tno up the Indus
Uivcr. f.'sUtx Hr)il-'i .
The Story ot a Gen. us.
"When Sidney Thomas was M venteeu
years of aire hi fatb'T died and liu; youth
was obliged to give up his dreams of
matriculatin at London University jttid
becoming a medical man. For some
time he took a classical m istcrship in a
school, anil then accepted a clerkship at
the Marlborough Street Police Court.
While conscientiously fu'.lu'diug his
duties he was at the sa ne time an earnest
student of science.
Up to 17a5 the 'finest steel used iu
England was of Hindu make, and it a
said to have been juoted at $50,000 a
ton. ('oit ma l;; a disc very, 1 however,
by which le produced equally good steel
at prices ranging S'.'.VJ to .d') a ton.
Then Bessemer came; but even after hi
discoveries there was .still a great desid
eratum of the highest practical impor
tance, namely, the elimination of phos
phorus from the process of converting
pig-iron into steel. Sidney Thomas
made this notable discovery, but when
he announccd.it at the sorijg meeting of
the Iron aud Steel InstituiHMn 187S he
was received with sneers and smiles or
incredulity.
f
liut everything comes to him who
knows how to wait, and Thoua finally
perfected his invention. Trie discovery
made him suddenly famous, and the
steeimasters of Belgium, England and
Pthe United States raced each other in
their efforts to benefit under his patents..
Splendid pecuniary results followed the
discovery, but, alas! they were pur
chased at the cost of the inventor's
health. His hour of triumph found him
;with PicM strength rapidly declining
1Ie accordingly went abroad, visiting
1 Switzerland, the Cane and the United
States. He Si so went to the Mauritius,
India, Ceylon and Australia His dutry
and letters describing these travels are
mnt interesting, and many of hi ob
servations testify to the .singular kecai
ness of his mind. A s. a last reort he
spent a winter in Algiers, then he moved
homeward, -but on reaching Paris 'died
there, on February 1, 1SS.. He was
thus not unite thirtv-five year-: old, an
age which has proved fatal to so rainy
men of genius.
Sidney Thomas's life speaks for itself,
but in connection with his great dis.
covery one fact of moment may be m ai-
fuoe-'esfnl ilepho-phorizatio'i of pig-iron,
in lb 1)0, only twelve years later, th pro
duction of basic -tee! uuderthe Gilehrist
Thoir.as process wa no le thau 2,003,
! s.;j tr:i. Lo:, l j Chru.iirU.
ir ; a
j diilictilty the othr day with ti t.
- has ja-t reCvereJ from a long
ilhit
I and -at bolsttred up iu bed feebly int
ing hsr pennies, hue decided that tuer
were twenty-nine, and her papa gtve htr
another to make the numler thirty.
Later her mother helii-d her tt couat
them and they found thirty-oe. Th
father then entered a protest and ake i
her to return his penny, a shi hl ob
tained." it under false preUTise. Sfie
-Sookeil up ia doubt frodi the little pile
of jK-nnies to her father and then said:
'I Me?s I can't give it back to you, fcr
I can't te'd which on? you gtve iae.'!
Uu'u h En 'j u ire t.
William Redmond, a Member of IPa
liament, declares thatEnglbh juries art
cot gifted with much intelligence.'1
CURIOUS FACTS.
Tl:e Gulf r.f Mexico has risen over a
A fish with two tad is the thief fiuri-
asitv tt Madiaou. IVar-.
1'ras bauds are not-aiiowevf to play-ia
.i . ... . x- -,, ,.
i.ic sutm vi -auv;iie. lean.
den uays per aauam is the 3vetAe
amount of .sickness in human hfp
-
. Hebrews are n.'. a!i wcd to !c-jve Mas.
t im , au-jia, uu.t ss h:k iia t pa:; iiit lr
debs.
Tlere is a diiTeier.c of on'v twenty
two square miles bvt Aten the areas of
England and Iowa.
FrancTTis Copjce, the French au'hor.is
fond of cats that surround his ucsk and
idbble at his jh.u when he wiites.
f Camden, N. J., boasts of a blind bar
ber who can shave as well as if he had
perfect sight. He works every day and
makes regular wages.'
Alabama has a new nligiom stct, one
of whose tenets is to pay no taxes to the
support of a secular government, even to
the extent of a dog tix.
The King of Asha'itte is allowed 3.133
wives. Many of them are the daughters
of the chiefs of tributary tab", over
which the King has jurisdiction, and are
sent to hiiu as hostage..
The chimney is a modern affair,, being
Lot yet seven centuries old. In the thir
teenth century chimneys were idlo.v?d
only on religions houses, ma;cu hoii.w
and noblemen's castles.
A church was being moved across the
railroad track at Oakdale, Wushit?gtoi,
when a special train came along, and be
fore the engineer could stop lm engine
it struck the hurch, cutting it in two.
Chinese dentists are said to possess a
wonderful powder, which is rubbed on
the gum over the affected tooth. Alter
an interval of about -Jive minutes the
patient is told to suee.e, whereupoti tho
tooth falls out.
A tailor of ICocaigsbeig, Germany,
demonstrated an enormous mu'cur
power before the class of students. With
one hand he lifted u heavy chair, ou
which sat a JU-pound student, Irani the
floor to the table.
A Connecticut River shad dressed re
cently at New Haven had iu its stomich
a railroad spike five, inches long and
weighing Fven ounces. The spike was
rusty, andHhe li7er-and fide of the fish
were coated with rust.
A lobster has been caught in I'cuob
scot Bay which weighs twentj-two
pounds. Its size ha procured for it f
certain imm vrt alitv. Jn place of being
eaten it will occupy -ix shelf of honor
mnong the exhibits of the Smithsonian
lustitute at Washington.
Woo'J Paper.
Ordinary printing piper is now mide
aVaiost exclusively of woo 1 fiber, instead
of rags as frau tiy. Tiie woo l fiber wa3
formerly prepare J by a w holly mechani
cal pro. t s- the wood being ground ot.
rasped o'T from blocks by action appiie I
obliquely to the grain. In 'place of the
old mod - of o' '.;! in ngAvoo l pulp, chemi
cal treat meat of the wood is now in vague.
As formerly, the bark is stripped from
the wood to secure tilr of uniform piab
"itv. All discolored or decayed nrtsjre
le.ice i dor the ame reason. Tnen the
w.,- id it- -at arrosi the grain into thin
i iiiM. w hich are carried to the top of
the -mid and dn.pped into large drJ3M
aljut fourteen fe'-t iu diameter, anJ
twenty four feet long. The drums are
made strong nough t bear a pressure of
from sevent j dive Vi 2d0 pouads to lh
f.piar.: iuf h. Wi.' n n drum is packed
fudufchips. it i ritlel with sulphuric
wad and other chemical. The wood ii
converted 4nt. u i ::oe bke proluct,
iii th h th'-a prcs e 1 dry a.vJ mahed.
It is net', mixel with witer, rod-,l flat,
and ut inioshajR- tr : lung. In thi
! condition it i- mi-I t b? made up of
ixty jier cent, moisture and forty cr
cent, fiber. Iu X h;s .-.,,',; it goes to th
paper mill. It fa . ! better to-pay
j the freight ou th : contained wattr thia
tocheaw-n iw- co'. of traasp jrutioti by
pressing oat the wa'er, for the pulp "pack
hard when it i dry. oe cord of sprue?
wood is es!iui t-d t make l'J'X) pjunli
of dry Hb-iT, otth froTi $1 to 1.50 a
hundred pou a !. A sulphite plant that
will ue up fro a eight to fifteen cord of.
wood every treaty four h ir co-d about
10,003. yetr'J :ant Picayune.
Fat'r s;:n to fit things nicely, mastt
the St. Iaii L'tpullie. Just a wool
wa.s giving out ru.l wsvs discovered, ml
j ut as whal oil vth about exbtiutd
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