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MODERN WAY OF CPNVERTINC THE
TREE INTO NOVEL ARTICLES-
It l» Wonderful How Extensively l’«l>er
|, Taking tin- Place oT Ollier Null-
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“It is wonderful how extensively
hances paper is taking the place of such sub-
as wood, l.iick and iron iu
various mechanical trades,” said a
large New York dealer in all sorts of
novelties made out of paper. “For
instance, boards of all sizes ttl , d
shapes are now manufactured out of
wood pulp very faithfullv to resemble
the gram and texture of every kind of
wood. The noili-nitl costs about one
half the price of the genuine article,
and it is used by carpenters, cabinet
makers, picture frame makers and
boat builders for paneling, wainscot-
i ii jjr huaI decorative work generally
where liglitness and durability are re-
quired. Two excellent qualities that
tbe paper boards possess are that.
they are not subject to warping and
dry rot. There are no bad surface.and knots to
mar the appearance of the
as the material is smooth and does
not require planing, and can be easily
cut with a fiuesaw, there seems every
reason to believe that it will iu time
be used even more than it is.
“Telegraph and telephone poles,
flagstaff's and spars for small suiliug
vessels are the latest development iu
tile lino of manufacture from paper,
They are made of pulp iu which a
email amount of borax, tallow and
other ingredients are mixed. These
arc cast in a mould in the form of a
hollow . rod of the desired diameter
and length. Tho poles and spars are
claimed to be lighter and stronger
than wood. They do not crack or
split, and it is said that when they ure
varnished or painted the weather does
not affect them. Besides pussessing
these ad vantages, the paper-mado ar¬
ticle can bo ma lo fireproof by saturat¬
ing it in a strong solution of alum
water. When thoroughly dry the im¬
pel- poles and spars thus treated will
resist the action of flames.
“The manufacture of enameled pa¬
per bricks, which commenced in 1891!,
lias now become a definite industry,as
the material Inis been used for build¬
ing purposes all over the United
Btut.es with very satisfactory results.
“The hollow production of these bricks on
the principle is a marked fea¬
ture in their form, (he object being
practically the same as that sought in
the making of hollow forged stool
shafting. Not only is a defective cen¬
tre removed, but It is possible to put
iu a mandrel into the hollow, aud, by
applying pressure, the walls are oper¬
ated upon from both inside and out¬
side. W licn a solid body is heated
tlic temperature of tho interior always
varies from that of tho outer portions
at first often resulting in the expan¬
sion of one or the other that causes
the defects. It. is for these reasons
that the plan of forming tho bricks
upon the hollow principle and plug¬
ging them afterward is of advantage.
Sawdust, is found to be a good filler
for tins purpose. It is first fire¬
proofed, as is also ihe paper pulp used
in the bricks, aud then it is mixed
with cement and pressed into the hol¬
low of the bricks and smoothed and
enameled over.
“Although paper horseshoes are n
recent, invention, having been only
manufactured iu this country within
the past two years, their use has al¬
ready *\u 1 1o large with the owners of
fine horses, especially iu cities where
asphalt pavements abound. On such
roads in wot weather a horse fitted
with paper shoes is less liable to slip
than when provided with iron ones,
and, besides being light and comforta¬
ble for an animal to wear, tliey are
said to be more durable than iron
ahoes and are more easily aud snugly
fitted to the hoof.
t t I'he paper horseshoe is made in
practically the same way that a paper
car wheel is formed. The paper is im¬
pregnated with oil or turpentine to
waterproof, after which it is glued to¬
gether in layers. The glue or paste
is a mixture of Venetian turpentine,
linseed oil powdered chalk and lac¬
quer, and it does not become brittle
when drying. The moist mass of pa¬
per and glue is subjected to a strong
pressure in a hydraulic press, the
holes through which the nails are
driven in fastening the shoe to the
horse’s hoof being punched while the
paper is still moist, The blacksmith
fastens them on with nails in the
usual manner These shoes cost from
91.50 to per set.
A Cuvtonft Holler.
The boiler of a cleverly-constructed
small working engine, U a quarter-
pound coffee tin; the wheels, quarter
and half pound tin lids; the chimuev,
an umbrella top; the steam pipe, an
Jndia rubber tube; and other parts
eonsist of a knitting net*it U\ n bicycle
Spoke, a piece of brass lamp, some
gas pipiug, a cartridge end aud the
screw stopper of an oil tin.
There is an alarming increase of
blindness in Bus ia. The statistics
gives tho total number of blind in the
white czar's empire as 192,000, i. e.,
one out of evevv 500 inhabitants is
blind.
MRS. TOMMY ATKINS.
Only a I,ii»iit« *l Number of British l*rl-
vates I’ermilted to Marry,
The question of permission to marry
is a burning one in the barrack-room.
Only a limited number of men are al¬
lowed to marry, the strength of the
loll varying with the establishment of
the corps; sergeants are give i permis-
sion to marry as a mutter of course, if
is a vacancy in the establish-
' hut no soldier is allowed to en¬
tu“tie blessed state unless he has
seven years service, S'io in the sav-
» allk . “ nd U '° K 00<1 c .' , ldntd
badges. I have heard it said 1 that
there is such a thing as borrowing the
till the necessary permission has
been obtained, but theie is no getting
over the other two conditions. I lie
married quarters seem comfortable
enough, what stiikes us most is the
ensrinous number of babies and quite
yonng children who swarm round the
door of every quarter, occasional yells
leading to the haaty arrival of a tm-hcu
aud heated-looking niation to^iestoie
order in a summary fashion. Ihe al-
lowanee of space does not strike one
as particularly liberal, soldiers with
small families being gi\en only one
room with the minutest possible
scullery, the fathei s of larger families
rejoicing i" 1111 extra room. Sergeants,
a rule, have two rooms, but other¬
wise have uo pull over their comrades
of lower rank. The wives of the
private soldiers add latgelv to the
scanty pay of their husbands by doing
washing for the men of their hos¬
band s company, and twice blessed is
woman whose good man belongs
to a company having few married sol-
diers. In this case she will be able
to get more to do than her less fortu-
nate sisters. Some of the women who
have a reputation as washer-women
earn plenty of money hy washing for
the office' s of the regiment The sol¬
dier's wife seems to drift naturally
into being a washer-woman, A little
conversation xvith the Indies is a lib¬
eral education in esprit de corps; each
woman thoroughly identities herself
xvith the regiment to which her hus-
baud belongs; and even in these days
of short service it is not difficult to
find women whose fathers and grand¬
fathers have soldiered iu bygone (lavs
under tho tattered colors now hang¬
ing in the sacred precints of the offi¬
cers’ moss. Tho ladies of the regi¬
ment, ns a rule, take great interest in
the welfare of their humbler sisters,
frequently visiting them in their quar¬
ters, and giving more than the r sym¬
pathy at one of those crises which oc¬
cur so frequently in the married
block, and generally lean ultimately
to the object of their solicitude apply¬
ing for extra accommodation, owing
to ail unauthorized addition to the
strength of the battalion.—From “So¬
cial Life in the British Army,” by a
British Officer in Harper’s Magazine.
Complexion of Spanlttli Women.
You find in many parts of Spain
blue-eyed and fair-haired women, and
we have in Mexico specimens of these
hereditary daughters of tho invading
Goths, who have brought down to our
times, in their eyes, tho mommy of
blue summer seas beneath shorelands
icebound in the long winters. And
the fair hair is common, too, aud
somehow one never gets over the feel¬
ing, in listening to the soft Spanish
coining from the lips of a blue-eyed
and light-haired woman, that she lias,
perhaps, learned it as a foreigner iu
her early youth. But no; she is as
much a Spaniard as the women whose
eyes reveal the descent from the Moor
or the Carthaginian, or as she who
has the strong profile of the Roman
conqueror,
A fair woman is called in Spanish
“mm gueva,” pronounced “oonah
gwajrah,” or else “uua rubia.” Both
terms are common. Among a race
where the dark skin prevails, to ho
is a mark of beauty,aud one often
hears people speaking of some lady
iu terms of praise as “la guera.” To
call a baby “fair” is to capture the
heart of the mother. A fair complex-
ioned man is “tin guero,” “oou gway-
voli.”—Correspondence iu New York
Sun.
A Plano's Hard Journey,
Ex-Governor Alexander lb Shepherd
is a twelve-millionaire, resident of
Batopilas, Mexico, and several years
ago he went to a wonderful lot of
trouble to procure a piano for the
musical education of his family.
batopilas is a mining town in the
innermost recesses of the Sierra
Madre mountains,and principal mines
are owned and opera ed by Mr. Shep-
haad. The piano was shipped from
New York to Chihuahua iu boxes,
w here the different pieces were placed
on the backs of burros and carried to
Batopilas ., .over the , rough mountains, a
distance of J,>0 mi.es. The house
" hom the " !,s purchased
" tMlt !il1 ex l ,e,t alo “g to set U P the U1 ‘
Eminent again w hen Batopilas „ was
lt ‘ acae ^' 1 lb sau * iat * 118 I’ lau0
f”* 1 tlovcrnor Shepherd over S'JOOt)
'Coie it was finally installed in his
house.
Force of Habit,
“Butcher, uo many people eom-
plain of your tough meat?”
“NTmu; after my customers has bin
! a-eatiu' my meat a w hile they dou’t
know a tender steak when they git*
it”—Detroit Free Press.
* CHILDREN’S GOLUMN. £
O^
The Bedtime Folks.
I always hate to go to bed ’fore othor folkses
Becaa^ go. they tho
take the light a way or turn
They sav a-blazin' t won’t go right asleep with lights
high.
An’laugh an call me ’fraidy-cat, because 1
Why, dark is "just Yhe awf'llest time or any
time of day!
’Tis then the goblins, gnomes an' ghosts
come out to scare an play.
The ghosts come slniin down the hail an
creak the nursery door.
An’ goblins play at hide-and-seek upon the
ing black floor.
Our Tubbyskina comes sneakin in, with eyes
The witch’s cats camp on our fence a-prac-
ticin’ their choir,
The brownies on our attic floor keep dancin'
No, don’t telTme-it isn’t mice, nor ’tain't
no great nig rat.
I know about the bedtime sprites—I’m sure
you must agree—
I ve read too many fairy books to let them
things fool me.
An’so I just iie wide awake an’cover up my
“uuL .a'ad- beltUC b0y>
a a
to bed
—Caroline Wetherell.
Doqs in the Army.
Probably there is no United (States
regiment in existence which does not
possess two or three dogs, and these
army animals,as a class,are highly in¬
teresting. They know when the bugle
calls, and when reveille sounds they
get up for the day. At drill time they
do not budge, knowing that the drill
is something in which they have no
part, but when the bugle for dinner
reaches their ears no one in the re¬
spective regiment responds more
quickly, and that is saying a good
deal for-alacrity.
The Ant a*; a Farmer.
The little ants have an industry all
their own in the care and breeding of
insects called aphides which serve
them as cows. Although the aphides
do not give milk, they supply the ants
with a sxveet li juid which is nutritious
and pleasant to the taste.
The aphides live on the stems of
plants, and the busy little workers
that cultivate them build tunnels over
these stems, leaving a small opening
at either end, just large enough for
one of their number to pass in and
out. The aphides are well fed and
cared for by the ants, aud they repay
this attention by a generous supply of
the honey-like fluid each day. The
ants manage to keep their cows from
generation to generation, carefully
protecting them through the winter
from cold and storms by a velvety
blanket of dry moss, aud over this an¬
other covering of pastelike substance.
Iu the spring, when the young are
hatching, the ants seek food in the
field, aud not until the young aphides
crawl out from under the moss
blankets do the ants begin the work
of carrying away the winter cover¬
ings. With the return of summer
these little ants and fanhevs work
faithfully that their “cattle” may
thrive for the harvest days.—New
York Tribune.
The Si,..-™ Sq„irroi«,
In (he siniug, before pine nuts and
hazel nuts are ripe, the gray squirrel
examines last year’s cones to see if a
few seeds may be left m them between
the half-open scales, and gleans fallen
nuts and seeds on the ground a ong
tho leaves, after making sure that no
enemy is nigh, says John Muir, in the
Atlantic. His fine tail flows, now be-
hind him, now above him, level or
graeetully curled, light and radiant as
dry thistledown,everyhuir in its place
standing out electric. His body seems
hardly more substantial than his tail.
Ihe Douglas is a firm, emphatic bolt
of life, fiery, pungent,full of brag and
show and right, and his movements
liave none of the elegant deliberation
of the gray. They are so quick and
keen they almost sting the onlooker,
and the acrobatic harlequin gyrating
show he makes of himself turns one
giddy to see. The gray is shy aud
oftentimes stealthy, as if half expect-
iug au enemy iu every tree and bush
aud back of every log; seems to wish
to be let alone, and manifests uo de-
sire to be seen, or admired, or feared.
lie is huuted by the Indians, and this
of itself is cause enough for caution,
The Douglas is less attractive as game,
and is probably increasing in numbers
iu spite of every enemy. He goes his
wavs bold as a lion, up a»d down and
across,round and round, the happiest,
merriest of all the hairy tribe, aud at
the same time tremendously earnest
*nd solemn, sunshine incarnate, ting¬
ling every tree with his electric t i OS.
tf you prick him, you cannot think he
would bleed. He seems above the
chance aud change that beset common
mortals, though iu busily gathering
burs and nuts we see that he has to
work for a living, like the rest of us.
I never found a dead Douglas. He
cet- into the world and out of it with¬
out being noticed; only iu prime is he
seen,like some little plants that never
are noticed except when iu bloom.
The Mischievous Fuppv.
One day a little puppy had just re-
reived a bath and his mother told him
uot to go out until he was quite dry,
but the little dog, who never did a
thing his mother told him, thought it
wouldn’t do him any- harm to go out
for a walk, and while his mother wao
sleeping he went out very quietly, so
she wouldn’t wake up. When ouca
out of the house he raced and jumped
and barked aud chased the pretty
butterflies until he wa3 so tired out
he didn’t know what to do. At last
hc came to a 1X inildy pool of water aud
* ie " a d*ed l ight tin ougli it, and so of
course he got all dirty.
The little puppy began to feel so
tire ‘ 1 tliat lie l a v d ° wu to l est, and fell
.
asleep. He slept for a long time, and
when he awoke it was very dark, and
the moon was shining on him through
the ,,____ V ee8 He Parted , , , up m . a fright , .*?,
-
an d , began to whine, but no one ail¬
swered him, so he stopped and lay
)1own againj ] )ut he could llot s l ee p
an '* “ e didn t know where he was.
The disobedient puppy began to
think of his home in the' barn and
* isl ‘ ef J h f hai1 ne ' ev left When
daylight began to dawn he thought he
heard a noise in the bushes close by
and when he looked he saw two
shining , • . fixed him. .
eves upon
He did not stay there a minute
longer, but started to runaway as fast
T over llis le 8 fl "ould carry him.
Then he heard whatever it was com¬
ing right behind him, and he tried to
run faster and faster, but he could
not run fast enough, and pretty soon
he shut his eyes and gave himself up
for lost. He dropped down on the
ground, and right on top of him came
■wo big paws, and then he heard his
a ne. He opened his eyes, and there,
looking into his face, was his own
m ither! It was she who had been
watching him from the bushes and
enased him when he ran.
With a joyous bark and one leap he
was on liis feet, asking forgiveness.
His mother took him home and read
him a very serious lecture on disobe¬
dience, and then washed all the mud
and dirt off him and put him to bed.
A Kind’s Verdict.
The question whether an officer is
justified under any circumstances in
disobeying his commander has been
answered differently by different
judges. Royal authority at one time
went on the affirmative side of the
question. It was in the reign of
George II of England, and the of¬
fender was Captain Hawke of the ship
Berwick, of sixty-four guns. The of¬
fence was committed during an inde¬
cisive naval action off Toulon in 1744,
when the English admirals in com¬
mand lost the opportunity to gain a
victory by shrinking from a close en¬
gagement,
Captain Hawke was indignant. His
couutry was being wronged by the in¬
action—cowardly, he thought—of the
commanders. He could keep still no
longer. Seeing no prospect of a gen¬
eral action, he boldly, and in defiance
of every order issued, quitted his sta¬
tion aud selected a Spanish ship of
equal force to try the issues with.
For half an hour it was an open ques¬
tion whether Hawke had done a wisely
brave deed or simply a mad one, byt
at the end of that half hour, in which
some brilliant fighting was done, the
Spanish ship was a prisoner, and the
captain's wisdom as well as bravery
was clearly demonstrated.
When official and public opinion
had had time to decide on the merits
a ud demerits of the principal actors
ia the engagement, a flag promotion
took place, in which the name of Cap-
la in Hawke was passed over. Tho
alight was followed by a verdict from
the naval authorities dismissing him
from the service for his disobedient
bravery
But the matter was not yet settled,
His majesty, King George, had some-
thing to sav. He inquired why the
officer had been dismissed, and was
frankly informed that it was because
Captain Hawke had disobeyed orders
bv quitting the line to fight the Span-
' s hjp p 0 der.
“What?” cried the indignant mon-
a reh. “Disgrace a man for fighting
too much? He shall be my admiral.”
This was the royal verdict, aud it is
9a j d that some years later, iu 1759,
when Hawke gained a signal victory
over the French fleet, the king was
so overjoyed of' that his judgment iu the
choice an admiral had been vindi-
0 ated, that he pulled the wig from his
head and kicked it about the palace of
Kensington for very gladness that he
had given England so great au ad-
miral.— Youth’s Companion.
Curing a Horse of Kicking:,
It is said that the following expedi-
ent w ill cure a horse of kicking: Put
the animal into a narrow stall that has
both sides thickly padded. Suspend
a sack filled with hay or straw so that
it wdl strike his heels and let. the
horse ajid sack fight it out. Be sure
to have things arranged so that the
horse cannot hurt himself. The sack
will be vic:o; ious every time,and in the
end the horse will absolutely refuse
to kick the sack or anything else.
Boiled to Death.
The last instance of boiling to death
took place iu Persia in 1890. The of-
femle . who was found guilty of steal¬
ing state revenues, w as put into a
large cauldron of cold water, which
was slowly heated to the V,oiling point.
His bones were distributed,as a warn-
ing, among the provincial tax colleot-
ors.
Elimination.
“Say, what would you do if you
lad a skelotcn in your closet?” “The
test thing to do is to make no bones
tf it.”—Indianapolis Journal.
Railroad Trains to Ran Slower.
Railroad officials claim that It is very ex.
penMve to ron their lightninc express trains,
and are talking ahout reducing the S' eed. It
is likewise expensive to the health to rush
and struggle aid compete in business affairs
as men do nowadays. The brain, the nerves,
the muscles, the whole system gives out. For
restoring Hcstetter’s strength after business worries,
Stomach Bitters is the proper
remedy. It is an Ideal tonic for the tired, tha
run-down and the weak,
A gold mine under the town of Ballarat,
Australians said to be the richest in the world.
Don’t Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag¬
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak ir en
strong. All druggists, 50e or $1. Cure guaran-
tosd. Booklet and sample free. Addresa
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
No man can be warranted Bound; practi¬
cally sound is the only safe guarantee.
There Is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors
pronounced local remedies, it a and local by disease constantly and presc failing ibed
with local to
cure treatment, pronounced it in¬
curable. Science has proven catarrh to he a
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constltuilonal treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co , Toledo,
Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the
market. It Is taken internarly In doses from
10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on
Hie blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
It fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi¬
monials. Address F. J Cheney & Co., Toledo.O.
Bold hy Drui’gists. 73c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
No matter how many years we spend In
scoring if-we make the race at last.
Educate Your lioweis With Cascarets.
I0c,25c. Candy Cathartic, cure consttoattoa forever.
If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
Pride is the moment of fro-t that kills a
whole summer’s growth of affection.
Sharp Pains
Darting from one point to another, stiff and
swollen joints, inflammation, intense suf¬
fering, are oharacteristics of rheumatism.
All these painful symptoms are cured by
Hood’s Sarsaparilla which purifies tho
blood and neutralizes the acid which is ths
cause of rheumatism. Why continue t#
suffer when you may be relieved by
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
America’s Greatest Medicine. Price $L
Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass,
Hoad’s Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25centa.
Quite Useful.
“Doesn’t your husband's roving dis¬
position worry you?” inquired ths
woman who takes great interest in
the neighbors.
“What do you mean?”
“Why, it was all people could do to
argue lilm out of starting for ths
Klondike, and now he talks of north¬
ing except Cuba and Hawaii tnd ths
Philippines.”
“Oh, yes. He’s in there now with •
lot of maps and books that show how
much outfits cost. I encourage him in
It There will be new place® for mak¬
ing fortunes discovered constantly,
and I never saw anything like ’em
for keeping a man home o’ nights.—
Manchester (Eng). “Courier.”
Block Type on Visiting Cards.
The latest style in engraved visiting
cards still remains in the block type.
This is the very swellest form, but so
expensive that the great majority of
people still use the old style script,
which is perfectly good form. Tha
latest card is almost square in shape,
and, although thin, not s.o exceedingly
thin as was the fad a year ago.—
New York Herald.
TUMOR EXPELLED.
Unqualified. Success of Lydia E.
Pinkham's V egetablo Compound.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheelock, Magno¬
lia, Iowa, in the following letter de¬
scribes her recovery from a very criti¬
cal condition:
“ Dear Mrs. Pinrham:—I have been
taking your Vegetable Compound, and
i imi l iH 'I HilliH r i'iJini am now ready to sound
its praises. It
has done won¬
ders for me in
relieving ma
V of a tumor.
“ My health
' has been
poor
' i for three years.
V Change of life
was working
upon me. I
ght was very
\ much bloated
and was a bur¬
den to myself. Was troubled with
smothering spells, also palpitation ol
the heart and that bearing-down feel¬
ing, and could not be on my feet much.
‘•I was growing worse all the time,
until I took your medicine.
“After taking three boxes of Lydia
E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
Lozenges, the tumor passed from me.
“ My health has been better ever
since, can now walk quite a distance
and am troubled no more with palpita¬
tion of the heart or bloating. I rec¬
ommend your medicine to all sufferers
from female troubles.”
It is hardly reasonable to suppose
that i,nv one can doubt the efficiency
of Mrs. Pinkham's methods and medi¬
cine in the face of the tremendous vol¬
ume of testimony.