Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-07-29
A New Use of the leaves of the Pine.

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Near Breseau. in Slesia, in domain called the
Prairie of Humboldt there exists two establishments
as astonishing for their produce as for their
union. One is q mandatory which converts pine
leaves into sort Of cotton wool the other offers
RvaIds as curative baths. the waters used in the
manufacture of that vegetable wool. Both have
been erected by NJ de Pannewitz inventor of
chemical process by of which it is possible to
extract from the long and slender leaves of the pine
very G}aceous substance which he has named
woody wool; it can be curled, felted and woven.
All the aucular leaves of the pine fir, and of the
Conlter& IN general are composed OF a fbilI8 ex-
tremely fine and tough, surrounded and held togeth
er by a resn0us substance under the form of thin
ponlce. When by decoction and the use of certain
chemical agents the resinous substance is dissolved
1t is easy to separate the fbres, to wash them and
Tree them from all foreign substances. According
% the mode preparation employed the wooly sub
Sance acquires quality more or less fine, or re-
mains in its coarse state; in the first instance it is
used as waddng, in the second to stuff mattresses
the pine has been preferred to other kinds OF pitch
trees it is on account of the length of It's needle
snapped leaves. 1t is thought that similar result
might be obtained from other trees of the same spe
Ces
The tree can be stripped of it's leaves when quite
young without injury. The operation takes place
when they are still green. man can gather two
hundred pounds of leaves per day
1t was first advantageously substituted for cotton
Ptal OF Vienna bought FIVE hundred, and after trl-
al OF several years, has adopted them entirely 1t
nas been remarked, among other advantages: that
no KIND of insects would lodge in the beds, and its
TTSIOnatic odor was found agreeable and beneficial
Hese blankets have since been adopted by the pen
Lsntlary OF Vienna, the charity hospital, and the
barracks of Rresau
It's cost is three times less than that of horseha
s"T mos experienced upholsterer when the wool
on Iurnlture could not tell the one from
A. nus aftlcle can be spun and woven, resembling
INTO rugs and horse-bIankets.
IN the preparation of this wool an ethereal oil Of
peasant odOr is produced. This oil is at first green
exposed to the rays of the sun, itassumes orange
yellow tint; replaced in the shade, it resumes Its
TIner green odor; rectifed, it becomes coorless -
tdIfers from the essence of turpentine extracted
nom the same tree 1t has been found efficient II
rheumatism and govt; also anthelmintlc IL
VltaneOus diseases Distilled, it is used in the pre-
araton of lace of the finest kind. 1t burns in lamp
Ike olive OIL and dssolves caoutchouc completely II
'short time. Perfumers in Paris use it in larg
Quantities.
1t is the LIQUID left by the decoction of the pin
caves which has been so beneficial in the form o
paths. The bath establishment is 1ourshing one
The mebraneous substance obtained by filtration
tne time of the washing of the hbres Is pressed II
tricks and dried it is used as a combustlble, an
PRODUCES, from the rosin it contains quantity {
gus sufficient for the lighting of the factory. Tn
reduction of a thousand quintals of wool leaves
1ua9tity of combustible matter equal in value to
'0Olc metres of pine wood .-PloaO, Loom aud Anu'
A SOLITARY VoYAGER-The schooner Empire
SsM Barker, arrived at Boston Saturday from d.
IN ga. During the voyage all of the crew, cons
,lg OF two sailors cook, and boy together wit
s mate, died of southern fever The last man die
y . the 9Th instant, since which time Capt. Barker h;
In Obliged TO navigate the vessel and bring Ter il
polt alone He himself had been sick. but had n
'''e0' he was for six days alone on the ocean !.