The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-28
TIMER AND ITS DECAY

TIMER AND ITS DECAY,
lhe present century has been marked
by very active inquiry into the nature Of
wood, the structure of iihrcS aud cells. the
| arrangements on carpentry an'! ship build
ing, and the best mode OF removing the
evil. There have been many curi"Is facts
! aScrrtained conceruin. the qualities of diff.
| fcrent kinds Of timber, and especially in
| relation TO lis decay. The explanation Of
dry rot may be stated rs follows AL trees
contain wihin their pores Il kind Of nihu
men. which contributes TO the sus,cna,lce
! Of theGr"wtlr hut when the tree IS f.il.,.
! and the trunk and branches converted i..o
| timber. this a''u'ncn becomes IN evil in
! stead of good. When the abu,ncn is
mois,-whch it always is before the tim
Der is seasoned-it has :, tendency 10 enter
| iEtu Il sort of fermentation if this Stale
commences, the aibunncn b' comes Il f,v"-
| rite re: !. E: certain minute a::inn's, y7lo
| turIhw!!i ;".:" .,T themselves invisible pas
| sagcs through The wool, to attain the OBJ
Jcct Of their search these passages admit
air and moisture, Which so act upon the
chemical constitution Of the sap. as to
afford IL kind Of soil in Which minute para
sitical plants grow these pIants, sprouting
out, force holes for themselves through the
wood, AMI appear on tho surface as dry rot
Attempts innumcrahie lave hccn made to
! find ont some chemical mode of protecting
| timber from runous decay. SuIphate of
iron has been recommended, also srlphate
of copper, rs a steep prcs,r":t:.,c nf wood.
Col. C"ngrcve proposed the adoption of q
coating of oil Of tar. Afterwards, IL mode
was brought forward of extracting the air
from the pores of wood and torcin" ..l:rn,
cal agents into the pores thus vacated, then
came multitude Of proposals ,cs"c,linr ,l,.
substance to be empIoycd-co...,u w..aIc
oil, oil Of birch bark, nnSlackc'l lime, ryro.
| Ii.ueouS acid, etc. But the a!bulncli cannot
be driven out and if dried, it has tcndrn
cy again to absorb moisture. Hence, chem
isis lave recommended, and practical lncn
have adopted, modes Of rendering the al
bnmen nsolublv, by combining it chcm
call> with some other Substance; being
made insoIuhic, i; ,lccs moi<;.ire.
! Il Word to Boy<-Wc find the follow
ing word 10 boys" in our exchanges, and
particularly recommend lis pcru>ai to our
yonng readers. Get it by heart lads:
Who is rc>pro,c|a 1t is The hoy who
co, ducts himself we'll Who is honest, ,ii-
gent and obcIient in all things. |, : ,lia
boy who is making an effort continually to
respect his father, AMI obey him in what
ever he may direct to bc done. 1t is the
bov who is kind to other little "ors. who
respects age, and never gels int, difficulties
and qnaIres with his c"npahi"ns. 1t is
the boy WHO leaves no clo.t antr;el to i'm
prove hil.isu..i III kuowled ge and nis',om
every ,!av---wI,o is busy and attentive in
endeavoring TO do good acts towards 9th
ers. Show me a hoy who oheys his pnf"ns,
who is dcligent, who has respect for agr,
who always has friendly dispositions, nni
applies himself diligently to get wisdom.
| and do good towards others. and it he il
not respected and beloved by everybody,
then there IS 10 such 81 thing ms truth in
| ,hi, world. Remember this, little bows.
and you will be respected by Others and
will gov up and become useful men.
4 Marrying Wonaan.-'rhe New Orleans
Crescent says: "The Marrying Woman is
mate again. Last summer We mentioned
the circumstance Of a German widow iu the
third district marry ing her filth husband.-
A month or two afterwards we published
that the lady was ,gain made widow bv the
death Of her. fiftl, by yellow fever. We have
now tos record that she is again wife, hav
Ing. taken ,her sixth lawful, husband in
dfs"for,l a'few days.ago. We forbaar re-
lreati'Ig the jokes to wIichthis wedding ha.
| given risd. 'fke 'peoplesaropnd look upon
i xthshusharid 70 dead man sure befor.
6tfiers ovet. and say thsttlse wedding
shoula liHyeS been pfsyenteahy ti,s@poIice.
:caia % fthe aadyss afnsde tisnds sav fiss
shS taaiwes stsssslS q 5fora leaving tieep
sIa sIs 3, g & ls!s q spss.eEII,