Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-25
ear -Re enefss.

Nearlyone hupdrea ana htsy years ago, the
neDcilss anufactuse COM neneedi In England land
improved. ID France, Was stransB Blantedto the
vilIags-sot Stein, near n nremberg, Bavaria,
aud, iGfTs nose f6an a centuIg sihee, Casper
Fab.r there began TO make the pencils which
continue to be made BY descendants, and bear
cent Johu5 Lothian. iFaber, great grandson of
Gasper, nhas been bead of tho firm since 1885,
and is not1only very wealthy, uthas recently
Sesh epun,5bled BY the King of Bavaria! One. of
bisI brothers Is associated with him at Stein, in
the the Processes, of manufacture the young gest-of
The three sEbesher; Faber, Representative firm,
for the Western World, ,yat New York. Stein
issEterally q town of pencil factories, Of which
Baron aFaber Is the ruler, taking care, OF the
health, government, education industry, thrift,
and amusements OF the inhabita tants, and always
living In their midst, d 1t may be asked-how
do the 7Fabers make lead pencils without the
famous graphite from Cumberland It ap-
pears that twenty years ago John Peter ALBERT,
sEehehInan, resident in Asiatic Siberia, hay-;
ing heard Of the gold discoveries In California:
began to examine the sand beds ofiyarious
rivers flowing into the Arctic OCEAN, He
found samples9of pure graphite, evidently
brought d considerable distance by force of the
stream, in one; of, the mountain gorges near
Irkurtsk, and pursuing bis discovery, track ed
back to a branch of the Salan, Mountain range,
on the very summit of Mount Batougol, 275
miles west of the town of: Irkurtsk, near the
Chinese frontier, in the. midst of the rocky
desert, aud found pure. graphite. -Aft-r years
OF costly labor ALBERT found an exhaustess de-
post Of graphite equal to the best ever taken
from Cumberland Beside decorating and re-
warding him, the Russian government changed
the name of Mount Batougol to that of Mount
ALBERT. /; Nearly every King in Europe has
bonsred him. With the consent OF the Rus
sian government, ALBERT now supplies Faber's s
house exclusively with graphite from the mine
in Asiatic Siberia. Pencils Of this material
were first made by Baron Faber In 1861, and
were not introduced into the American market
until 1865, from which time artists and others
perceived and knewledged their superiority
Ii the world were to endure thousand years
more, there'1is sufficient: graphite 10, Mount
Albert to supply its population with good
black lead! pencils. -Pht1. Press. ~
THE GERMAN CLERGY. "A writer in Mac
miAan's Magazine, England, afhrms that the
clergy in Germany, even those OF emlneoce, are
not recognized as belonging to what IS consld-
cred .genteel society,"" He lived in Germany
seven years,randF never met q Protestant cler-
pyman in Society He asked q lady esteemed
pious why he never met Dr. Bonner, q man
of learning, her tavorite clergyman, at her
house. ,.L8o0 2aidz&1a2 c!rsD Ing aosh&
why said she, he is certainly a most
estimable man, highly educated, and all that
sort of thing; but, you know, he is not exactly
mot ouite-ofa course Il don'tsmean to say a
word against him-but the prejudices Of socie-
ty must be- respected.t4.u ~
but, my most gracious lady, said l, you
expect that man to take your soul to heaven =,
and yet you think his presence will contaminate
your body, and yourefuse to breathe the same
, air With him outside the church!
"'I know what you mean, she replied; but
it is impossible-people would be offended if l
asked him to meet them, and DR.. Donner him
self would not feel comfortable out Of his own
sphere ogjss44l,ga .1Q0OD 8tTIHW
"'But, dear madam, when and where, may |
ask, is clergyman out of his own sphere 2
Tbs apostles were but fishermen, and St.lPaul,
tent-maker, was In nowlse embarrassed
when he. made that famous defence before the
most noble Festus.'' 'ao:'a =" ,,;l1,,g ;j..,'
"'But that was two thousand years ago,
said the lady; and added, IblushiDg- slightly :7-
Dr.iDonner''s; mother Keeps thepastry cook 8
shop.oppositeI the theatre, 60 The lady concc
tuued: OF course, pride aud all that sort OF
thing is very wrong; but then, you see, our
clergymen ere 80 terribly bourgeois that we
can't possible see them, as you DO yours ln
England, with the rest of our friends.
And do they not feel offended at being
asked aloneYj.I0& IQAH7 Ill, 49, -.
oh, dear, no! But, to tell the truth, 1T Is
not the custom to ask them at all. They &c
out among people Of their OVID class-!aTyers,
and shopkeepers, and people of that kind; but
they donot expect US to invite them. .,a,.1
Foss1E ivory. Among the resources OF ithe l1t
new territory Alaska, its. richness ia iossi
ivory is not the least in Importance. Severa
localities are known to abound In this substance
the tusks of the mammoth, or hairy iossl
elephant. The ivory Of which these are com
posed is OF fine quality, and for many purposes
equal, if superior, to shat etthe' hvlns
elephants. This substance is, however, better
known as product OF Siberia, where tradelr
It hssbeeR carried shundfeds-ef-
The tusks obtained weigh from doQ] to 94S(
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