The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-31
I CAN AND I CAN'T.

AS on through lies Journey we 60 day by day,
There are two whom We meet each turn Of the way,
To help OF to hinder, to bless or to ban.
And the names Of those two IT can't" and II cans
IT can't is dwarf poor. PALE puny impl
His eyes half blind, and his walk 10 limp .
He stumbles and fails, or lies writhing with fear,
Though danger is distant and succor is near
" ] can is giant; unbendinR he stands;
There strength in his and skill in his hands,
He asks for no fsvors he wants but . share
Where labor is honest and wages are fair.
~ can't" is a coward. half fantng with fright;
At the first thought of peril he sinks out OF sight,
Sinks hides noise of the battle is past
Or sells his best friends and turns traitor at last
II can" il 3 hero the first IN the field:
Though others may falter, he never will yield;
He makes the long marches he strikes the last blow.
His charge is the whirlwind that scatters the foe
> How grandly and nobly he stands to HE trust i.
When reused at the call of cause that is justl
He weds his strong will to the vslor of youth, 80
And writes on his banner the watchword Of Truth
Then up and be dongi the day is not long,
Throw fear to the winds: be patient and strong!
Stand fast In your place. act your part like q man.
And. when duty calls, answer promptly e. canW
PAPER
Ellen, we have been so busy making our
great kite that we have not hunted up the
names of any inventors if Jon will tell Us
q story about any that you think will in
terest us, We will promise to do better next
time" ...
81 am afraid you are lazy boys, after
all |; but this time will indulge you by
telling you about paper, as that forms the
principal part of your famous kite"
"We know all about papyrus, Ellen, for
Joe found an account of it in book and
read it to me-"
"Then. of course you know that the word
paper is derived from ,papyrus and will
begin by telling you that the Chinese, who
have so often been the inventors of useful
articles, appear to have been the first to
invent paper. They claim to have made
it as early as the first century after the
Christian era. Much of their paper is sup
use a large portion of the inner bark of
the bamboo, which is we'll suited to the
purpose, and is mixed with the silk they
also make common paper of ricestraw, as
we'll as of both cotton and linen rags"
GLOW did we learn about Chinese paper,
it !"
"The art of paper-makipg appears to
have travelled as far west as Samarcand,
where there was a man ufactory of paper
and when the Saracens captured that place
in the seventh century, they acquired the
secret, which they brought to Spain. Find,
ing linen cheaper and better material,
they established large factory for making
paper of that material at Xativa, now
called San Felipe, in Valencia. In the
sixteenth century a paper mill was set mp
at Hertford, England, by a man named
Tate and Queen Elizabeth knighted q
German who had mill at hartford, in
Kent, in 1888. ..'. o. ~
''White linen rags used to be considered
the only material of which the finer kinds
could De made but cotton rags and waste
refuse cotton are now used, and the i'm
provements in bleaching are 30 great that
it is of little consequence what color the
rags are. Homp, old ropes, and even
straw are used for making the rougher
kinds of paper"
Glow do they make paper, Ellen 2"
"The first thing that is done is to care
fully sort the rags and cut them into small
pieces they are then washed in hot water
or subjected to the action of steam. After
wards, they are carefully rinsed in q vessel
in which q wheel revolves, and stream
of water flows through the vessel, which is
continued till the water flows out as clean
as when it entered. The rags are then
bleeched and reduced to pulp by a revolt
wing cylinder supplied with teeth, which
tear the rags to little bits, and the rags
become a soft, even, thin substance, and
this is blued to give it good color.'
Chow does this wet stuff ever become
paper :"
warm and in motion, 80 that the particles
may not settle. A workman takes up
some of the pulp on a mould which is
shallow frame made of fiHe wire cloth a
little larger than a sheet of paper; he sets
the mould, on the edge Of the vat to drain
another workman takes the wet sheet on
piece of felt and returns the mould thus
they proceed, till great pile of sheets
and felt is made, when all is taken to a
prees and subjected to avery strong pref
sure to squeeze out the water and make
the paper firm. When this is done, the
felts are removed, and the paper is pressed
again by itself"
BOYS, READ THIS.
A gentleman advertised for boy to as
sist him in his Office, and nearly nfty ap-
plicants presented themselves before him.
Out of the whole number he selected one
and dismissed the reBt. az should like to
know" said a friend, con what ground you
selected that boy, who had not single re-
commentator" "You are Mistaken"
said the gentleman, che has a great many.
He wiped his feet when he came in, and
closed the door after him, showing that he
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