Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-08-18
NO. 80

Inc curiosity OF the crowd rose &c
fever heat. Was the doctor to be pub
licly dissected in the interest OF
science? But the stranger was Prof
Van der Weyde, and although he came
for DR.. Tanners blood, it was with the
innocent intention of subjecting it to
microscopical scrutiny. He shook
hands with the faster, then opening
his box, produced large microscope
that was placed upon the table. DR.
Tanner held out his arm. His wrist
was pricked and tinny drop of blood
oozed out. 1t was carefully collected
on glass slide and placed underneath
the lens of the microscope. Prof Van
der Weyde, sitting down, leaned for.
ward and applied one eye to the in.
strument. His face instantly grew
sober He gazed long and earnestly
and then turned away, doubtfully
shaking his head.
What is it ? instantly asked dozen
voices.
"The blood cells have lost their
shape" replied the microscopist in a
low voice; land this indicates great
danger The white cells have increas-
ed liz number comparitively-looked
squeezed together. The red cells are
pentagonal instead of round. His sys-
tenn is very much reduced" And the
old man glanced apprehensively at DR..
Tanner as if fearing to see him drop
dead from his chair. Others crowded
to the instrument. They distorted their
features and squited their eyes in vain
attempts to read the story of the little
cells Alright. One more fruitless effort
was made to clear the room. 1t was all
in vain. The crowd was mad with Gu
riosity and excitement.
Dr. Tanner looked at his watch
1l:50-only 10 minutes more, and the
firm lips quivered little and the nerv-
Gus fingers grasped the peach more
tightly. Then the doctor leaned back
comfortably in his chair and a half
smile as of happy anticipation fitted
over his face. But again the rabble
rushed into the room, and again, as
DR.. Tanner felt himself growing sick.
Professor Wark implored the mob to
have mercy on him. Eight minutes
of twelve" and Dr. Gum for the last
time in the fast began to take the old,
monotonous observations. "Tempera-
ture 99o," rang out Dr. Gums voice,
and 30 pencils instantly jotted the
words down. pulse 80 and respira-
ton It."
PAIRING HIS PEACH.
80, l wish that whistle would
blow" groaned the doctor as he i'm
patiently glanced at the peach so tan
talizingly near him. The time crept
steadily though slowly on.
Give minutes of 12"
"Have a glass of milk ready" ex-
claimed the doctor. A new light fash
ed into his eyes. Eagerly fumbling for
his knife he began to peel his peach.
AS the delicate skin dropped of, and
the mellow, juicy fruit lay before him,
the Doctors lips twitched convulsively,
and his nostriIs began to expand The
temptation was too great. A paper was
procured and placed over the doctors
knee, and the peach was hidden from
view.
"Two minutes of 12." Everybody
was silent. The great crowd that beat
up against the doors of the ante-room
was for an instant still. Breathlessly
the seconds were counted, and seconds
never seemed so long. The doctor
gathered himself up as for an effort.
His watchers eyed him with looks of
undisguised anxiety.
Suddenly the steam whistle rang out
loud and clear. A murmur ran
through the crowd, relieved from its
suspense, and the doctor, half leaping
from his chair, raised the peach to his
mouth Almost, but not quite, it
touched his lips; watcher seized his
arm.
"For - sake don't eat that, doc
tor; you'll kill yourself" he exclaimed.
An ugly scowl settled upon the doc
tors face. He writhed and struggled
and at last shook off the hand from his
arm. Instantly the peach was raised
to his mouth, his parched lips pened
to receive it, and with long drawn
"Oh" of intense satisfaction, the faster
tasted the first food that he had had
for 40 days.
PENNSYL VANIA TANNERIES.
The largest hemlock tanning in the
world is now done between Sterling
Run and Warren, Pa, along the line of
the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad.
The district includes thirteen tanneries
in Cameron, Elk, Mexican, Forest and
Warren counties. Large tracts of land
in these counties are covered with
dense growth Of. hemlocks. Little
clearings are made in the wilderness,
a tannery is erected on some splendid
trout stream, and an unpainted village
springs up within few months. The
thirteen tanneries have facilities for
tanning IT'S, 600 hides year. This
would produce l,55O,00O sides of sole
leather, averaging II pounds to the
side, and aggregating 26, ,350,0 900
pounds of leather year. At fair av-
erage, the hides weigh 81 pounds a
piece; so that the 10000 go to the
with an aggregate of 1920
900 pounds, and emerge in the shape
of sole leather weighing 26,350,00
pounds. This gain of 10,075.000
pounds is made in the face or heshlng,
hair scraping, and trimming. 1t is
made by the absorption of the tannin
leached from ground hemlotk bark.
These tanneries almost exclusively
use South American hides, worth, on
an average, % cents pound. The
10000 hides, therefore, cost S3,742,
$50. The leather averages 25 cents
pound, and the hides that cost S3,742,-
$50 turn out leather that sells for
Sc, ,5S7. 500, the gain in value being
$2,S45, $50. All this, however, is not
L. q IL. r.