The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
EDUCATION ron INDIANA,

inc Dill reported Dv Mr, Pound, OF WiaCDn-
4 In. under instl uclons from the q mmttee on
Indian Affairs. authorizes tho Secretary Of War
to set asido any vacant military posts or bur
| racks. so long M they shall not BE- required for
mllitaty occupation. to be used M schools for
Indian youth. and TO detail. without Increased
pay. officers from either the retired or active
list Of the army for duty In connection with
Indian education. This bill In the result oil M
experiment which has been very successful at
schools which were established not long ago at
Carlisle Barracks. Pa. and At Hampton. Va. Mt
which one hundred and fifty or more Indian
youth OF both sexes are being educated. The
Indian Commissioners started school recently
ut Carlisle. and were very much gratifled with
the progress that the Indian children were
making. In its treaties with many of the In
dian tribes tho United States has guaranteed
them educational facilities for their children.
but no far very little. II anything. has been
done In tho way OF carrying out those provi-
sions. The bill above referred to provides for
tho utilization Of barracks that are not used for
the army. and II pnssed. the following vacant
posts can b. made available: Fort BridRer.
Wyoming; Forts Oraig and Cummings. New
Mexico: Forts Hooker md Larned. Knnsas:
Fort Rice. Dakota: Fort Bsdgwiek. Colorado.
THE CHINESE QuEsT1oH.
A meeting wss recently held In Chicago TO
discuss the Chinese question. In view Of the
recent exodus Of tho Ceestials from tho Pacific
coast. The Times. In It's notice Of tho assem-
blage remarks that those who attended In an
ticipatlon that 1t would be IN anti Coolfe dem
onRtrntlon were disappointed aB the other side
had the best OF the argument Mr.. George Il.
Hill. who had spent several months Ia Snn
Francisco ana considered himself qualified to
tnlk intelligently on the subject. acknowledged
that Chinese immigration had yssaated disas-
| trously In California. but at the same time he
thought that would not Justify the United
States In shutting Its gates against the Mon
golians and forbiddinR them coming here. as
they had as much right here rs any other class
| Of foreigners. and were only seeking to better
their condition In life. It Was only Il few years
ago. he said. that an outcry was raised against
all foreigners. and tho feeling against those OF
| foreign birth WINS ~ bittero in all parts OF the
country US 1t now Is In California against the
Chinese. This agitation. he thought. would
blow over. and In the course OF a few years We
would accept the situation gracefully. Other
| speakers thought Chinese immigration should
be discouraged. There might be no harm In a
few thousand. but It would be impossible to
draw d line. II 1t was right for ono to come 1t
was right for sixty millions to come.
| PAPER PULP.
SO much is being said about the paper pulI
| which Is SO extensively used In the manufac-
| ture OF paper at this time that brief descrip.
ton OF the process OF making 1t will be inter
esting. Any white. soft wood may be used. The
| bark Is taken of. the knots. dark and decayet
places cut ont. It Is then put into q large cal
dron and boiled. which extracts oil the glutin
| attn md In nd pff 1
| then put on q large stone grinder. with watel
| pouring on It all the time. This 9rindstont
| wears of the flbres until they are finer thar
| saWdust, which float away into a receptacle
| The water Is drained Off by means Of a fn'
| seive. leaving the pulp. which consists OF dn'
| fuzZ or splinters OF wood It Is white. and re
| Quires no bleaching or chemicals. but Is ready
| to be mixed with rag pulp or anything else tina
has strong fibre and receive the proper con
stituents to make 1t Into paste. after which
Is run off into paper sheets. whereas rags hav'
| to be washed and bleached with chloride o.
lime. soda-ash and alum. and such strons
chemicals. to take out the color. Then they ar
picked to pieces and made into pulp. The pro
cess by which wood pulp is made Is purely me
chanical. and as any soft wood. such as cotton
wood and poplar. may b, used. 1t can DO mad
cheap. say at at about one cent Der pound.
A KANSAS WONDER.
A Kansas newspaper Is responsible for tn
somewhat wonderful story relative to the dis
covery In that State Of spring from which
flows copious supply Of sweet water. yielding
one and half pounds Of pure sugar to th'
three gallons OF water. The diseoverer OF THU
miraculous fountain Of sweetness Is Mr.. Il
T, Mills. who lives on farm near Burr Oak
wherever that may be. and had his attention
called to the peculiar quality Of the water b.
the fact that his cattle refused to drink 1t. Afte
personally "sampinR" the water. Its sweetness
induced him to try the experiment of sugar
making. with the result above stated. Thu
manufactured sugar is said TO bear very close
| resemblance to that derived from the maple
tree in color and taste. There Il enough differ