The Bossier banner., 1883-05-24

along on one side, around ~ passing g
the partition, and back ON 'iJ ~ enu OF
side. About the middle If AL suo oener
part OF the channel was covered s.os, .ovs. =
inside OF which they heard ,Oser, Ore.
| threshlng and churiling goinc oz slsas ~
work, very evidently, Of wb;s,! III, me
shaft that passed in at one side "'1 ing
"This shaft, = said M r..
turns a cylinder covered with ;tb''i,ell, ;al
spikes, and the case in which = -; iron
closed is spiked in the same war = = AZ IN
wet rags are put into the Vat w;ts. r4s
water. This machinery is put to worsl nrsn
ana the rags, as they pass between ~
spiked cylinder and the statiors-.. ~
spikes, are OF course torn to sbreds sa3
mixed all up into a pulp with dila N.Y.
water. 1t passes slowly around + aue suo
continuous current, every mart n ~ 4S,.ue uno
passing through the mill. and bs;na sIan
ground liner and finer, till II il ~
duced to q uniform pulp, looking B cosd j,
deal IKE eorn-starch pudding. Tbsn
II Is drawn off into large tub inst n NJ
low us, and is bleached bT putti5gs no.; IN y, :
chemical preparation. Then the sion :, =
added; if it is to be writino-naper s.4t az !
ruling done, the edges Trimmed 'ar5 s1J
the mark of our firm STAMPED in oaaS &
corner. Let me take-you now into tbs
machine-room. !" s'io
Inc clatter of the wheels and rattl,ng
machinery almost deafened Susie ana
her mother, when they entered the room .,,n
in question. Susie did not ask fo,. rsO,, az,
information wilhelm there. for She tna.s,
she could not hear herself speak Tba
room was a long one, down tLs
mlddle OF which extended q maebine
with wheels and cylinder revolving
this way and that, and strip Of papeT
passing over and under and aronnd The
moving parts till its career was emf sbort
at one end by a pair of revolving sl,aa,s
that shipped it off into great sheets. A.
one end of the long machine was 4 vat
or tub, into which the pulp was pumned
up from below. In this tub horizon
tai cylinder was revolving.
This cylinder, said Mr.. Cranch
coming close to Susie and speaking verv
loud, ''ls covered with very fine brass
wire-eloth. The pump drawing off tbe
contents of this evlinder. the pulp il
sucked against its surface when the
water passes in, leaving on the cylindey
a sheet OF the more solid part. AS the
cylinder turns, this keeps coming ,lp
above the liquid mass, and is in7me-
diately taken off in one continuous strin
by this endless belt. you see. Of so4t
cloth, which this roller presses against
it. You see that the paper, only 4 soft
film at this period of its composition
passes over and under successive rollers.
and is pressed and dried as it goes, Until
it runs off from the cloth and passea
around those three large cylinders
which are heated by steam inside. From
these, you see, it comes off dry and COM
plete, a strip of paper about a yard
wide. Then it goes On and meets thai
little wheel, which splits it in the mid.
die, and gives it to the shears TO cut of.
80, you see, while at enc end this strip
OF paper is being formed from the epuIp,
at the other it is being cut of into
sheets.
These sheets are carried, in great
piles on q barrow, into the wareroom.
where we count them out, fold them
do them up in bundles, and leave them
all ready for ruling, marking and trim
ming
'.Dear me, said Susie, with a sigh,
/" how much trouble about sheet Of
paperia
Her mother smiled
. DO you want to see the vat into
which the pulp falls?p asked Mr.
Cranch, as they left the machine-room.
Yes, sir, ~ answered Susie; II am So
much interested that / want to see
everything.
They went below by flight Of rath-
er dark stairs, and found themselves
again within the SQUAD of machinery.
ALI was pitch dark, except on one side
where a tallow candle fared dismally.
On the other side was a tremendous
roaring fire, which supplied steam for
trying and heating operations, and for
boiling the pulp. The sound Of ma
shlnery came from another direction,
with the dashing noise Of the
water falling from the great water
wheel slowly revolving and working the
of the mill.
They went next into the room whers
5he paper was ruled. An endless bu1l
If cloth, on which tie sheets Of paper
we're drawn along, one after the othet,
an under a set OF pens, kept constantly
illed with blue ink, and fixed as far
epart as it was necessary for the lines
o be. This ruled a set Of parallel lines,
alnning the whole length Of the sheet
The pens were made of brass, all ioinei
ogether by a piece at the top, very
much like a coarse comb. In this top
,ieee ran a little channel, into whichtbs
nix was poured. and in each pen was =
title tube down which the ink foWed to
is point.
How do you manage to leave tho
ourth page OF q sheet of note-paper
'lankq'' asked Mrs. Harvey, who de-
ired that Susie should learn all that vas
possible about this ruling process.
That is managed very. simply, an
wered Mr. Cfanch; 'swe so lay the
heets on the cloth band that each ono
APPS on to the next, covering half oft. Oh
curse, as they pass under the pens,
My the uncovered half of each sheet Is
uled.
Mrs. Harvey now thanked Mr.. Crepch
or his kindness in explaining every
hing so fully; and She and Susie took
he train for home. well pleased with