The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-01-25
now PAPER is MADE.

The Uses of Rags and Old Clothes-Ditfer-
ent Kinds of Paper And Their Manufact-
ure.
"od rags, any old rags to-day, old
rags
fhe shrill cry swept the cobwebs
from the brain of Herald repo. ter
early Yesterday morning rs he was
catching fall out of Old Morpheus.
He looked from out his chamber win
dow and saw bent form poking over
an old ash barrel in the back yard
while the voice was upliIted at intervals
with the cry given above. 1t aroused
curiosity as to where all the rags 90
to and what is done with them. He
called, therefore, on member Of one
of the big paper mill firms and rag
warehouse owners, and beard very in
teresting story abo 1t the futurity of our
cid cast-oif clothing. The rags are
brought in in hundreds of ways, and
when picked over at the warehousethey
are weighed out and shipped in bales to
paper mills. The way the pulp is made
Is the curious part of the ragged his
tory. When the rags are received at
the mills they are sorted over by chill
dren, boys and girls, who make piles
Of all the cotton, linen and
woolen rags, while oyster cans, old
boots, goats horns and other refuse of
like cheerful nature are cast into the
bins. There are sixteen different
grades O. rags. If print paper, such as
This paper is printed on is wanted. cot
ton rags are used. They are placed in
large rotary boiler, in which is lime
water They are left in this receptacle
for from ten 10 twelve hours and are
cooked by steam. Some mills use soda
ashes instead Of lime water. This proc
ess soitens and cuts the fiber OF the
rags. They are then p aeed in an ell
lptical washer called an s'eng ne. +"
This latter reyolves on shaft, which
also runs through on the center of the
engine" and on the inside OF the lat
ter is q tached n round wheel with
sharp teeth on its outer lin. To the
stationary ho tom of the bed of the tank
or engine is attached sharpened knives,
from eighteen to twenty in number
The work cut out for these teeth is to
tear q rags into bits. They cut like a
pair OF sharp SC ssors. This reduces the
mass to pulp Then into another
'ASAR tllG llli-G MdltTr Is
thoroughly WASHED out OF the pulp,
chloride Of lime is introduced and the
solorlng m tier thoroughly taken ont
by the process.
The whole mass is now drained Of
Waler at clean draiuer. Snow white
pulp now greets the ANXIOUS eve,
and it looks tit for angel fodder. A
heater next takes charge of the pulp,
and' after being dried out somewhat, it
y ready ior all-rag paper. Ii a lower
sraue than all-rag is wanted wood pulp
is added, and the grade is brought
uown as low as is required. The wood
pup used in prints is generally made
ol poplar A separate factory turns
out this wood pulp. The process Of
hlahuiactue consists in taking the
Won cut up about the length oil cord
WOOL with all the bark off. and throw
" INTO boiler and boiling it down
" q pulp. OF course, chemicals are
aseu, Poplar wood is used almost all
.ogether IN thW manufacture OF print
paper After the wood has become
mvgu pup 1t is run off between rollers
HlHl ihe desired thickness is attained.
af dt = men cut and packed in packages
saa, 80 ,.enty-hye and fifty pounds and is
sent 70 Inc paper-mill. Tse cheaper
ny, nc paper the more wood is used.
Only dark woods are used in the
manufacture of print-paper. Poplar,
pruce' pinewoods and straw are
M principal articles used in re-
hhuclng grades. The very common
on9wn paper is made out Of rye. wheat
TLa piu oaI straw. No rags at all are used.
aL nv process for making straw pulp Is
aSou. aS tne same as the others described
ceol Sge' Inc straw is put into the boiler.
ha,' hUAcu' and then beaten to q pulp by
n,aahl icrs and stones, worked by the
ohhinery. maohiy. Then it is run out into a
,,sa1 ,aaonlne which presses it. The different
S,sGes Snt u; oi paper Of all kinds have sizing
sist iuso n me pulp, so that il would re-
~ .ne action OF water and liouids.
mt s ;a ZANE amount Of sizing is generally
Psl pa. llto pulp intended for print and
iIsu1ered onI,- 1iaed or writing paper. The
i unerenee between the Two Grades
nanas .Hs kInd OF sizing used. The latter
pea ana Z run through system of rollers
Tho 4s woo. Mood and the other chilled iron.
and md sang used isof two kinds-animal
scra S segetable. The first Is made. of
yega,s. ssi ,eather bones, gum, etc. The
ana 5s''loie IS generally made ont of resin
mannSoua Soua " ASH; although the different
81 lte'i " acF res differ in The composit;on
lhe animal sizincr Il 1lsad IN