The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-04-21
A PIECE OF PAPER.


your slate first, and then copy it off on
paper? That would be a better plan,
| think and waste would be avoided"
"But why need l save so, mamma?
Papers so cheap, and so easily made"
How is ii made, Susie?'
Susie hcsitated for a reply.
81 don't believe l know exactly" she
said at last. "But know there is
large paper-mill at Barrowstown, where
a great quantity is made.
"Wouldn' you like to 90 to Barrows-
town and find out all about it?' asked
Mrs. Harvey. Il think then you would
not think the process such an easy one.
Come, Susie, you are always at loss
for a subject for composition day. Sup
pose you go with me, and find out how
paper is made, and then write it up. /
am sure your young companions would
find food for great deal of thought in
such a composition"
90 mamma, should be delighted!n
cried Susie. "Can we go on Satur-
dav?"
Mrs. Harvey nodded assent, and then
gave her little daughter a couple OF
sheets of foolscap, with which Susie be-
took herself TO the library, where she
could write undisturbed.
The next morning, as she was walking
to school, her composition on "The
waste OIL lime III her salcnei' she"as
oYertakeh by Lulu WATERS her most
particular lriehu'
Lulu, she sald' = l m gong TO nave
treat tomorrow am gong TO bar
roWsloWh TO go over lne peppermint
lei me, 90 you Know now paper Is
made?
Don they gflna leaves ana rags an
up togelher somehow: asked Lulu'
whose knoWledge on the subJectW was eN-
ceedlngly vague.
&c l don't know exactly answered
Susie . but i II let you know all about
1t tins day week.
Barrowstown was about sixty miles
distant from Glencoe where Susie lived;
but by taking an early train on Satur-
day morning Mrs Harvey and Susie
reached lhelf desJlhatlon nttle before
ten CLOCK.
Mrs. Harvey found the proprietor,
with whom she had slight acquaint-
auce, in his Office; and as he happened
TO be at leisure, he expressed himself as
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showing them over his mill.
eve will 60 to the sorting-room
first, he said
The sortmg-room was very large, and
in it were about thirty girls and women
at work; some picking over the RAGS.
sorting the white from the colored, and
others sittingeach at a small table hay
ing a wire network surface and fur
nished with large vertical knife blade,
the back Of which was toward the op-
orator. The rags were cut by drawing
them across this knife, and all hard
substances, as buttons, hooks and eyes,
and pieces of wooden and silk, were
separated and laid aside Much dirt
and sand fell through the netting.
"What dreadfully dirty work." said
| SUSIE and she was glad to get out of
/ the room, for she found the dust very
unpleasant.
"Now," said the proprietor, as he
/ led the way along a passage, eff YOU
/ take a piece of coarse, soft paper and
tear off little bit, you can see, by look
ing closely at the torn edges, the fibers
Of which it is composed. In writing
! paper they do not show sowell, because
they are very fine, and are held together
by the size, or glue, which is put in to
make the paper stronger, and to pre-
vent the ink from spreading in it, as il
does in blotting paper. 1t is these
fibers which are spun together into