Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-12-06
PETROLEUM CHEWING GUM.
A New Industry that Ii Eating int0
the spruce and TaRarack Gun
Trade.

NOW YORK Sun.
"Did you know that nearly three-quarters
Of the chewing gum that tires the jaws of
the rising generation In the United States Is
now made from petroleum. said a manufac-
turing confectioner to a Sun reporter the
other day.
The reporter did not know It.
"Oh, yes," said the confectioner. "Petro-
leum first knocked tho spots off the w'hale
oil business of Now England, and now it 10
clipping into its spruce and tamarack gum in
dustry at fearful rate. Here's a lump Of
petroleum we have just received" The con-
fectioner slapped his hand on large oblong
block that resembled piece Of marble. "A
few days ago." said he, that came out Of
the ground in Pennsylvania, dirty, green
ish-brown fluid, with a smell that could
knock an OK down. The oil refiners took it
and put it through lot Of chemical pro-
cesses that don't know anything about, and
after taking out large percentage Of kero-
sene, good share Of naphtha, considerable
benzine, a cartload or 50 Of tar, and num-
Dor of other things with names longer thdM
tho alphabet, left US this mass Of nice clean
wax. There isn't any taste to it, and no
more smell than there is to china plate.
"We will take this lump, cut it up and
melt 1t in boilers This piece will weigh 30
pounds We add thirty pounds of chesp
sugar to it, and flavor it with vanilla, winter
groen, peppermint, or any other essential
oil. Then we turn it out on a marble table
and cut it into all sorts of shapes with dies
After 1t is wrapped in oil tissue paper aud
packed in boxes it Is ready for the market.
You can imagine that somebody is chewing
gum in this country when tell you that
lump like this one will make 10000 penny
cakes, and We use one up every week. There
are dozens Of manufacturers using almost as
much Of the wax as We do.
II believe this petroleum chewing gum, II
honestly made. is perfectly harmless, and
that is more than con be said of some Of the
gums made from the juices Of trees, es-
pecially tho imported article"
The sauillotine To- bay In France.
~. d. Haynie in San Francisco Chronicle. n
By this time it was broad daylight. Houy
appeared quite unconcerned and walked
stoutly toward the guillotine. The priest
made another attemp; but in vain. The as
sistants quickly seized him by the arms and
threw him on long pine board. He offered
not particle Of resistance. They fastened
him tightly to this board with straps-one
across his breast, a second across his thighs,
the third at his ankles. They then put tho
plank in place, pushing 1t SO far forward that
the fellows neck reached the lowell semi
circular notch Of the guillotine The exs-
cutioner stepped down from the platform,
and going around to the 'front.' seizei Houy
by the hair and pulled with all his might. I
heard the fellow cry out with pain. I saw
Disbler touch a spring. and then like fash
the sharp knife fell. 1t cut the neck in two
The head rolled into basket half filled with
sawdust, and the eyes were wide open The
body was then unstrapped and thrown in the
basket. The execution took precisely two
minutes and half. When the knife fell the
crowd rushed in and 1t was with great diff
Guilty they were driven back again.
The exccutioners assistants fell to work to
clean the instrument. The basket with its
sawdust and the bloody remains was placed
in the wagon behind the old white horse
and driven to the cemetery. After pre-
tended interment the body was transferred
to an unlertaker's wagon and taken to the
hospital The head was taken to the dis
secting table, where, by means Of electric
ity, all the muscles of the face were excited
one after the other. At first 1t was convulsed
with frghtful grimace. The eyes opened
and shut, and the eyebrows contracted The
face at first assum:d the expression Of grief
ami then of rage, SO that the jaws dropped
together and the teeth were gnashed in fury.
The muscles Of the body were next operated
upon. The arms rose and fell, the legs were
alternately drawn up and thrown out vio-
lsntly, the breast novel up and down as il
breath was still in the body. We could
plainly hear the air whstling through the
bleeding neck. When the corpse was cold
and stiff these experiments were discontin-
ued : it was then taken back to the cemetery
and buried.