Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-08

he drew pistol, placed it to his
heart and fired. / screamed and fed
Oscar, hearing the shot, sprang to
his side; but he is innocent, and |
am guilty. My husband is dead"
Whittier and whiter had grown the
CHASTITY lips which told the tale, until
at the last words the beautiful head
dropped low.
The excitement had proved more
than the slight frame could bear. |
The heart futtered, and was forever |
still. Madam had gone for judgment
to higher and more merciful Judge.
But in the long years of happiness
Marjorie and Oscar have since known,
her hands never fail in bringing flow
ers to the grave of her who sinned
for her loves sake, and who redeem
ed her sin by giving her life.
HOW WOOD PAPER IS MADE.
The operation of transforming
wood into paper, can, with propriety,
be divided into three processes, the
first Of which is purely mechanical
one of making the wood fine. Some
mills do this by means of cutters act
ing on the principle of planer, but
the larger establishments are sup
piled with grinders which operate
across the grain Of the stick, reduc-
ing it to pulp-like mass. This is
much the better process, though the
old way of chipping has many cham
| pions. After the wood is reduced to
! the required fneness, the chips. or
pulp, is put in the digesters, which
consist of upright boilers from six to
ten feet in height, according to the
depth of the first story Of the build
ing in which the operation is carried
on. Under these large boilers, OF
"digesters,' are the furnaces, while
above and behind them are situated
the alkali vessels, made of iron,
which contain strong caustic soda.
Each of these aIkali tanks is supplied
with the proper fixtures for regulat-
ing the flow of the liquor, in which
the wood is subsequently boiled or
"digested.
When one of these digesters is
ready for its charge, the tub is re-
moved, and the faucet in the alkali
pipe opened, allowing the alkali to
flow in the digester and become thor
oughly mixed with the wood as it is
being put in. When the digester is
filed in this manner, the faucet is
turned to stop the flow of alkali, the
top of the digester is replaced and
firmly fastened by strrups. Fire
being applied, the entire mass is soon
boiling vigorously, but the steam
pressure is allowed to reach 100
pounds only. In this manner the
wood is reduced to pulp as soft as
the finest jelly. every observable
trace of its original appearance hay-
ing disappeared. When this process
has been carried to sufficient length,
the contents are blown off into strong
iron tanks sufficiently strong to with
stand with safety the pressure of the
digester's steam. Then the pulp
cars, which are simply large watts, re-
ceive the mass. These are supplied
with perforated bottoms, and mount
ed on wheels, each car having a ca
pacity equaling that of the tank adj
joining. The surplus liquor is strained
into receiving tanks, and the pulp is
! treated to clear water. which Is al
, lowed to flow through it until al
traces of the soda are removed. Ev-
cry particle of the soda is reclaimed
, and reused in another batch. These
pulp cars or tanks are now run out
on turntables, from which they arc
taken to the tanks to be thoroughly
mixed with clear water, which i:
{ done in a properly constructed mix
+ ING box. From here it is run int
pulp dressers, and every bit of undi
gested wood separated from the res
t by filters. From the dressers
2 comes in the form of large sheets
Y and is Immediately torn up an'
d thrown into the bleaching engines
where, through the action of chic
: rine-in one factory made from tn
d smoke-it is freed from every parti
e Gle of coloring matter and lef
u creamy white.
e At another establishment nearly al
d these conveyances are dispense
with, the mass being pumped throug
:. pipe lines from one place to anothe
S as needed, one factory transporting
in this from one building to another
r some of which are over three mile
h from the rest. AT this stage the pre-
It cess is virtually complete. From tn
bleaching engine the pulp is run int
: the drainers-large reservoirs in tn
l. basement, where all traces of chic
rine are washed out. Thrown OF