Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-03-07
New 1ndustvy TINT II Failing into
the spruce and Tnmarnck Gum
Trade.
[ NnW NntI SI,n

"nd YOU know that nearly three quarters
of th" rh""in, gum That tires the jaws of
th" rising c"ncratipn in the Cnited States Is
noT male from petroleum." said a manufac-
turins cnufectioncr to Sun reporter the
othrr dav
The reporter did not know il.
oh. So, said the confertioner. ''Petro-
l"um first knocked the spots Off the whale
oil business Of New England, and now it is
clipping int" It's spruce and tamarack gum in.
iu~iry NJ fearful rate. Here's lump OF
petroleum We have tist received" The con
t'"'ti"ncr slapped his hand on large oblong
block that rescmbl~i piece Of marble. "a
few days ago" said he, that came ont OF
th" ground in Pennsylvania, dirty, green
ish brown huil, with a smell that could
knrk an OK down. The oil refiners took il
nni put IT through lot Of chemical pro
c'sS's that don't know anything about, and
after taking out a large percentage Of kero-
s'ne. goo share of naphtha, considerable
h"nzine, a cart load or so Of tar, and num-
ber Of other things with names longer thar
the alphah'., left us this mass Of nice clean
wax. There isn't any taste to it, and nc
more smell than there il to china plate.
We will take this lump. cut 1t up, and
pounds. We add thirty pounds Of chear
81 Ear toit, and flavor it with vanilla, winter
gr"n, peppermint, or any other essential
oil. Then we turn it out on a marble table
and cut 1t into all sorts of shapes with dies.
After 1t Is wrapped in oil tissue paper and
packed in boxes 1T is ready for the market.
fou can imagine that somebody Is chewing
gum In this country when tell Won that q
lump like this ono will make 10000 penny
cnk"s. and we use one up every week There
mr." dozens Of manufacturers using almost a,
much of The wax as we do
II believe this petroleum chewing gum, il
honestly made. is perfectly harmless, anG
that Is more than can be said Of some Of the
gums made from the juices Of trees, as
prcially the impaired article
The GuiIIotime To. Day In France.
y. u. Haync in San Francisco Chronicle Il
BY this time it was broad daylight Houy
appeared quite unconcerned and walket
stoutly toward the guillotine The pries
made another attemp;, but in vain. The rs
sistants quickly seized him by the arms and
threw him on n long pine board He offered
not particle Of resistance They fastenet
him tightly to this board with straps-on,
across his breast, a second across his thighs
the third at his ankles. They then put thu
Flank In place. pushing 1t so far forward thai
the fellows neck reached the lower semi
circular notch Of the guillotine. The exc
curioner stepped down from the platform
and going around to the front, seized Houy
| by the hnir and pulled with all his might.
heard tho fellow cry out with pain. l saw
Dieblcr touch spring. and then like fast
tho sharp knife fell. It cut the neck in two
| Tho head rolled into basket half filed will
sawdust. and the eyes were wide open. Tht
body was then unstrapped and thrown in tn,
basket The execution took precisely two
minutes and half When the knife fell tn,
crowd rushed in and it was with great diff
Guilty they were driven back again.
The ex~utioner's assistants fell to work t.
clean tho instrument. The basket with it.
sawdust and the bloody remains was place.
in the wagon behind the old white hors,
and driven To the cemetery. After a pre-
tended intcrrnent the body was transferred
to an unlertakei's wagon and taken to the
hospital. The head was taken to the dis
secting table, where, by means of electric
ity, ail the muscles Of the face were excitec
one after tho other. At first il was convulset
with frightful grimace. The eyes opened
and Shut and the eyebrows contraQed Tht
face NJ first assumed the expression Of grie
and then of rage, 80 that the jaws dropped
together and the teeth were gnashed in fury
The muscles of tho body were next operated
upon. Tho arms rose and fell, the legs wer,
alternately drawn up and thrown out vio
l"ntly, the breast move up and down as il
breath was still in the body. We coulc
plainly hear the air whistling through the
b!ee,ling neck. When the corpse was colo
and stiff these experiments werc discsntin
ued II was tnen taken back to the c. metery
and hnIri.L