Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-16
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- mnnuiAStsrs saA Varied Usss Of F,Op-
ulas Substance.
'.T.ook out!''
The reporter lodged back as II no
bad inadvertently touched an electric
coil
s.Great heavens, mani Do you want
10 burn your hngersp" continued the
merchant excitedly.
'sWhat's the matterP"
matter enough. Those eyeglasses
Of yours are framed in celluloid. and
Il You keep twirling them around in
your fingers too near that gas Jet you
you will have an explosion"
The reporter placed the dangerous
continuance astride his nose, and the
merchant who Is one Of the largest
dealers in celluloid goods in the city,
continued his conversation where this
incident had interrupted it
s.Most celluloid is made in France,
Would you like to know howp Then
listen: A roll Of paper is slowly un-
wound, and at the same time is satu-
rated with mixture of five parts OF
sulphuric acid and two parts Of nitric
acid, which falls upon the paper in q
fine spray. This changes the cellulose
Of the paper into pyroxyline (gun cot
tony. The excess of the acid having
been expelled by pressure, the paper is
washed with plenty Of water until all
traces Of acid have been removed. It
Is then reduced to pulp. and passes on
to the bleaching trough. It is this gun
cotton which gives it its explosive ma
ture.
'.Most Of the water having been got
rid Of by means of a strainer, the pulp
Is mixed with from twenty to forty per
cent. Of its weight of camphor, and the
mixture thoroughly triturated under
millstones. The necessary coloring
having been added in the form of pow
der, second mixing and grinding fol-
lows This pulp is spread out in thin
slabs, which are squeezed in a hydrau-
lie press until they are as dry as chips.
Then they are rolled in heated rollers
and come out in elastic sheets They
are from that point worked up into
every conceivable form. You can get
celluloid collars, cuffs, hairpins, shirt
fronts. cravats. penholders. brushes
and combs, inkstands, knife handles,
jewelry and every thing else, almost,
that you can imagine. have seen IN
Paris room almost completely fur
nished with celluloid. The curtains
the furniture, the door-knobs and even
the mating were made of this material
You may be sure no matches were evel
carried there. Indeed, the room wa.
never used. 1t was only curiosity,
and the man who owned it owned tht
factory where it was made. These
rooms will never be popular. Few
men, even in this rapid age. care about
being blown into the kingdom come ii
small fragments, scorched and scat
tered, and that would lie the fate of til,
man who let lighted match fall il
such a room. IN. Y. Mail and Ez
press.
Nearly all the German universities
have large endowments. and yet the
State budget every year gives then
large sums of money. The University
Of Leipzing. for instance, Is moro thar
four hundred years old and has larg,
possessions of real estate in the city
The Saxon Government, however
gives it every year about $4O0. 600.
-Archdeacon Farrar urges the es
tablishing of new order of clergy
men by the English church-to worl
especially among the poor an,
degraded, the members to join in 70
definite period, say five years, to b
bound during that time by vows {
poverty. celibacy and obedience. It
not stated how the proposal is re
ceived.
"A few months ago . catalogue {
Christian Endcavor Societies in Ne
York was made The list has yer
much increased since then. but 1t WI
found that there were 400 societies, a
increase of nearly 500 per cont in on
year. The Presbyterian denominatio
led the list with 1874 societies. tho Bal
tist next with 102. the Methodist wit
over 90, then tho Congregational wit
60 and tho Reformed with AZ. Til
others were scattered among the othe
denominations.
Attention has been recently calle
to anoted school in England, where til
forcing progress has long been In vogue
by the death from mental overwork .
two teachers. and the serious fitness (
third teacher. and also . number I
scholars. from the same cause. II
discussion which these melancholy r.
suits Of the high-pressure system
education provoked elected the rath.
soggy opinion that Tho precise G,
efficient Of study which agrees wi,
fair bodily health is indeed an unce
tain quantity regulated by diverse pc
sonAl peculiaritiea =
FORTUNATE TICKET HOLDERS.
Some three or four months ago
party working in the lumber camp
VIM. Coach, on the Sturgeon rive
dubbed together and ordered 81 tent
tickets in the Louisiana State Lotter
The money was sent by express an
not with the order. When the ord,
arrived at New Orleans, the none
not being found, it was laid aside an
afterwards lost. When the money 4.
rived it was charged on the books, b,