The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-09-26
the AeRoPaoa.
A Continuance for Producing Atmos-
phsrio Moisture In Cotton Miiis.

machinery generally, and this electricl-
ty, II II be not absorbed by moisture In
the air. has an injurious effect upon the
yarns and flbers. In weaving sheds n
humid atmosphere Is Of equal impor
tanee, otherwise there Is q continual
breaking of threads and other prejudi-
ciai occurrences. The necessary dlffu-
sion of moisture has hitherto been 50
cured at the expense of the comfort,
and even the health, OF the factory
hands, by the projection of steam Into
the atmosphere and by dampenlng the
doors with water In either case dam
age Is caused to the machinery and
buildings, while an unhealthy atinos-
phere Is created, In which the opera
tives are obliged To work
IN order 10 obviate all this the
aerophor has been invented by Ger
man engineer, and Is largely In use In
Germany. The aerophor Is an appa-
ratus for distributing moisture In the
form OF very fine water cloud, which
may be either cold or warm. The appa-
ratus, which Is not large, contains no
movable parts, and single high press
ure pump can work any number of aero
phors The contrivance, which Is fixed
Just under the ceiling at given points,
consists of two separate nozzies, one
for propelling the air by creating an In
duced current, and the other for moist
ening 1t. A Jet of water under pressure
Is projected through a horizontal noz-
sle into a casing i'm which there Is a
vertical nozzle. The Jet from the hori-
xontal nozzle causes the induced cur
rent of air to act upon the water enter
ing the casing at its upper part through
the vertical nozzle. The water Is passed
into the atmosphere In the form OF a
fine, diffusive cloud, the large drops OF
water being caught and retained by the
apparatus.
The aerophor win only project into
the atmosphere such particles of water
as are capable of being absorbed i'm
medIately, so that damage to the
machinery or fabric Is impossible. In
the same way, the atmosphere not
being supersaturated, there IL no injury
to health. installations of this inven-
tion have recently been put up In
/ several A@<AAAGtActAAiC AAAAtAo, VAkC vi
belonging to the Hurst Mills company,
Ashton n-under-Lyne, was recently in
spected by a number of mill owners
and other gentlemen interested In tho
production of textile fabrics. In tho
shed inspected there were 468 loomi
out OF the 2, 100 at work In the mill
The moistening Ia there successfully
performed by eleven aerophors, while
ventilation is aided by an aerophol
ventilator. The recording instrument
showed the temperature to be 7S degs
Fahrenheit with IS per cent. of moisture
Inquiries of the manager and of severa
Of the operatives elected but on
answer, and that was one of Thorough
satisfaction. Mr. Osborne, one of he
maiesty's inspectors of factories, wa
: present, and stated that the aeropho
met the requirements of the govern
ment and was a boon to the operatives
: He observed that the aerophor. or an.
similar apparatus efficiently effectin
the same object, was greatly wanted i
textile factories. Public Opinion
the Relation That should Exist Betwee
the style and the Matter.
No. romance Is any the worse, but IA
the Better, for being well written. Il
be we'll written it must be suitabl
written, and the style which Is exec
! lent for a sober, delicate, scientific stor
: is not so excellent for a tale of adver
] ture. Even the novel-publishing news
papers, as long as they get their weel
ly allowance of incident, do not.grumbl'
!, probably because the language is good
Its excellence, however, depends on th
matter. Elegant and rhythmic Englis
q and dainty and prolonged description
q are not in place in a novel of romanc'
they cease to be in place as soon as th
separate charm of the style becomes
u rival to the interest of the story.
!, drama may have too much wit, thong
4 this Is an uncommon fault, and
!. story, too, is marred when the attel
/. ton, instead of being concentrate
on the action. is claimed by Il
manner of the narration. Even in tall
of analysis and science, one often SCI
!. that the author has paused and nibbl,
e at his pen, while he sought the best,
N rather the most unexpected, word. Th
is actually a frequent vice in moder
especially, perhaps, in American novel
1f readers who prefer these interruptio
,e and delays; they think them proofs
Of delicacy and of exquisite care. tn
st appears to me to be fault in any wor
Often, it is true, in Shakespeare one
- forced to stop and read again and aga
N some passage, for the extraordinar
to astonishing beauty of its manner. b
10 we may be sure that Shakespeare did 4
lie stop as he wrote, and work the thing L
De Shakespeare who never b1otted lin,
at Of course passages may be worked VI
and yet may show no sign of it. L
I'd example, there Is beautiful senten
ed in one of Izaak Walton's "Lives, whi
al reads in its ample brevity as If it we
p quite spontaneous. But several rou
u copies of it, none of them good, 6
ia found on fly leaf of book which b
u been in the possession of Izaak
The error is to employ a research
ui style which is inappropriate and tart
y 70 This is as much the fault of some &c
= novels in the way of analysis as re,
- lessness of taste and even of gramn
! is the fault of some books of adventu
Ia The worst of it is that, to o good ma
ON persons. the fault In the former cl
appears merit When Mr.. Stevens
in his admirable Master of Ballantra
- makes the old Scotch steward talk alb,
: ''the lurching reverberations of the q
IL light he drops, for once into the er
he of style which is too often recognized
ch an excellence. At all events, the bl
his ness of ''heredity," as in NJ. Zola's Ii
ITS series of romances, can never, probat
'er be much admired by more than pass