People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-08
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f. CANDLES FROM PLANTS.

Vegetables Which, Bear Wax aud TalIoy--
"'Facts' About Camphorr.' ''A.'''
'''Several1vefy Curious Substances iof
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are prodiicedb BY
plants saida naturalist. ''ManyTege-
table SPECIES bear wax, which, in the
form Of minute scales on the surface Of
the plum and other stone fruits, makes
what iS2ea He'd the bloom iTIt existSso
abundaptly in the fruit of "a Virgins
myrtle that the latter has received the
name of Candle berry Those berries
are collected in great qualities for Their
yax and candles made from them
burn with remarkable n brightness
and freedom from smoke at the
same time, giving out a, pleasant
fragrance. a wax-bearing tree exists
in south Africa, the Berries Of Which,
yield a substance which Is hade into
candles by, the Dutch. There are sew.
eral species q wax palms in South
America! Ole Of then" has its leaves
covered with scales rofIwas, While the
trunk OF another undiscovered With
the W az, as with atvarnish.,y mol aooi,
"a substance very like talloy is Yield,
eaBy a tree in China, the seed, vessels
FOflmhich ave- ,hards bromnisli husks
Each Of then, CONTAINS ,thrse. round
white kernels, about the size and, shane
iQf hazel nuts. These kernels have small
stones ihsfdg th9m,T "a around Which Gtbe
fatty hattef7fies 9Ff6m The BIT 6f itRt
stohe hn11oilrrfup bhrningiFih IatIbs
7s pressed. Almost all the candles
used in the south of China are
made FtbM hrkise'EeEetah1e2 hitdMa
l,Arlqtreesp Acknowledgement the - Map
a,bbar coast ofIndias calledothel Ctpineyl
which ytif bearS sPnlpJ, fruit taatqyielas d
great qua9ptitSyof tssppid, tallow qapl
proaehing wax in firmness, and su;
rperior % Animal fat for the imaan an iYfn
MSelof candles. 199il'
IirlsssAnothsru rfefmplariIable,1 ipAammabls
SUBSTANCE Secreted by, plants. is, cam
phor ffgs heayf oibataainheed from YnT spe.
rciesbf 1atre1 NATIVE 10 the East fndites.
I'm preparing II pieees1of the robtg'ate
put inSoun irohvessel tightly'co
I When the VESSELS heated the veanrphor
rises IN the form Of ,yappr and is,reon,
licensed on the cover. That is the primi
tiye1Ihtthod, at alle7entsg though frbe.
lieve itisimproved upon by neWly,in
vented aprocsssesf 4 Ip,c old, trees tht
eamphpr is sometimes found, when the
trunks are slit open, in very pure
state, dor forming small generations, q
tears egiW0lWashHipgton stnarg Ana
l. dtl 20 VpsEpeeted Thanks-ih bre Nv
4 An" electries, yaspassing doYn arspb
urban av thoropghfarso when 1T wa
hailed by an old woman, evidently
l3rom' the County. me ear stopped
and after much bustlmgb and pdfint
the woman got in, at the same tim,
faskng the conductor to please take her
aItoa certain Street. / I Y10l HfR '
By Seireuitbtsl route the car s6oi
reachedithe, street she had asked for
and therocnductor CRAFTY announces
the fact Overcome with joS, at fndip,
tCherseh at her destination, she, squeszel
out saying to the conductor. as sh
passed him, her face beaining Wit
gratitude: Won Bio pHiiiqiles ion II
II thhhkee very much asirsvI'misef,
much obleeged to We. l hopeye didn'
have to 60 fur out OF yer way 10 &c
! me hetssdYoutffs 6oApahiok. N y
J, W. IN - ~. very Dry dllw dd'
! siRodhasA wv Y fe y6a featiagC Mr..
'diseagsfs bGstdinE lhodsel G6ksRI NJ
.seBdA hl64 wSH13e haas the discover
q that shspakss her graham bresdI .
e sawdust.
"Ha! hal Quite a joke. But 20
! should not complain. Sawdust is fin
board, you know"
h ut is altogether too dry joke fo
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