The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-05


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As soon as the hillmen have settled
all preliminaries with the savage chiefA
and = suitable spot has been fixed
among the camphor trees for the ereo-I
ton of still. the former proceeds 90
run up shed or rough building, the
size of which depends upon the number
CT stoves it is intended to contain II
ten are to DE erected the building
would be twenty feet long by twelve
or thirteen feet broad In the center
OF the floor an oblong structure, Some
four feet high. ten feet long and six
feet broad. IS built of sun-dried mud
bricks. having Ave tireplaces or holes
ut each side raised foot or SO above
the floor of the room.
The two ends of the structure ara
solid. aud without fircplaceS Tho
latter are so built that an earthenware
pot can easily be inserted above tho
FIRE IN each hole. An earthenware
cylinder connects the mouth of each
20. with the surface OF each structrra.
or still. as il may more conveniently Ia
called Between the pot and the lower
end of the cylinder there is . round.
thin piece of wood fitting both the
mouth of the pot and the lower end %
the cylinder. and perforated so as to-
allow the steam from the water IN
the pot 10 pass into tae cylinder
during distiliation. The top Of each
cylinder j. usually about q foot in Oh
ameter and i level with the surface
of the still Such still would present
TO the eye mud structure. with ten
round holes on the top and fve fire-
places at each of the two longest sides.
To complete it, howcver, ten large
earthenware jars are required. These
during the process OF distiiiation are
placed inverted. ON the top of the stall
immediately over the upper ends Of the
cylinders. so as 10 form the condensera
To prevent the escape of steam from
the condenScrs bands of jute are fitted
firmly between their mouths and the
top OF the still.
Suppose. then. there Is heap OF
camphorwood chips at hand from
which il is required to extract the cam
phor. The pots are 6.led with water
and the cylinders with chips: the jars
are in position on the top of the still,
and the firewood is lighted under the
pots. When the water boils the steam
passes up through the perforated wood
into the cylinders. heats and moisiens
the chips aud ascends To the con-
densers. carrying with it the csmphor
fumes which the chips have given
forth. The steam then condeuses on
the inside OF the jars. and when the
latter are removed LAYER o. white
camphor crystals Is found adhering To
them. This is brushed of by hand and
placed in baskets
The chips are then withdrawn from
the cylinders, fresh chips take their
place, water is added to the pots,
the condensers are again placed in
position, additional firewood is thrown
into the fireplaces and the work OF dis
tillation rebegins-
The camphor laurel attains an cnor-
nous height aud girth in Formosa-
There is TO be seen horizontal section
of stem which was at least six feet in
diameter, and which at one time formed
the entrance to the house OF savage
chief The doorway is cut out OF the
TO missionary and has To be accom-
modated on the veranda of his house
Much difficulty is experienced by the
hillmeu in telling these forest giants.
and recourse is frequently had 20 firing
so as to expedite their work. ousnti-
ties of valuable timber arc thus con-
sufned, and as no trouble Is taken TO
plant young trees the day wiz come
when such waste will he regretted
The tree once felled. the branches arc
removed and the trunks sawn up into
planks. Branches and plsniSs arc then
set upon by number of men. each
armed with small scoop-Shaped sdze,
every stroke OF which removes chip
about an inch long In time the giant
is reduced TO heap Of chips, which are
treated for their campl.or as described
The extract remains a grayish-whits
powder which. unlike the camphor
produced IN Japan, does not solidify
under pressure. A ready market -
found for Fornossn camphor, which Is
an important ingredient in smoheless
powder Y. Tribune.
In many ways tie United States have
educated the world in politics. and ].
for one. do not hesitate 10 say tina.
their scheme of government is the best
that has ever been csta biished by "a ma
iion But in nothing do we owe more
10 the Americans than for their having
afforded US the great object lesson Of a
state pursuing the even current 81 its
way without that rneddlinR in the at
fairs Of other states which has been
the bane of European powers Hare
we have country. rich. powerful. In
dnstrial and commercial. yet never
troubling itself with what happens out
side its frontiers. or annexing foreign
lands on the plea of philanthropy, or.
on the ground that in some centuries
its area will be too small for is popu-
lation. or in order 10 create markets
for its goods. And what IL the result
No one dreams OF attacking the United
States or Of picking a quarrel with
them London Truth
In Cireis.
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