Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-12-07
OF os.sRAL INTEREST.

The manufacture Of paper In the
United States grew so rapidly between
iSJo. Tho date Of the flrst establish
ment. and 1910 Thu. In the latter year
there were one hundred and eighty
Eve paper mills in this country.
The rags used In the manufacture
Of paper are first placed In cylindrical
nnchine, called q thrasher, which
shakes them violently, In order to sop
srate us far us possible oil foreign sub
stances; they are then sorted' accord
ing to texture, fiber and color, after
which they are placed In machines,
which cut or tear them into very fne
short 1laf1ents.
-Foolscap paper tascs It's name from
the water marks introduced b. tine
paper makers during the English COM
mon wealth. Previous to that time
this size of paper had borne rs water
mark crown, but after the overthrow
mud execution OF Charles I. the parlia-
ment, In contempt AMI dcrision, or
dcrcd the crown to be removed and a
FOOLS cap aud bells to be substituted.
During the half.year which ended
at Lady day there was spent In En-.
gland on poor. law relief the srm OF
e, SOS, aa3. nearly equally divided be-
tween circumference and outdoor
pay. The sum expended in London
during that period was 1904, loo, equal
10 e. cost OF IS OIL per head OF popu-
lation. OF that sum 1880 went to
the workhouse and simlic- establish
ments and Riai, 9G0 to outdoor assist
ance.
Fifteen hundred sea otter skins
were brought 10 the traders by Alaska
Indians this year, according to the es
innate OF trader just returned &c
Seattle. Furs OF bears and foxes as
gregating many thousands OF dollars
In value were also brought In. lie
says Alaslsa's wealth In furs Is very
great, and In many regions Is yet prac
tically untouched. The tract between
Cook inlet and the Yukon, he says
produces the finest furs in the world
and only one or two white men hav'
ever been In there.
John Therasiwich, Of Neriden
Conn, q Pole. forty years old, ut
tempted to treat himself for rheunia
tism the other day. lie and his wifi
made mixture OF alcohol, turpentine
and camphor. which they rubbed or
his legs. Then the wife lighted torches
md held them under his knees. In
moment the man was encircled BY
flames and was dancing around thu
house like d dcrvish. His hands ant
knees were fairly roasted aud thu
flesh was ready to drop off in patche
Mt the slightest touch.
1t is believed that m EXTENSIVE
field Of valuable coal has been discov
cred within fifty miles OF juneau
Alaska. II this proves to be so, 1t will
of course, mean very much for the de
velopment OF that re zion. 1t is know
that excellent coal exists In man,
parts OF Alaska, but the discoveries
hitherto have been remote from thu
Settleu tepiOus. itoou"u
brought into juneau some weeks age
several pieces OF anthracite coal which
he said he found at place fifty mile
from the town, and from his descrip
ton II was thought there was weir
several feet thick cropping ont on
hillside.
Gold strikes of wonderful richpes
nre reported to have been made in sew
eral parts OF British Columbia In thu
last few weeks At E!burn, a few
miles from Vancouver, man borinl
for water in n lot adjoining the Meth
odist church struck quantities OF fink
gold two hundred and sixty feet below
the surface. lie galloped into West
minister and staked his claim and re
turned to prospect. His find ran nearl.
twenty.onc dollars an ounce. 1t is he
lieved he struck the bed Of an oil
river, and prospects are being made al
over the neighborhood. Big strike
arc reported from Cariboo count.
and from South Kootenai, twenty -av
mines OF excellent promise having
been recently opened in the latte
| region,