Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

been for him, would have remained
latent or sterile. Is 1t not to him that
the new generations owe, in large
measure, the movement of expansion
which draws them on to fruitful crusades
for the pacific conquest of the world,
and all for the great benefit of civiliza-
ton?
1t would be difficult to estimate the
results which the works of Jules Verne
have achieved in the illumination of
minds and the stimulation of energies
Emile Gautier, in Paris Figaro.
900
GROWTH OF WOOD PULP INDUSTRY.
Among the many interesting features
of the industrial inquiry conducted under
the last census was that which pertained
to the growth and development of the
wood pulp industry. The public is famil-
lar in general way with the fact that
wood pulp has entered largely into the
paper industry during the last twenty
years, but it has little conception of the
debt of the modern reading world, the
lovers of books and periodical literature,
to the man who discovered that certain
kinds of wood could be ground into Il
pulp that would make good paper.
The forests of cottonwood and poplar
in the north have been placed under trib-
ute to mans voracity for printed thought.
Thousands of cords of cottonwood and
poplar trees are shipped each year from
the north to the pulp mills in Illionois,
Indiana and Ohio, nearly all of which are
located in the smaller towns where there
is ample water power. The tremendously
increased demand of the printing art
upon the mills long ago made it necessary
to discard old processes and old mate
rails.
All the old "rags" that could be gath
cred by the ragman in every hamlet and
town of the Union would supply but a
small fraction of the paper that is eaten
up by the great printing presses of the
land every week in the year. Wood pulp
came to the rescue of the printer about
thirty years ago. The method of grind
ing wood was introduced in the United
States in 1869 and 1870. To the marvel
Gus development of this ndurtry is due
the cheapness of paper and the vast null
tiplication of literature.
The bulletin upon this industry just is
sued by the census Office shows that the
pulp mills have increased in ten years
from $40 to 7G3, or 17.G per cent, while
the capital has jumped from $50, 500, 54S
in 1890 to $lG7, 507,7l3 in 1900, an in
crease of SG5 per cent Over 10000, 900
was paid out by these mills to labor in
the year 1900, and increase of 57.4 per
cent in ten years.-Chicago Record
Herald.
JERUSALEM AND SLOAN.
An enterprise recently undertaken by
the Turkish government recalls in.
terestingly some scenes and incidents of
Bible history. The purpose of the enter
prise is to supply the city of Jerusalem
with water, of which there is a great
scarcity. TO this end it is proposed to
reopen the supply from the ancient
reservoirs of Solomon, which are still in
existence and still contain a supply of
clear water The conduits are also there,
though in ruined condition, and so is
the sealed fountain which supplies the
reservoirs. 1t is not intended to repair
the old conduit, but to lay new pipe
direct from the "sealed fountain" which
is natural spring in the limestone rock
along the course of the old conduit. A
part of the plan contemplates bringing
water also from Beeroth, "the place of
wells" on the north side of the city.
In connection with this work. repairs
are in progress IN the Virgins Fountain,
that is, the spring which supplies the
Pool of Sloan. Here the water passes
from the fountain to the pool through a
tunnel built by Hezekiah. This tunnel
is of great interest, because in it was
found the earliest Hebrew inscription,
concentrating the construction of the
tunnel, and describing how the work.
men, cutting from each end, met in the
middle. This fountain is characterized
by an intermittent flow. After several
hours flow, there is a complete cessation
for short time, and then the water
runs again. Some years ago this foun-
tain was almost destroyed by an attempt
60 increase the flow by blasting; but the
hatives contrived to restore 1t by stopp-
ing up the holes through which the
fountain was running to waste.
The present Turkish governor of
Jerusalem is Of a more enlightened and
energetic type than the average Turkish
official, and if be is allowed to carry out
his plans, he will utilize for the adyant-
age of modern Jerusalem these ancient
water sources, which are so familiar to
readers of Scripture; but in the present
insOlvent condition of the Turkish trea-
sury, it is to be feared that his schemes
may be halted before they have become
effective. boston journal.
The Old Home Revisited.
Now once more my footstep traces
Old and well-remembered places;
But the dear familiar faces
They that made II home to me
All have gone or ceased to be;
And, a stranger, |, forlon,
1n nN1o hon |