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The Washington times., 1905-12-10

day. and | have not tasted coffee nor tea
for nearly thirty years. L don't mind
people telling the truth about me. but
1 don't want no lies"
Seaman is a tax title buyer. and an
nually makes a pilgrimage from Omaha
through the Western cities, going as
far as Denver and Kansas City. He in
vests $4,000 In this business. and as fast
as he can dispose OF piece of property
on which he holds "a claim ne transfers
his money into new titles.
I'm glad / amt got no kin folks, ."
SAYS Seaman. kin folks always want
YOU 10 help them out with a. little
money I amt got any, and I'm glad
amt"
Recently. when the scavenger tax
sales of Omaha were going on. Seaman
was a close attendant, and Il close buyer
as well. but when the sale was over the
old man handed in a check for more
than S25, 900, and the bank cashed 1t with
out looking I'D his account
The Washington times., 1905-12-10
Improvements 6g Machineyu,

improvements 6y Machinery.
From this point, the early making
OF the\paper proper by hand is easily
understood and the modern auto
matte method is even more interest
ing. Before the introduction of the
automatic method, the fiber as il
came from the beating machine was
laid out into a sheet upon a wire
sieve, which acted as mold at the
same time allowing the water to
drain of. The pulp, thus In the form
of wet sheet, was turned out upon
a felt and pressed out into the desired
thickness. IL is said that the paper
which Benjamin Franklin used for
printing purposes was made in this
manner.
The machine which has taken the
place of this crude and slow process
receives the pulp upon moving end
less wire cloth, which is supported
by a series of metal rollers so set
that a perfectly even surface is main
tanned. By a lateral motion of the
rolls the f1bers are simultaneously
made TO interlace AS the pulp
hastens on, much of the water which
1t contains passes through the
meshes Of the wire cloth, and soon
the web of pulp comes to rollers COW
cred with felt and here leaves the
wire cloth for journey upon end
less rolls of wooden felt. 1t is carried
between the rolls Of several presses
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~ HE lavishneSs which now
Il marks the use Of writing
b paper and even the finest
3 stationery would lead to
the conclusion that the
American people have forgotten how
! single sheet of this commodity was,
1ot long ago, luxury in this coun-
Try.
Platt r. Spencer, the author of
Spencerian penmanship, from his
,arly home in Fishkill, n. Y, in 1908,
Sent with a lumberman en- route to
4 town twenty miles away for just
>ne sheet of writing paper and sat
up half the night awaiting its ar
.ival. When ii came it didn't bear
a monogram, il wasn't in tints nor
scented nor even ruled, and yet il
was one Of the choicest things of
hat day.
II was scarcely ten years before
his that the first machines for turn
HS NN' PaPSi III SHuiSSS "VDOo were
invented. Modern paper making
really had its birth with the nine
.eenth century. Sixty years later, or
about the time that the civil war
broke out, the per capita production
If the United States was eight
pounds of paper. Today ii is more
han fifty-six pounds. and. inasmuch
rs the modern paper making faciii-
les are equal ID the task of keeping
Up with even a lavish use of this
product a still greater per capita pro-
iuction may reasonably be expected.
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Denver, and Orher Western
cities. A J. Seaman, well-known
character Of Omaha. has reduced his
living expenses to the minimum, spend
Ing only % cents daily for board and
room. and less than s. year for cloth
ing. Fashion. either in clothing, his
room, or his table, cuts no figure with
the old man. He has limited his board
bill 10 10 cents each day. and has main
tanned that standard for many years.
And I guess / git along bout as we'll
as any other fellow" he says.
Il guess l live about as cheap as any
man In the United States" says Sea-
man. ANY man can live on an ecOnom-
ical basis all right II ne will just watch
expenses. People have been lying about
me- They say 1 don't spend but cents
day on bread and meat and coffee and
tea. It's a ue. / spend 10 cents every
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Ing human in their activities. The
sheets are placed in a pile at one
end Of the machine within reach of
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Where the pulp is made from wood
the logs are brought from the acres
of log piles about the factory and
sawed into short lengths and by an
ingenious device the bark is stripped
from each one. Next the lengths of
wood are ground into mere chips
after which they go to the digesters
huge tanks where they are dissolved
by cooking with sulphurous aciG.
One of the digesters will thus handle
ten or twelve tons in a day. Next,
as in the case of the rags, the pulp
is bleached and washed and carried
into the midst of the revolving
knives of the beaters, and the color
Ing and sizing added. The tints
and colors of the finished product de-
pend upon its treatment here. The
sizing, which is put into it at this
point. keeps the finished product
from absorbing the ink, which we ap-
ply in writing letters, or, If book
paper, in printing upon it. From
the beaters the pulp is placed In
what are known as stuff chests"
and is kept agitated until it comes
time to pump 1t into the paper ma
chimes.
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and then onto heated cylinders,
where the paper is dried.
To give the paper a glossy or
glazed surface, or other finished ap-
pearance, it next goes through ma
chimes known as "calenders." The
calenders are equipped with peculiar
ly adapted metal rolls arranged one
above another in several tiers.
Through these the paper passes
under pressure. The paper comes
from the machines in webs some
times as great as 160 laches in width
and often at speed Of 800 feet per
minute. The wide rolls are next
split into narrow ones and rewound.
The fine grades of paper, OF course,
require very high finish and this
extra smoothness is given by means
OF supercalenGers. one of which is
shown in an accompanying photo
graph. In the supercalender the roll
ers are alternately of iron and COM
pressed paper.
The machines which cut the rolls
Of paper into sheets can be set for
the very many different sizes desired
The sheets as cut are delivered by
SYSTEM Of tapes onto tables which
stand about two and half feet high.
A girl at each one Of these tables
scrutinizes each sheet, and her train
ed eye quickly discovers a defect, or
spot, no matter how rapidly the ma
chimes are running. Each defective
sheet is thrown into a large box to
the left of each girl
The paper, which is to be ruled,
The Washington times., 1905-12-10

the mechanical fingers which pick
up one sheet at a time with great
rapidity and send it on its way to
little wheels, the fine edges OF which
act as pens in marking the lines.
AS the sheets, one by one, come in
contact with these wheels they are
ruled on both sides. another set OF
circular pens from beneath working
in unison with those on top
Where the writing paper is to be
folded into the small double sheets,
it goes to still another machine
which makes the creases and folds
with great accuracy. Then in the
shipping rooms the scenes are varied.
Part of the paper is put up in boxes.
Part is placed il packages and seal
ed. the packer standing at table
beside a small gas fire in which at
intervals he holds a stick of sealing
wax before applying it to the cover
of the package. The larger pack
ages are book paper which requires
a gloss and finish much the same az
writing paper
Tie monogram, which often ap-
pears on writing paper, or, perhaps,
a coat Of arms, are produced by
means Of dies or plates. In fashion
able circles many of these designs
are made to order and are Of con-
siderable value representing. as they
do, pedigrees and things of historic
value These dies. on account OF
their value are usually stored in fire.
proof vaults. The making and care
of the dies and the placing of them
upon fine stationery represents an
industry in itself.
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handmade paper became an industry
Of any importance in this country.
The raw material for our modern
writing paper comes from one of two
widely different places-the depths
of dredry forest or the back streets
of a crowded city. In other words
the raw material is either rags or
wood The city rag picker pays one
rate for all the rags he buys, but,
after he gets them to his head
quarters, they are sorted into numer-
Gus bins or boxes. The cotton ones
go to the makers of paper and other
kinds TO makers OF certain kinds of
clothing After being sorted they
are baled by machinery.
The wood which goes into pulp
for paper is chiefly spruce and pop
lar. This is becoming scarce both in
the United States and in Europe, and
the paper mills in this country bring
large quantities from Canada, where
in the districts of Algoma it is
plentiful. Arriving at the paper fac
tory, the wood in the form of logs
is piled up over a wide area 1t is
not unusual TO find seventy-five to
one hundred acres of pulp wood and
factory buildings in connection with
one paper mill In the United States
there are nearly 800 paper and wood
pulp mills and the value of the pro-
ducts which they produce is more
thans127 ,000. .00G. The use of wood pulp
dates back only about a half cen
tury, but It has now come to take the
place OF rags to a very great extent.
The high price of rags about the time
Of the civil war assisted greatly in
the Introduction Of wood as a sub
stitute. 1t has since been found
that w,od fiber contains all the es-
sential elements of nearly all kinds
OF papei
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01


ty. well.to-do farmer. but the gft
gift would not have been turned
down" by anyone. even though he
were able to enjoy opulence and AFT
ord luxury.
james Adair still enterta.ns an oc-
casional chill.
Joe Bour was in from Valley Re
luse today.
w I. Parker. who is employed In
Cairo came home to spend his Sun.
lays
The ball game between the Mound
gity Regulars and the Pabst lads CT
Cairo on tomorrow Sunday after
asan will be an absorbing eGant and
will no doubt draw d big 0Inch Of
spectators
Mrs Thomas Baker has been ser
ously III the past two weeks, nut f.
exported improving.
q T Ragland has been here from
Netropol s.
Charles Curran drove his fast PAGER
70 Pulaski yesterday.
ippi county, Mo, the past week In the
way of business.
Mrs. Charles O Neal Of Anna, has
been here to see her spouse, who *
Employed here.
win Kennel was in B-ookport re
gently.
Walter Dlshinger. son Oh City Mar
hal John M. Dishinger, has chargeEot
I n bunch Of street labofers.
Carl Mckinney has net with aan III
Fortunate accident. About d year age
whl9 employed in one of the factor
les, he lost four Of the fingers of his
fright hand. This time he lost the RI
naming one.
Rev Walls, of Mounds, possesses
an organ which he folds up and car
ries with him on his ministerial
round.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE
The Scot From PEBBLES.

The late< General W. r. Harris.
horne" said an old soldier, "hal a
host of stories always ready to be
drawn on when an illustration or an
instance was In demand.
In his company one day | was In
a sour mood. He a. ked me what the
'rouble was. told aim i mad enter
tanned a certain rich broker several
lines at dinner, ar,l he had respond.
d with sandwich ANA glass of
milk in light lunch Gaze.
He was like the 5coi rom
PEBBLES said General Hartshorne
This Scot witl his we ant Jour
'hildren came ION PEBBLES to Lon.
ON, and stayed three weeks at the
louse of third cousin.
During this visit the host showed
limself a very prince of hospitality.
fa took the Sc-ts entire family to
ne palace and the Alhambra a half
oxen tines. He gave them dinners
Frascatts and tea at Buzzai1s and
he Star and Garter at Richmond. He
move them in hansoms to the tower,
he abbey, the national gallery. and
III the other sights.
And on the last day, sesing them
III, he took the Scot into bar.
One last drink together, he said,
aking out his purse.
But the Scot restrained him.
ma, ma he said nance q that.
Ye've ben vera guild To me and mine
turin the last fortnight or MAR, and
nave ta'en US everywhere and patti
or everything. Ma, ma; wen haze d
soss for this last wee nipple Chi
eago fnter-Ocean.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01
Kindness Unappreciated.

Magistrate Crane tells this story
# his experience with a young lawyer
n the Essex Market police court.
When his case was called he stepped
N the bridge alongside Of his client,
dressed in the height of East side
fashion, His left hand was literally
covered with huge diamonds. In the
course of his argument he drifted
from the case altogether into an essay
IN morals ami the law.
My dear young man." said the mag
strate, get back onto the straight
'ath again and then do your arguing.
soure entirely off the legal course.
He colored deeply, and Magistrate
Crane regretted not being more tot
arant
"DonI worry, howevtl.," he said
indy but just do thar and III b
letter able to follow the thread of
our contention"s
Glad to accommodate your honor.s
he young lawyer shouted with great
Elaboration. you see ! thought YOU
lid not quite comprehend my argu-
nent. | am dealing with very com.
licated point Of law and / suspected
hat 1t might be too intricate for your
ionor 70 follow at the rate / was go-
MS. New York Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01

Batteries Wigs. Warner AM
Drill; Tannehlll and Armbruster.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01
Second Came.

Batteries Falkenberg and Knoll;
Howell and Spencer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01
Democratic Mass Convention.

A mass convention of democrats
will be held at the Court house II
Cairo on Thursday, October 5th, 1905.
at p. m, sharp, for the purpose Of
nominating a candidate for county
commissioner Of Alexander County.
BY order Of County Central Com
m.ttee.
GEO B, Wake, Secretary,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01
Everybody Works But Father

Samuel Gompers, president Of the
american Federation of Labor got d
Great sendpff when he left Pittsburg
rom the Union station few nights
lgo A biz crowd Of labor leaders
and union men was there to bid him
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01

Batteries--Leroy, Hogg and Klci
now; Bernhard and CLARKE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01

and the distribution of tickets consecu
lively numbered, among their patrons
ara the public generally Mrs. New
ton Eiester Of Valley Recluse held the
winning number and was presented
with Tho stove. The heater Is large,
handsome and useful piece Of furni-
Itu~e. n Is impossible that the gift
could nave been \ sstowed On more
worthy person. Mr. Hester IS thrift
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01
Second Game.

st. Louis and return So October 2,
and $4.65 October 3. va Mobile &
Ohio. Limit to return October 6.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01
Second Game.

Batteries Harris and Cr'ger: Kit
son, Disch and Doran.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-01

Cleveland .s................ 4 O
New York .........,........ 0 n 0
Batteries West and Clark; Putt
mann and Kleinow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
READY TO TELL ALL.
Mrs. Chadwick Intimates That PrOmf-
nent Men Were in Her Deals.

Cleveland, o., Nov. 2S.-NIrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick has expressed the desire to go
on the witness stand again in connection
with the bankruptcy proceedings against
her and has written a letter to Referee
Remington of the federal bankruptcy
court, requesting him to set a date for re-
opening her case. Mrs. Chadwick de-
clares that If an opportunity is again
given her to 90 on the stand she will tell
without reservation all the facts concern
ing her financial dealings. Continuing,
Mrs Chadwick said.
IF the supreme court at Washington
decides against me. and I am compelled
to go to the penitentiary, I shall, before
leaving Cleveland, give out some addi-
tional information that will doubtless
prove of interest There are a. number
of fnanciers who. benefited very largely
through their dealings with me. If I am
to be punished It IS no more than right
that some of these men should suffer
with me, for if there was any violation of
the law, they are surely as guilty as I
am
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
PLAYED TO $4,000.
Bernhardt Broke An Box once Rec
ords in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-NIme. Sarah Bern
hardt has broken all dramatlc FecoEos
for box office receipts by taking IN s4o,VVg
for the weeks engagement az the STIaL1d
Opera house The nearest she has ever
come to this figure before was $zS,o0Vs SAID
W. F. Conner, her manaS8r
No other dramatic company mas ever
reached the figures which represent our
receipts" he said. Grand opera com
panies sometimes do this WELL but they
are able to take larger auditoriunns and
to charge IS a seat. We have given two
special matinees in Chicago, making ten
performances for the week.
All the tickets for the regular per-
fOrmanees were sold by Tuesday evening,
and when the first special matinee tlcketS
were placed on sale the entire LOU seats
We're sold in one hour and three-quar-
ters."
On her former visit to Chicago Nine.
Bernhardt's receipts were only $25,OOO a
week. although she played two weeks.
The Chicago record will probably nave TO
stand for Bernhardts tour, as every seat
was sold, and the only way to break the
record would be to obtain a larger theater
or increase the number of performances.
New York will have '"Theater Bern
hardt' next autumn and the actress VIII
open it with a weeks engagement &C
cording to announcements made yeSter-
day. Ten days ago Manager Conner clos
ed a deal on his personal account Tor the
purchase of the Audubon hotel IN New
York city 1t is situated at Thirty ninth
street and Broadway. and is opposite the
Casino and Metropolitan opera. house. He
will have a theater constructed on the
site. It will cost about $500, 000
Mr.. Conner informed Nine. Bernhardt
of his purchase and offered to name the
theater for her if she would open it. She
consented to play the opening engage
ment if it could be arranged to suit her
time in this country.
Several months will be required for the
completion of the theater, but it will be
turns to Paris from her Australian en-
gagemeDt by way of the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
SUPERSTITION STEPS IN
And stops the Boycott on American
Goods by Chinese.

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 2s--Fearing
that the wrath of the God of water
would be visited upon them, the Chinese
of Shanghai and its vicinity, it IS said
have given up the boycotting of American
goods.
This change of sentiment was caused by
the destruction by water of q large guam
titv of goods which were stored in the
Easements OF the business houses OF the
Chinese port They had been placed there
bv the Chinese merchants when the boy
colt was first instituted. This occurred
during the inundation of that portion OF
tie Chinese coast during a typhoon and
the tidal wave of a month ago
The news of the lifting Of the boycoll
about came here on the steamer Dorle
yesterday. Among the passengers was e.
EIDE who has been in business IN CHINA
for o years He stated that the Ameri-
cans had battled hard against the boy
colt but it was due entirely to the SUI
perstitions of the Chinese that the anti
American scheme has been eliminated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
MELONS PROGENY's WINNINGS
The Compiled Statistics Now Show
S171,2O3 in the Pot.

Lexington, Ky. Nov. 28.-Statistics
compiled here show that Hamburg will
beyond a doubt lead the winning stall
lions of America in 1905, and the amount
won by his get since December 81. 1904,
reaches the heavy figure of $685. SIS.
which is S43,054 more than has been
won in 1905 by the sons and daughters
of Ganinule, the leading winning stall
lion this season in England.
Great is the record made by Harry
Payne Whitney's $4,000 horse. but he
does not hold the premiership among
the worlds winning stations of 1905.
The enormous sum won in this country
by James r. Keene's remarkable colt
Sysonby has put the Derby winner
Melton at the head, figuring on the win
ming record made by his get on both
sides of the ocean.
The sons and daughters of this fam
Gus horse have won in England and
America a total of $171, 2O3 this season,
and Hamburg's get have yet to win
SIS, 52S to equal these figures before the
flag falls on 1905.
Another year has about passed with
out the record made by the get of Him
var in 1903 being broken That year his
get won a total of $259. 252. it being the
year of the 2-year-old form of the
matchless Domino.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
xOsT LOSES A MAN.
HaIFbacI1 Weeks Declared Ineligible
by Board of Control.

Ann ArbOr, Mich. Nov. 2S.-Michi-
gan came out of the easy game with
Oberlin in good shape, and Keene
Fitzpatrick will have the entire bunch
in good shape to enter the Thanksgiv-
ing day game. Rheimschold will get
over his cold and Schulte's leg ought
to be strong enough for him to make
a strong finish of the season
But the explosion came last evening
when It was announced that the board
of control had declared Hal Weeks as
ineligible for the balance of the sea-
son. Failure of Weeks to attend
classes regularly in the engineering
department is given out as the reason
for the boards action.
Coming as it does on the eve OF the
Chicago game this rather upsets the
calculations of Coach Yost, as Nor
cross, Weeks Tom Hammond and
Longman were the we'll oiled cogs for
the back part of the scoring machine.
Weeks was playing left half, which
position seems to be a hoodoo since
Heston left it last year. Dunlap was
injured twice while playing it. and
finally quit the game. Denny Clark
went into the place and got hurt, but
is back at the job now. Weeks was
prevented from playing a couple of
games an account of a lame shoulder
and Magoffln got hurt in the Illinois
game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
BEBELLIOUS CREW.
Keeps the Bark Haddon Hall in San
Pedro HarbOF.

Los Angeles. Cal. Nov. 2S.-With a
rebeIlous crew huddled to their quar-
ters in the forecastle and armed Of
hcers standing guard. the bark Haddon
Hall lies in the harbor of San Pedro,
a state of mutiny on board. And while
the ship lies TO, helpless under the
sullen inactivity of its crew, its COM
mander. Captain Dakin, is in the city
to invoke the aid of the authorities to
assist him in getting to sea again.
The captain under instructions from
the owners in London is for for taking
his ship to Vancouver for another
load of lumber. The crew is for stay
ing in Los Angeles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
HEARD AT THE THROOP.
Travelling Men Speak in High Praise
of Topeka.

A group of travelling men at the
Throop last night agreed that Topeka
was one of the most up-to-date cities
in the country. One of them said Il
can generally tell whether a town is
up with the times by noticing the
brand of cigars that is the most pop
ular If the leading store sells more
Wadsworth Bros ChicOs than they do
of any other cigar I put down the
residents of that city as progressive
and up-to-date and DESTROYS of the
good things Of life.
Wadsworth Bros Chicos are sold in
Topeka by Geo. w. Stansfield. drug
gist. 632 Kansas avenue, and the man
at the cigar case told me that he was
selling twice as many ChicOs as OF any
other two kinds. This shows that To-
pelxa smokers want a good Havana
fIled cigar that burns freely. is mild
and pleasant and makes an enjoyable
smoke.
Wadsworth Bros Chico is the only
cigar 1 know of costing less than
twenty cents that fills the bill Just
see how fragrant it is he said as he
puffed a lot of smoke over the group
C.hicos sell for but FIVE cents. even
though. as our friend the travelling
man said. cit is the favorite with
those VINO want the best cigar they
can get for their money