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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-05
Contemporary
Comment

No runners and no booze for the
Oahu campaigners. But they will
never get on without the buncombe,
there or elsewhere.-Hawaii Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20

It is an axiom of nature that
things are never so bad that they
could not be worse, and it follows
that things are never so good that
they could not be made better.
With the eviction of humanity
from Paradise, God gave the right
to return. If a man falls, by this
very token he is assured of the
right to climb up. This is divine
justice and divine law. 1t is the
Magma Charta of the human race,
and the right for man to retrieve
his condition is as inalienable as
his existence. Around this law
and interviewer with it are two
very important ones which, when
understood, throw much-needed
light on the problems and per-
plexities of existence. The first
law referred to, is the absolute and
eternal one that underlies all
Order, Harmony, and Retribution
-retribntion of good for good as
we'll as evil for evil-in the Uni
verse. This law of Cause and
Effect is with us when we rise in
the morning and when we lie down
at night. It waits upon our every
thought and action. It inspires
and guides effort; it procures and
moulds results. We cannot escape
1T. Turn where we will it con-
fronts. We may recognize and
verify its action for ourselves in
countless instances, but it must be
born in mind that its operation
does not cease because we cease to
perceive it, since every action,
whether conscious or unconscious.
is bound within the chain of cause
and effect.
It has been said that the first
step toward a successful life>is to
recognize the fact that natural law
governs everywhere, and precisely
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20
A Sea doctor"

When I was a sailor in the mer-
chant marine years ago it was the
custom for one of the crew to act
as doctor and barber. The ills
which most sailors are afflicted
with are toothache, felons, and
saltwater boils. Felons are the
worst, for they come during bad
weather and are caused by bruis-
ing the fingers on the hard, wet
sails.
The cure for a felon is simple;
we boiled them. We put a pint
cup of water on the stove, and as
soon as it began to boil, the injured
finger was held therein until the
skin pealed off. This method
would bring the felon to head
and killed the pain. Saltwater
boils we would burn with hot
iron-that kills them.
We had novel way of curing
toothache at sea. Whenever a
tooth began to ache, the sailors
yelled for me. ] would get a ham,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20


when to stop it, and more pains
have to be taken. The pulp is
blown out, as above, and is found
to be much whittier, with finer and
better 6bers than can be obtained
by soda cooking. The further
steps of washing, screening and
bleaching need no further explana-
ton.
Sulphite pulp is usually the best
for fine paper making. It is pos
sessed of a very pure color, so that
it is used not only for book work,
but also with admixtures of rag
pulp) for high grade writing pa
pers and envelopes.
The paper maker now takes
charge to convert the finished pulp
into papers of various grades.
Without tracing in detail the vari-
GUS stages of the work, it will suf-
fee to say that the pulp is beaten
very fine, in water, with appro-
pirate and ingenious machinery,
that resin, soap, alum, starch and
coloring matter are added at this
step and that finally the soupy
liquid resulting is delivered in a
broad, thin stream upon the end
less wire-cloth belt of the paper
machine. By gravity and suction
the water is distracted from the
pulp, leaving the intermeshed fbers
to pass on under and over great
varity of rolls, where heat>and pres
sure compact it into paper. Vari-
GUS surfaces are obtained by cal
endering machines, by "plate-
glazing between polished metal
plates under heavy pressure, and
in other ways. The winding, cut
ting, packing and shipping call for
no special comment, save that they
all are processes of very great
mechanical perfection and skill.
The rapidity with which the wide,
finished paper energies from the
machines-as fast, sometimes, as a
man might care to run-the dex-
terity of the operatives in taking
off filed rolls and starting the
paper on new cores, the vast length
of the sheets, some rolls going to
market with three or four miles of
paper on them-these, indeed i'm
press you, tho your guide informs
you that after all there is nothing
very remarkable about them.-Van
Norden's Magazine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20

as much in the realm Of morals as
in the world of physics. As we
pass thru life we have various ex-
periences with all the other human
beings we meet, contract certain
obligations and responsibilities,
do or fail to do certain acts, and
thus set up q train OF causes
that must somewhere at some
time work out into definite results.
We must not overlook the fact that
no particle of energy can possibly
be lost. Ifyou toss q stone in the air
the act is not complete when the
stone leaves your hand. A result
must follow. The stone must re-
turn to the earth. When you wind
clock the energy you put forth
must likewise have it's result, but
not 80 Immediately. It drives the
mechanism of the clock for a
definite period. The result is
somewhat delayed, but it must be
an exact and complete working
out of the cause you set up. Now,
this law of action and reaction ap-
plies to every putting forth of a
human being, to every act and to
every thought, for thought is an
expression of energy.
No human being can escape the
consequences of his slightest
thought or act. We must reap
precisely what we SOW. No evasion
is possible. Death does not settle
the score any more than moving
to new town will settle debts in
the old one. This law, which so
exactly re-establishes the equilib-
rum of the universe whenever it
is disturbed in any degree is called
Karma-cause and effect. 1t is
natures law of justice.
Gas man thinketh so is he;"
every act is a child of life, and
motive is it's soul. Our thoughts
are creations, which take form and
live when they fall into effects as
deeds. If a man could escape
away from himself, he could escape
from the inevitable effects of his
own evil thoughts and deeds; the
cause does not die in giving birth
to effects. know that many of
you who read this, are bordering
over very hard life-problems, but
do not despair. Every human be-
ing, bond or free, is confronted
with the lessons of life. This
earth is a great schoolroom, and
we are the students IN different
grades of soul embodiment. Each
day we SOW a thought and reap
an act; we SOW an act and we reap
a habit; we sow a habit and we
reap-destiny. Such is the cause
and effect in character building.
I may be trespassing on space in
these columns, SO at another time
I hope to continue along this line
of thought.
upon the wreckage of thy yesterday
Designed the structure of tomorrow. Lay
Strong cornerstones of purpose and prepare
Great blocks of wisdom, cut from past despair.
Shape mighty pillars of resolve, to set
Deep in the tear-wet mortar of regret.
Work on with patience; tho thy toll be slow,
Yet day by day the edifce shall grow.
Believe in God,-in thine own self believe;
All that thou hast desired, thou shalt achieve"
A. 81. T.
San Francisco, Calf.
A Sea doctor"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20
HE term "wood pulp" to the
average person, conveys but
a vague meaning. How


a vague meaning. How
many of US realize that the
copy of our favorite book, maya
zine, newspaper first came materi-
ally into being on some forest hill
slider How many know of the
tremendous forces harnessed dur
ing the transformation OF the living
tree trunk into the printed pager
How many stop to consider what
it means for our splendid forests
to furnish this comfortable world
of civilization with nearly 24,OOO,-
600 pounds of paper every day?
Once the pulp wood-whether
in log form or already cut up-has
safely landed in the storage pond
the first stage of paper making has
been passed. From the pond the
stock is drawn up on lifts, heaped
into vast piles and seasoned for a
while.
In 1926 some pepermakers at
Turin, Italy, conceived the idea OF
using the thin bark of willow,
poplar and other woodsl as raw
material, and in 1888 English
patents were granted for making
paper from wood reduced to state
of paste. Poplar was considered
best for the purpose. In 1850 i'm
provements were patented, but
still the inner bark was held to as
the only practicable substance. In
1862 pulp paper was exhibited as
something of novelty in London,
the wood. having been rubbed
down against the face OF a ro"gh
wheel and subsequently mixed
with rags. Five years later, at
Paris, a woodlgrinding machine
made by German, Herman Voel-
ter, was put on exhibition.
In 1867, at Stockbridge, Mass.
mechanically ground pulp was first
introduced in America upon
specially imported machine. The
primitive nature of the first do
nestle industry is shown by the
fact that the Stockbridge works
produced only about half ton per
day. In 1886 the processes had
so far been perfected that, at Otis
Falls in Maine $4,000 to 10000
tons of pulp were turned out in "a
hours, and that all over New Eng
land plants were springing up.
Paper began to be manufactured
under the same roof with the pulp
itself, aud today we have mills
which turn out every day 300 tons
of finished paper.
In case the wood is simply to
be ground, and much Of it is, to
form a supplementary fiber for the
finer chemical product, it requires
no special preparation, but is put
directly into the great grinders.
But for the chemical processes
the wood all has to be chopped
fine. First the logs are sawed into
two-foot lengths, then the bark is
removed by an ingenious arrange
ment of revolving knives, and
finally the chipping machines re-
duce the wood into small pieces
about three-quarters of an inch
square by one-eighth thick.
The chips are caught and
screened to free them from knots
and sawdust, for the quality of
paper depends largely on the re-
moval of impurities at this stage.
Once clean, the chips are ready for
chemical treatment, either by the
'.soda" or the ''sulphite" process,
according to the kind of wood, or
certain other considerations.
The "soda" method, used with
poplar and the like, is simpler
than the other and is based on the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20

=
an expert at this. Before | sailed
in the merchant service, | shipped
on missionary schooner sailing
in the South Seas. We had
cargo of candy on board with
which to convert the cannibals,
and us sailors all got toothache.
+ SILVER my timbers but our
molars did ache! They throbbed
SO hard that they shook the ship.
We had nothing to pull them
with. Someone suggested that
teeth could be knocked out with q
hammer and nail. They had seen
horses treated in this way. We
tried it and it worked fine. After
that we were not bothered with
toothache, altho we had less teeth.
When we arrived at the can
nibal island, Ku Ku Ku, (you need
not look for it on the map don't
think it is surveyed yeti we came
to place where the cannibals had
had feast. I gathered few jaw
bones with good teeth in them, and
with hammer and nail I practiced
knocking out teeth until [ could
do it with neatness and dispatch.
[ next started on the teeth Of the
men, and l bet old Davy Jones
himself turned green with envy as
[ knocked teeth out.
Whenever l went to sea [ always
took with me a razor, comb, shears,
tack hammer and a half dozen
horseshoe nails. This kind of
nail is the best TO extract teeth
with. By the way, this puts me
in mind of a little incident that
happened in this quiet village of
ours some years ago. l went to
the doctor to have tooth pulled,
but he. informed me that it was
not necessary to pull it.
"But, doctor, the tooth aches"
said L. "And when it aches, it
ought to be pulled"
"Not necessarily So" said the
doctor, and he smiled rather
blandly.
swell, | will have to pull it
sailor fashion, then"
"How il that?" asked the doc.
"Why, with hammer and nail"
said 1. .
sit can't be done," said the
doctor.
II can prove it," said I, and l
began to do SO. l asked Paddy
the Turk to bring me a hammer
and nail. you all know Paddy
the Turk. He is the chap who
ties up your finger in the hospital
when you get cold in your head.)
The tooth was in. the lower jaw.
I placed the point of the nail on
the tooth, gave it slight tap with
the hammer, and the tooth nearly
hit the ceiling.
The doctor said it was wonder
full, and Paddy the Turk smiled
broadly, for he had treated his
billy goat in this way.
There are lots of tricks used on
board ship that are not known to
Iandlubbers. If sailor pricks his
finger with sail needle, be pounds
it until it is numb and quits bleed
ing. If he cuts himself, he puts a
chew of tobacco on the cut and it
heals. I once was splicing wire.
I had one of the ships boys to
help me. The tool we splice wire
with has fat, sharp point, and
the boy stuck the point into the
first finger on his left hand. I put
chew of good tobacco on it and
tied it up. He was not in my
watch. About week afterwards
he came to meand said: "Sinbad,
my finger hurts me some.
"Great harpoons! haven't you
taken that rag off yetY'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20
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obviate leakage, is usually of welded
steel and enormously strong
practically great boiler, often as
large as nine feet in diameter by
40 long.
At the same time that the di-
gesters are filed with chips, a
strong solution of the oaustic soda
is run in-something like 1900 feet
of it to each tank-and presently
massive iron lid is bolted home.
Then steam is turned on from the
bottom of the tank, rising thru the
enclosed mass and blowing off at
the top to insure circulation. The
pressure amounts sometimes to
125 pounds per square inch. When
the "cook" decides that the plo-
cess is ended, he opens valve and
the contents are forcibly driven
out into "blowpit." This opera
ton is excessively energetic, and
breaks up the softened wood into
a spongy mass, very black colored
and mixed with the blackened
caustic.
The liquor is now drained off
and the pulp is ready for washing,
screening and bleaching process
ses which explain themselves. The
screening, however, is worth a
word because of it's remarkable
fnesse; the liquid is passed over
slotted brass or bronze plates so
very minute that they hardly ex-
coed nine one-thousandths of an
inch in width. After passing thru
the screen the fihers are separated
from the water by means of wire
cloth and the pulp is run into
tanks to be bleached by hypo-
cholorite Of lime under steam heat.
Six hours suffice to bleach the pulp,
which is then ready for the paper
machines.
Just as an example of modern
economy, your guide informs you
that the caustic is not wasted, but
is evaporated to a concentrate and
then burned in a special furnace.
The result of this burning is a
black ash containing the soda used
In the cooking process; and this ash
has only to be extracted with hot
water and boiled with lime in order
to restore it to it's previous con-
dition of caustic soda. Only Is
per cent. of the soda is lost in this
Cycle.
The "sulphite" process is.con-
siderably more complicated, re-
quires more care and skill, subjects
the apparatus to more damage than
the "soda" method. 1t is only OF
late years that the sulphite process
has been perfected. A mixture of
bisuphite of lime and bisulphite
of magnesia is usually employed,
altho the lime alone is often used.
So corrosive is this mixture that
for many years the manufacturers
were unable to hit upon sub
stance which would protect the
digesters from erosion during the
violent cooking process. Every
conceivable lining and alloy was
tried in vain, until at last some
genius devised an acid. proof brick.
With this substance the entire in
side of the dlgesters is now coated,
being thoroughly imbedded in
cement, so that complete protec-
ton is afforded to the outer iron
shell.
The acid liquor is fearfully pun
gent to say the least, as you at
once recognize on getting Whit
of it. Great care has to be exer-
cised during its use. for any leak
age on an extensive scale would
not only cause great loss, but
wonld ininre and nossihlu kill the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-08-20

"Up0n the wreckage of thy yesterday
Designed the structure of tomorrow. Lay
Strong cornerstones of purpose and prepare
Great blocks of wisdom, cut from past despair
Shape mighty pillars of resolve, to set
Deep in the tear-wet mortar of regret.
Work ON with patience; tho thy toll be slow,
Yet day by day the edifice shall grow.
Believe in God,-in thine own self believe; $40
ALI that thou hast desired, thou shalt achieve"
A. 81. T.
San Francisco, Calf.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-04-09
BASE BALL PROSPECTS ROSY
Many Valuable Players Are Now in the
City for the Summer.

To be talking base ball when over
coats are still worn is perhaps hurrying
the season, but the true fan never let
go Of his grip on tie SUBJECT at any
season. 1t is matter also for every busi-
man to take up to, see that this city has
the support necessary to keep and
maintain winning team. AT present
the outlook is bright because of the
presence in town of a large number Of
the boys who helped TO place the team
i'll the lead last year. Guy Holohan
Bliss brothers, Kinney and Chaplin ard
the large number of local players who
are not any of them bit slow. should
give us team that could clean up the
fastest competitor ia this section Of the
state
Grounds have been laid out near the
TRACK of the Short Line and
these will be made into the fastest soc
diamond and out field ia the state. But
all of this takes money and encourage
ment from the business, men and wild bt
possible only as the boys feel assured
that-win or lose The city is backing
them.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-04-09
MORE CAPITALISTS
visit TRACT
Kuhn Brothers Of PittsbMg
Send Out Large Party.
Special Train Reaches City Monday. =
Banquet al Perrine the Same Even
ing. Visit North Side.

A group of twenty-five eastern capt.
alists representing large section of
the east and many different branches
OF business arrived in Twin Falls on
Monday in charge of L. l., McClelland
Of Pittsburg. The members locally in
terested in the North Side land met the
party at Miner and showed the visitors
he great dam and the completed sec
tion of the North Side canal, which is
now supplying the ranchers with water.
The train arrived in Twin Falls just
behind the regular passenger and made
the trip to Bull. On it's return to Twin
Falls the members of the party were
taken TO the Perrine and treated to one
OF the Perfine's famous tanquets in the
evening. Tuesday morning the visi-
tors were taken over the usual route to
the Falls and Blue Lakes and then on
ward to the North Side lard
Wednesday the party will go to Boise
to see that little city and to meet the
members of the state land board and
other officials before taking the home
ward trip.
The party is composed of A. @ C.Robin-
lnson, b, H Calbertson F. L. Stout,
4 j. G. North l.. l.. McCieland, all
| Pittsbnrg: Herbert Payson of H. NJ.
Payson and company, Of Portland, Me.
Ell. NJ Stevens of the Bumpus Stevens
company of Detroit; j. j. Bryant, of
the Farwell Trast company of Chicago;
b. f. Quantrill of the Chicago Savings
Bank and Trust coas pany; w. A. Hows
of the Hibernian Banking association
of Chicago; L. A. Walton, of the Equit-
able Trust company of Chicago: II, L.
Stuart of the N. w. Halsey company OF
Chicago; O. K Hutchinson of the Ohio
Sayings Bank and Trust company OF
Toledo; David K. Green, of the Milwau-
kee Trust company: j. e. Hetherington
and G. W. Sills of the Halsey company
in Chicago; Theodore Luce of Detroit
f. Pierce and M. Custard of the Halse,
company in Philadelphia, and F. Sim
mons, II. D. Robbins and A. G. Hoyt oi
the Halsey company of New York.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-04-09
LADDER FOR SHOSHONE FALLS
Knights Of pythias Succeed in Inter-
esting the Business Men.

Gus johnson who has been soliciting
funds to put the ladder and grade down
to the river below the Shoshone falls
has met with hearty support from near
ly every business man and the sum
raised will be easily increased if needed.
About five hundred dollars has been
subscribed and many made the promise e
to donate more if should be needed to
complete the planned improvement is.
While the movement was started in or
der TO give the visiting state grand
lodge members of the above order an
opportunity to see the falls from the
best view point. yet the improvement
will be gladly hailed by all who have q
desire to visit the famous scenery.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-04-09
pR0VEMENTS
FOR TIL CITY
I lily Fathers Make a Number Of
Public improvements.
Streets to be Raised TO Uniform Grade,
and Rounded off for Better Drain
age. Sidewalks ordered.

Ia its regular session last Monday
evening the council seemed embued
with the spirit of Improvement and
spent the whole of the evening practi-
cally in planning to better the appear
ance of the city. MAJOR Voigt who re.
turned the previous day met with the
dads at this session,
The Application of Mr. Anderson for
saloon license to carry on the business
run by George Bassett was granted.
The contract for sidewalks declared
delinquent by the city was let to S. w,
Motley at "a cents per foot, work to
begin at once.
The city engineer, Chas. Null was
ordered to make contour map Of the
city and establish grades for every por-
tion of the city, AID all construction
work will be required to be guided by
such grades.
City Clerk Taylor was ordered to ad
vertise for bids for sprinkling The
streets. Notice of which will be fount
elsewhere in thi, paper.
An ordinance was then introduced
introduced by the council to reduce The
road poll tax from four dollars to thre,
dollars in order that kick against sait
tax may be lessened aud more money
received.
After general discussion 1t was order
ed that sidewalks be built in all parts o
the city and to make the order yer,
general. Side walks to the new sehoo
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-04-09
HOBOES STEAL
A MAIL POUCH
West Mail Pouch From MinidO-
Ia Branch Taken Last Week.
Short Line Officials Succeed in Trac-
ing Stolen Property to Sage Brush
and Later Nail the Robbers.

A smooth piece of sneak thievery was
dol1a last Wednesday night when two
buns succeeded in getting away with
one of the mail pouches on the cart at
the station. The cart had been wheeled
to the platform near the water tank and
operator was waiting for the west bound
mail which was then in sight, He dis
covered that the sack holding the reg
istsred mail had been left at the office
and hurried to get it. During the
short time he was absent the mail sack
was taken without anyone seeing the
robbers. The loss was not discovered
until the next trip, whenthe sack which
contained mall from this city and other
towns along the Minidoka line was re-
ported missing.
| Herbert Prothero the mail clerk for
this branch was able to trace 1t until it
was out of his care and in the custody
Of the agent at the terminal. On
search OF the surroundings country about
the depot the sack, cut open. was found
with many letters rifled and scattered
about the sagebrush. Two young men
who had been seen hanging about the
depot and their description telegraphed
TO the towns on the main line. They
were arrested at Nampa and confessed
to the crime One of the robbers was
but nineteen and the other twentv-one,
and neither seemed to realize the seri
BUSINESS Of their crime. The trial viii
come under the jurisdiction of the fed
eral courts.