Jut tho itnpetus given to the public mind to , produce a substitute for rag-made paper

urea AND Psraa itsitiitc.

In 1854, when printing paper inci-easedd in rice two and a. half cenlI_P°" P°:i".' owing to the diﬁiculty of ol_Il8||l|“I-.l ‘,9 ‘fl’ ent supply of cotton and linen rings. or_its manufacture, it so affected the p llcalloﬂ of newspapers in our country and Etir0P" that ii iiumbcr 9f “|'"_'' “'_"'° l‘_’"9°d- fgflig period, to curtail their dimensions, excited the public mI,nt_l. and “PP”? 9 ‘.‘”’."° made to chemists and inventors to Iuslllulo experiments, and endeavor to discover it cheaper substitute; Wllll“ ‘he l”'°l‘“°“’" °r the London 1_'im€8. .Wl|" had '09‘ Woofgoti. by the rise in its price. 003-"'°d “ '°“”§,' bi’ $5,000 (0,. a new, cheap, and (tV£1lﬂ.0 ,n,,,,,,.,,,[_ In a very short period allerthis, scores of persons were reported its l"|V"‘3 discovered methods of making wnito paper from a great variety of materials, such as different grasses, plants, woods, &_c., and mega achievements were sounded _torth as notes of vict0_|‘,V—"l"l} “'9 8'9“ °l’.l"°‘ had been uccompllslled. Phese were great nits- ukesi the great object to be accoin-_ pushed as not the production 0_l paper Ul om" aterials than cotton or ‘linen rags, bu, cheaper aper,.ol' equal, if not supe- ri quality— rom any maternil..The price aper has fallen somewhat since 1854,

has not yet ceased to exert its inﬂuence, nor have mistakes ceased to be repeated.

-By the number of the London Engineer of the 4th July, ult., we ﬁnd the record of two new patents granted for manufacturing paper; one to Joseph Burling_, Eng., fol‘ making paper from the roots ol hop vines, and the other to VV. G. Plunket and John Bower, Ireland, for nianufitcturing it from the leaves, stalks, and roots of beets and burdoeks. These patents are not of the least value whatever, as paper cannot be manufactured as cheap lrom these materials as from pure cotton, even before it is made into rags. , These patentees have made the same mistake that scores of others have, who supposed they had accotnplished the grand object by merely substituting one material for another. There are many persons who know lioiv to manufacture paper from almost every tree and plant that grows, and the process of doing this is nei- ther complex nor secret. It sitnply embraces the well-known method of treating those plants or woods first with a caustic alk_nli to remove the resin in them-—as from pine wood shavings—-or the silica from tliem— as in straw,—and then pursuing the same processes that are commonly employed in making rag paper, viz., washing, bleaching, and reducing to pulp. And it cannot but be somewhat mortifying to many recent inventors of paper, from what they sup- posed were new materials, to be told that there is nothing new about them.

A neat pamphlet on “ Paper and Paper Making,” got up can Moore for presentation only, by Mr. Joel Munsel, Albany, N. Y., throws at vast amount of light nti this sub-, ject, and presents a very clear and coit- densed history ofpaper-inalting. We learn from it that in the sixth century the Chi- nese inade paper from rice straw; in [75], M. Gtiettard, of France, produced speci- mens of paper made of the bark, leaves, and stalks of various plants, shrubs and trees; in l750, during a scarcity of rags in Germany, attempts were made to-make printing paper from straw. 'I‘he_.ci_rcum- stances of that period were very similar to those among ourselves in I854. In 1765 Jacques C. Schoeffer, of Rattisbon, pub- lished a. book upon Paper Making, which was printed upon different kinds of paper made without the use‘ of rags, such as cot- ton of the poplar tree, hornets‘ nests, saw- dust, moss, beech, willow, aspen, mulberry, and pinewo , and use of hop vines, the very material for which Mr. Barling men- tioned above liss secured it patent; also from burdock, the very material of‘Messrii. Plutiket’s and Bowers’ patent; it also con- tained paper mado from broom corn, thistle stalks, cabbage, atid barley and wheat straw. ii I 6—at the time of our Decla- ration of Independence—s_ volume was printed in France upon white paper made from the bsrk of bass wood, and at the and orit, were twenty specimens of other a or

lopinion that very little that is new, if use- (rram the Scientific American.) l

. __ ,,_‘_u r.- .I’-.. From these facts we are in lined to ful, has been discovered in paper-making ,during the recent excitement on the su - 'ject. We know that some very good while paper has been made from straw, and thttt the Philadelphia Ledger iind Siiratago "mtg have been printed on paper mostly coin- posed of straw pulp, yet when we ﬁnd that Matthias Keeps made good printing paper ofstraw alone in I800, and that he was the first who made printing paper froin old. waste, written and printed papci-—a great inveiition——we think that straw paper must undergo some furtlicr iinproveincnts before it ivill supersede rug-inade piipor, ivlticli still holds its place in the printing art.

e have presented the foi-e;_roin;_v for the benefit of those who may still be directing their ‘attention towards itiiproveinents pa er making. Let them ever keep it before their minds, that the grand desidera- tum respecting such improvements is not

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: u-r Gisi.s‘Nuiso-.’ you " _, eise man and wish to be certain tfw . "W9! mlnv it girl named Anti: for we have Ill! authority of Lindley Murray and others, that ‘ inn is an indefinite tirticle."— n e.

If you would like to have s wife who is “one ofa thoui-and," you should marry an Emily or Emmi! : for any printer can tell you that “etns" are always counted by lhiiugandg.

_If_t'ou do iioi wish to have a bustling, fly about site, you should iioi marry one named Jenny ; for every euttoii spinner knows ihatjenuies are always. turning.

if you have a wife named Cordelia. you should never iliop any of your old acqutiiiitances; for he who has the deals never cuts.

The inosi lll(!t1s§‘lllI writer in the world is he who is always buuiid to Ad 3 line,

You may adore your wife, but you will he sui- passetl in love, when your wife is it Dora.

ll ess you would have the evil one for a flillltzl‘-, In-law, you should not lllétffy ll lady named Eliza- l)l.‘llt, for the devil is faibcrof Lize—(lies.)

ll‘ you wish to succeed in life as a porter, yon sliotild marry a Caroline, and treat her very kindly

0|‘ MI lune as you continue to do this, you will be good to (jniry.

merely the application of a new material, but mainly the production of good and cheap aper. W'e do not present such views or the purpose of checking or re- straining efforts to improve the art of paper making, btit to direct efforts for such im-

e conceive—and it is demonstrable- that no greater beneﬁt could be conferred

sent cost. Such a discovery would lead to ‘an ustoii-shin diffusion of cheap informa- tion; it woul lead to greater intellectual activity, and as a consequence, it further advancement in learning and knowledge. Will such it discovery yet be made? VVe

all those interested in paper making and paper using, and who wish well to their fellow-men.

There are 750 paper mills in the United States, producing aniiunlly 250,000,000 lbs.

amounts to $25,000,000. If reduced in cost to 5 cents per pound, the saving would be $l2,5000,000.—-To produce this quan-

rags, vaiued at $l6,‘.2000,000. Great quantities of those rugs are itiiported front abroad, and oftentimes infectiotis diseases with them Ait improvement in paper-making that would at once supersede the necessity of importing rags would be a great blessing to our country.

THE BRAIN IN Sriitirs.—I-Iyrti, the an- atomist, used to say, that he could distin- guisb, in the darkest room, by one stroke of the scalpel, the brain of the inebriute from that of the person who had lived so- berly. New and then he would congratu- late his class upon the possession of it drunkard's brain, admirably ﬁtted from its hardness and more complete preservation for the purposes of demonstration. VVhen the anatomist wishes to preserve a human brain for nii_v length of time, he effects his object by keeping that object in it vessel of alcohot. From a sell pulpy substance it then becomes comparatively hard. But the inebriate, anticipating the anatomist, begins the indiirating process before death.

BOILING A 'I‘t‘..t-Kit1"ri.:.—-Mrs. Juries hired the other day a Miss MeDermott just from Cork. Miss MeDermott was ordered to “boil the tea-kettle." “The what?” “ The tea-kettle.” “ An’ do you mane that?” “Certainly; if I do not, I would not have ordered you to do it; and be quick about it.” " Yes, marm.” Miss MeDer- mott obeyed orders. In about half-an-liour afterwards Mrs Jones resumed the conver- sation. " Where’stbe tea-kettle, Bridget?" " In the dinner-pot, marm." “ In the din- ner-pot!” ” You told me to boil it, marm, and I’ve had a scald on it for nearly an hour." Mrs. Jones could bear no more.

A Rose Wt-riioer siv Excsi-rion.-— There never yet lived that young lady who did not like to be told she was pretty.

Rrrusn AMsiouoos.—An Indians paper announcing the death of a gentleman out West, says that “ the deceased, though a bank director, is generally believed to have -died s,Clirisu'an, and was much respected

made from as many different vegelsl) es.

_vvhilo living."

provcments to the right point of action.l

tity of paper,it requires 405,000,000 lbs. of

Many men of high moral principle, and who lwuuld not gamble for the world, still have iioi lrefused to take a Bet.

l r\ PRETTY LONG NosE.—Tlie following inci- ,tlellI we had from a friend who know the partv.l

eacon Coinsieek, of Hartford. Connecticut, is

nose ; in fact, it is remarkable for its great length.

'- repsiion‘ ‘at Plymouth, Eng n

in» ‘I '. " ". many of you are dissppoinisd, beesuso-I bsvs ' brought my Indian dress with me. Perba had it on, you would he sfrziid of me. [i

)0 you

wish to know how l dressed when l was a pu-_-an I

ndian I I will tell you. My lace was cowred with red paint Istuck feathers in iu_v hair. I wore a ltlaiiket and leggings. I llltlrsllftil orna- ments on my breast. a rifle on my shoulder, a tomahawk and se'ilpini_r—knil.i in my belt. That was my dress then. Noiv, do you wish to know whyl \\'t.'2||’ it no longer! You will lind the cause in ‘.3 Cor. 5: l7, -'l'lierel'ors if any inttn be in Christ, ho is it new creature: old things are

assed tiwziv ; helioltl, all tliings are beconie new.’ Vhenl lIt’C:tlI)0 a Ullrl:-llitl, f--ittlii-rs and p.-.i:ii 'passed tinny.‘ lgure iiiy silver (lFll‘.||l|t'lIls III tliu itiis~ioii cause. b'calpiiit,;-hiiite, ‘doiw at\'.i_v.' That my toniuliank now," said he, holding tip, at the saints, a t.'tip_‘,’ of the ion Ct)|nl||Jl|d[||0[|I3, in the ()phwa language. "lilaiiltvt done away." Bﬂitolll he exclaiiiied, in a manner in which sim- plicity and dignity of character were combined, “behold, all things are bet-ouie new .

n Sweden, the floors of the stables are plank- ed, and ilie plauksure |,6t‘litr'.|lt'tl with holes, so that wet tiill not lodge on ilioin-—-tlio hare hoards being the only bedding allot-.»~il To this lodging the Swedes attribute the souiitlnt-ss oftlicir horses feet, as it is quite uncommon to meet with a lame or loundered horse in Sweden which has

, well knou it as beiniz provided with on Entlﬂllollll ‘"39" 5“ '’"‘“l9d- ‘ i handle to his countenance, in the shape of a hugel

INHi:I'tl'l‘ANCli‘. ol-‘ 'l‘ni.i:sr.—A contemporary

upon intelligent nations than some disco-Lon a late occasion, when taking up acollectiun says iliaigreai inenusually-inherit their talents Very whe.-,.,by good priming paper could be . in the cliurrh to which the deacon belongs, as he from lltvlf lnolllelh llllét 1! the |t0PUl|||' belief» ,,,.0d,,ced in abundance n, one half its P,-e.,passed through the congregation every person to but none the less erroiiuoiis. The mistaltc has

iwhotn he presented the bag seemed to he possessed arisen from attending only to those cases in which

lby a sudden and uncronlollable desire to laugh. l'l.‘ne deacon did not know wliiit to make of it. Iis Thstl often passed round before, but no such effects ,as these had he ever before witnessed. The data-

con was fairly puzzled. The secret, however, ;leaked out. ‘

the mother had a superior mind, to the equal neglect of the equally numerous examples where the father possessed i-cinsrknble abilities. Every body quotes the fact, that N.ip.»leon derived his genius from his mother. Nobody mentions that

9 had been gﬂlicted fur ; day oil Burns owed his vast abilitits to his father. A think i,_ win. and i, is “,,,,.,h laboring for by-;two with it sore on his nasal Ipl‘t‘l|ll-‘I18, and had traveller would commit zi similar blunder who I .

placed a9ma|| pip;-,3 of gﬁcking ,,|;,5ie1- over it, should describe all Auiiericuris as liglit-liaired, l|)u.»jng the m,,,—.,in,_y at‘ me My in quamon [hat or say that every Plllltltlelplllilll was a Qitalter.

plaster had dropped off, the deacon, seeing it, as ilie supposed, on the tliior, picked it up and stuck ,It on again. ,make great mistakes. he picked up instead one of

of Pape,-_ which at [0 cemg par poundillluﬁe pieces of paper \\'lll('ll the itiaiitifanttirers of

spool cotton paste on the end of every spool, and which read :—"\Vsrranted 200 yards long ” Such ii ﬂlun on such is nose was enough to upset the gravity ofsveu at puritan congregation.

ANECDOTIZ or lioiuzii-i' B|,'l:NS.—BIlI‘lls was stziiitliiig one may upon the quay at Git-eiioclt, when a Wt“tlllly in-erclizint. belonging to the town, had the inislortune to fall into the harbor. He was no swiininer ; and his death would have been inevitable, had not a ssilor—w|io lispponed to be passing at the tiini:—iinineilistely plunged in, and at the risk of his own life, rescued him from his dangerous situation. The Grt-enock merchant, upon recovering a little from his friglit, put his hand into his pocket. and aenerouslv presented the sailor with s shilling. The crowd, who were by this titiie collected, loudly protested against the ouiitempiible insigniﬁcsnee of the sum ; hut Burns with a smile of inelfsblu scorn, entrusted them to restrain their clamor, "I"or,” said he, “the gentle- man is of course the best judge of the value of his own life."

Hssrr Buiii.u.s.-—lt was formerly the custom, both in England and Fraiicc,as it is at the present time in the United States, to inter those who die by Cll0l.°f1 at il.e etllllesl convcnier.t moment alter dissolt-ti:-ii; but unriml by tho lllillly fatal conse-

uences ofiliis prtlttrtctlillg, the custom of hssty interment: has ceased in those countries for many years. No one can now be buried there until it. green tinge makes its appearance upon the abdomical muscles—the unmistakable sign of ineipietit deconiposiiioii, always first seen through that thin layer of muscles. A body might he four or six weeks, or more, hitt ifthis color failed to appesi, iliehotly would be retained until this unequivocal sign became apparent, or the patient recovered.

Tin Cuts: or You TIIDUGITI-—'sin begins in the heart. If you no lisep your thoughts pure your life will be blameless. The indul ence of sinful thoughts and tlesiresproduces sinfu sctions. hen ltist hath conceived, it bringstb forth sin. ‘The pleasurable"contemplation of s sinful deed is usually followed by its commission. Never sllow yonrsslf to pause sad consider the plenum or profit. you might derive from this or at sin. Close your mind against the suggestions stories, as you would lock and bolt our doors sgsinst s robber. f Eve hsd not slo srleying with the devil, and admiring the besuii nl fruit, the earth might yet have been a paradise. No one becomes s tliiel, s fornicsior, or s murderer, in ones. The mind must be corrupted, The wicked suggestion must be indulged snd revolved in the thoughts, until it loses its hideous deformity, and the Inti- cipated gain of pleasure comes to outweigh the evils of the trans I'e!3ion.

Master Gibbs is a phenomenon. He is only two years old, and yet draws pictures of all pos- sible kinds. He does it with a stream of molasses on his mother’: table-cloth. ' *

lint alas for men who sometimes’

The rule, for rule there is, lies deeper.

Great abilities, in a word, arise from such is fortunate union oftlie mental characteristics of the parents as renders the progeny a genius, though ncitlier father nor inoilier, perhaps. were such. The catalogue of eminent men, ifcare- fully made up and honestly scrutinized with a view to elucidating the truth, would establish this, we have no doubt, bc_iond centroversy‘— For it is already known, that the child takes its mental nature in about equal portions from its parents, and this fact at once leads to our con- clusion, as well as explains why brilliant parents often have dunces among their offspring.

Let us illustrate this. A man has the purely intellectual characteristics in great force. but is wantiiig in will! he is consequently, a dreamy philosopher, or a visionary speculator. He mar- ries s woman who, with but ordinary intellect, has immense energy. One child ofthis pair may combine the weakness of both parents; and will be, in that event, an iriecliiimable fool. But sno- iher may inherit the mother's will, with the l'sther’s intellect: and this child, unless ruined by a bad education, is certain to become distinguished.

Or tilts another example. woman of no remsrkslle iibilites, but with s ﬁne moral nature, is married to is man wiiboiit principle, but pos- sessing shining abilities. One child of this pair may have the good qualities of both parents, and become a Bunyan, Nestor, or cren a Washington, But another may inherit the deﬁciencies ofbotb, and grow tip, unless cinefully guarded, to become but a brilliant villian. Ortake a third instance. One parent may lisve innch imagination, but little else 2 and the other nothing reiiiark:-ihle, but great perceptive faculties. The union of these two cliaracteristics in it child will produce a post. The transmission of either in excess, unless balan- ced by a strong reasoning powers may make only a human monkey or romantic tool.

This law eaipliims also why so few eminent men belong to one family. These have rarely been two distinguished poets, painters, general! or even staiesnien, who were father and son, or even brotlit.-rs. The elder and youn er Pitt, though both Prime Ministers, and botii famous speskeis, were strikingly dissimilar in their men ist constitution, so that this example which seem at first to oppose our theory, rsslly-sustains it. In , who we consider that the mind many. and so distinguished ingredients, idoslit cssuslity, benevolence, reverence destruciiver. con tructiveness, and that they no combined in rail ions of vsrlties in as many million person the wondsrlsnot th'stiwo' individuals even v the same fsmllv resemble each other so muelt. Given the seeds and odd of separate bumps into

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There is too much‘fals‘ity taught for truth this sad similsr subjects, not only in iiewspg . but is elaborate books. The reason is tboo ' persons thislt soundly, or dare to deny the conceived or popular ideas. V , how. .

Wm have ever insn ieﬂect for himself; {tpi-on things,‘ he it fast to the go'od."‘—Ba1a‘mo;-¢ ~.

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