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CHEWING GUM.
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An Industry That Gives Employment to
Thousands of reople America
la a Nation of Jaw-M'orkers.
yDo you chew pum?
In morn t,.Tiniol a
tui u pu in
dulge in that continuous, vertical,
masticatory movomcjit which is s per-
iecny aisg-ustnifr tn the street car but
pardonably popular in the privacy of
home?
Nowadays, says the Chicago Tribune,
everything is distinctively fin de siecle
or tries to be. And to be strictly fin
de siecle means to have "a purpose."
All the new and popular books, for in
stance, are "purpose" pieces of fiction.
And so the persistent gum chewer
much as he dislikes to see others com
placently smack their lips over the bit
of gum und sugar, hides behind the
laudable purpose, so called a Knhw.
fuge, in other words of improving an
imperiect digestive apparatus, of
whitening the teeth or of sweetening
the breath.
Said Pope: "Old politicians chew on
wisdom past." THs truism is sugges
tive. 13ut the modern chewer, what
ever may be his excuse for the indul
gence, is addicted to something more
tangible and that something is a pe
culiar conglomeration of stuffs.
If your favorite brand is white gum
your solace is in chewing parafiine
which is a mixture of various carbo
hydrides that has been dissolved at a
gentle heat in olive oil and plvcpHno
It is stirred on cooling and afterwards
compressed.
If tolu occupies first place in your af
fections you indulge in a mixture of
balsam of tolu which is made by dis
solving orange shellac and gum ben
zoin in rectified snirit. with thn se
dition of a few drops of the oils of cas
sia and nutmeg dissolved in a little es
sence of vanilla oatmeal and sugar.
There is also spruce irum. mndi- frnm
exudations of the spruce tree. This
gum from the manufactory of nature is
regarded as hoth pure and beneficial.
V hether the chewer of cum mts a
liberal allowance of the proverbial
peck of dirt which every individual is
supposed to eat in his ti Hotted three
score and ten in the sugared, flavored,
daintily-wrapped squares of gum is a
controverts do theme.
Ihere i:s in fact, such a mysterious
air of secrecy about the manufacture
of these iirnoccnt-lookinT masticatory
sticks that the would-be visitor, who is
not given entree into the sacred nro-
cincts for love or money, is ouito ant,
to think rnj-vbo ""elosiuKncss is ,
godliness" is not the motto of th
chewing gum manufacturer.
At any rate, there are innumfirahlB
stories afloat as to the ingredients of
this decidedly popular American Drod-
uct.
A chewing gum factory that claims
the distinction of being the third larg
est in the world may be found within
the gates of Chicago. Though one is
not permitted even to glance into the
great room where the clang of machin
ery indicates the sacred spot, and
though one cannot converse with the
tiege lord who, locked in his private
olHce, concocts mixtures to tickle the
palate of the professional gum-ehewer,
there are many interesting things to
be heard and many interesting things
to be seen in the packing department.
One of the managers laiitrhed aloud
at the bare suggestion of admittance
being refused on the ground that the
ingredients are injurious.
"Some people actually think," he
said, "that chewing-gum is made from
old rubber boots and refuse matter.
The fact is that only pure materials
are used, the principal ingredient be
ing an exudation from a species of rub
ber tree native in Mexico."
"What is the appearance of this sub
stance."
"It is a thick brown sap of the con
sistency and color of maple sirup. We
get it in the original state, with parti
cles of bark and dirt. This goes
through a long process of clonnmo-
Then of course the process of making
is a profound secret. There is a man
in our employ, by the way, who for
twenty-one years has done nothing else
but experiment on new brands of chew
ing gum. No, even a manager could
not take his wife through the factory,
so rigid are the rules, iiaeh employe
knows only his particular part of the
work, so the secret of making, as a
whole, is preserved."
Are the materials expensive?"
"Yes. for the original gum costs 81. 10
a pound in ton lots, and the essential
oils use.! -.ost 31 a pint. These are the
principal irrredionts."
"How long a time is required to con
vert one lot of new material into chew
ing gum?"
"Almost a week."
An interes'
tees of chewing gum the ubiquitous
cash girl and the omnipresent newsboy
to the seventh heaven of ecstasy.
It is likewise a reminder that Amer
ica is distinctively a chewinp-fnim
country. And to think that manufac
tories employing hundreds, even thou
sands, of hands should be in daily op
eration all over the country to eater to
one's penchant for something to chew
is an almost inconceivable fact.
GAMBLING IN EUROPE.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
The Net Fronts Estimated to Exceed ,
000,000 Francs a Year.
Most persons associate all mpnt.mn
of gambling in Europe with Monte
Carlo. Since a great gambling syndi
cate has been trying to get a hold in
the little neutralized Duchy of Lux
embourg, however, an interesting list
of continental casinos and thpir
nings has been published by the Ger
man newspapers. This list, says the
New York Sun.is intended to show that
the continent has already too many
gambling hells and that the grand
duke of Luxembourg should persist in
declining the syndicate's offer to pay
most of the government's expenses in
exchange for the privilege of operating
n.cu rumene wneets in the shadow of
his throne.
Here is the list: Dunkirk casino,
winnings in 1893, 300,000 francs; Bou
logne casino, 800,000 francs; Trouville
casino, 4.10,000 francs; Trouville, Hotel
-.cu, i,mu iranes; uieppe casino,
200,000 francs; Coburg casino, 380,000
francs; Fecamp casino, 100,000 francs;
Havre casino, 200,000 francs; Havre,
notel Frascati, 150,000 francs; Treport
vii,j- casmo, ou.ooo irancs; lierck casino,
150,000 francs; Olonne casino, 100,000
francs; Eozan casino, 100.000 francs-
several Arcachon houses, 100,000 francs;
Biarritz casino, 1,000,000 francs; Castle
Biarritz, 150,000 francs; Muchon casino,
400,000 francs; Palavaz casino, 200,000
francs; Aix les Bains casino, 130,000
francs; Vichy casino, 50,000 francs;
Vichy International hotel, 600,000
francs; Vichy Eden, 350,000 francs:
Vichy alcazar, 50,000 francs; Vichy res
taurant, 80,000 francs; Rogat casino
600,000 francs.
Outside of Monaco the gambling hells
on the continent are known to profit
unma 1 fl Ann ,,AM J
iu,u,w iraura annually, ex
clusive of all expenses. With the
Monaco casino, the gambling syndi
cates of the continent make a net
profit ot 25,000,000 francs or more every
year,
Latest U.S. Gov't Report
arcinj
Absolutely pure
TO RECLAIM A DESERT.
Plans to Turn Death Valley Into
an Inland Sea.
A Region Where Human Beings Cannot
Exist on Account of Its Extremf
Heot and Aridity A Huge
Undertaking.
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WASHINGTON", D. C.
PTKSION8 rROCURED TP
SOLDIERS, WIDOWS,
CHILDREN, PARENTS.
Ateo, f-'-r SoMifrs and disat.M tn ttit HnfX
floty In the rernlar Anny or Sa: r sine? ttj- waiv
5"iTori ui ine inaian wars or l;2 to JH4:
th- ir widows, now mmiM. OldaiHirejeU''d td&iniK
specialty. Thouwvniii entitled to Mzhe rt.
San Pranolsoo
And all point In California, yia th Mt, Bhaata
route of tba
Southern Pacific Co.
i .i? niKhaJ' throtwh California to all
cl&dC&r'
Jioubtftil Seeds alone. The hest
ere easy lo Rut, and cost no
more. Ask your deuler for
FERRY'S
SEEDS
AIwhji the h-nt. Known
everywhere. Ferrr'i
minimi xor miia i; h v..
f what, how, and when to plant.
.SeutFrte. .-(, It. Ah!njMi
U. M. FERRY & CO.,
hetroit. (lllrh.
........
nsr spectacle is tn W,L- tr,
tne pacitmg room. Here great trucks
filled high with strips of chewing-gum
a yard long and several inches wide,
all carefully marked with m-omctric
precision into squares, are rolled in at
intervals from the factory. The di-ft
fingers of the seventy-live wrappers
young girls break these strips into
sections, wrap each in a tissue cover
ing and then tinfoil, and pack them
away in pasteboard boxes in an almost
incredibly short time. One gjri ,as
thus filled 15.i boxes in one day, there
being 31; sticks in each box, or 5,508
sticks all told. This is an unusual rec
ord, however.
Great wooden boxes stacked to the '
ceiling on all sides, packed with chew- j
ing gum ready for shipment, nre the '
result of only one day's work. It is a '
sight to elevate the c-'-rl -. -tincr devo- j
A SMART OCULIST.
He Acts as Scientific Detective and Ex
poses an Attempted J'raud.
Here is an interesting account of a
very clever bit of detective work by an
oculist:
It appears that in a large factory in
persons one of the workmen in wield
ing his hammer carelessly allowed it
to slip from his hand. It flew half way
across the room and struck a fellow
workman in the left eye. The man
averred that his sight was blinded by
the blow, although a careful examina
tion failed to reveal any injury, there
being not a scratch visible. lie brought
a suit in the courts for compensation
for the loss of half of his eyesight, and
refused all offers of compromise. savR
an English paper.
Under the law the owner of the fac
tory was responsible for an injury re
sulting from an accident of this kind,
and although he believed that the man
was shamming and that the whole ease
was an attempt at swindling, he had
about made up his mind that he would
be compelled to pay the claim. The
t.t .1... j ' ,
",y in 1,110 i.rtni arrived, ami in open
court an eminent oculist retained for
the defense examined the alleged in
jured member and gave itas his opinion
that it was as good as the right eye.
Upon the plaintiffs loud protest of his
inability to see with his left eye the
oculist proved him a perjurer and sat
isfied the court and jury of the falsity
of his claim.
And how do you suppose he did it?
Why, simply by knowinc that thn
colors green and red combined make
black. He procured a black card on
which a few words were written with
green ink. Then the plaintiff was or
dered to put on a oair of snectRcles
with two different glasses, the one for
the right eye being red and the one for
the left eye consisting of ordinary
glass. Then the card was handed him
and lie was ordered to read the writing
on it. This he did without hesitation,
and the cheat was at once exposed.
The sound right eye, fitted with the
red glass, was unable to distinguish the
green writing on the Idack surface of
the card, while the left eye, which he
....m.-,! an mgimess, was the one
with which the reading had to be done.
THE TELEPHONE NUISANCE.
Among the many schemes now agi
tated by irrigationists is the reclaiming
of the famous '-Death Valley" in the
Kicai American desert. It is proposed
to make it an inland sea by turning the
melting snows and rains that fall upon
w.c ...i-iia nevuuas into this "dry sea."
The valley is two hundred feet below
the floor of the desert, is one hundred
ami nrty miles long, thirty miles wide
at the northern end, tapering to about
....v uu,. m wiuui ai tne southern
extremity. One of the schemes to re
claim the desert is to turn the Colorado
river into the lower end, or, as it is
called, the Colorado desert, from which
water would naturally seek its level
in Death valley. Another gigantic
scheme is to tap the ocean by a system
of canals. This would reclaim millions
lou minions of acres of land by mod
ifying the torrid climate, and perhaps
rendering this desolate region habita
ble for other beings than horned toads,
rattlesnakes and lizards. As the re
clamation, if feasible, would require
the expenditure of several millions of
dollars, besides leakage, it is doubtful,
says the Chicago Tribune, whether
congress will lend a listening ear. It
is believed that when Death valley
shall have been filled with water the
iccnimaiion ot the entire uppe- lortion
of the desert is assured. An opposition
theory is that as the sands of the des
ert absorb the streams fhuf ,... l.i..
down from the mountains before they
make much progress the absorption
would be very rapid; or, in other
words, that the valley would not hold
water; also, that as the temperature
ranges from 110 to 136 degrees tile year
round the absorption would also be
very great. The schemers admit that
the absorption would be great, but
Jici it iruul aianc as it became
modified, and would soon become so
permanently.
They deny that the valley will not
hold water by proving, to their own
satisfaction at least, that several cen
turies ago the entire desert, including
the hot valley, formed an arm of the
gulf of California. In proving this,
one of the promoters of this gigantic
scheme told of finding the timbers of
an old vessel in the desert about one
hundred miles inland. But, the usual
"old pioneer" comes forward and up
sets that method of inductive reason
ing with the statement that in the
early days he and others built a ferry
boat and started with it to a point on
the Colorado river; their ox teams dy
ing from thirst, the boat ws aban
doned, and was soon covere by the
drifting sands. f '
These theories, and more, will nil
como to the front as soon as the pro
moters of the enterprise begin the agi
tation. There is no fear that it will
in after years completely mummified.
The corpses were not disturbed by even
the prowling hyena. Animal life can
not exist there only the reptile species.
Men have died from thirst, and yet
water was within reach.
The blistering heat and dryness of
the air rendered it impossible to
keep the body to the proper temper
ature to sustain life. This valley
was named by Cov. Blaisdell, of Ne
vada, lie and a few others were mak
ing a survey, and found the mummified
remains of about twenty emigrants,
who, in attempting to cross the valley,
lost their way and died of thirst and
starvation.
ANCIENT AZTEC RUINS.
Little Known Remains In the Mountain
Regions of Arltona.
An old-time prospector lately arrived
in Prescott, A. T., for a three' months'
sojourn in one of the most interesting
and least-known portions of the terri
tory, says the St. Louis Olobe-Demo-
crat. The wonderland from wliiftli Via
has returned is the country lying be
tween the Mazatlan and V fin If rn.ncTOB
of mountains. Mr. Court thinks that
section contains more Aztec ruins than
any other portion of America, evi
dences of human habitation being
found from the highest peak to the
lowest valleys. In one place he found
a road or street of three miles in
length, -perfectly smooth and straight
and sixty feet in width. On either side
of the street, the entire distance, are
ruins. The road was evidently built
prior to some mighty earthquake, as it
ends abruptly at the brink of a yawn
ing chasm, lie dug up and found lv-
mg about a great number of skeletons,
which were in a fair state of preserva
tion, the heads of all being alike, very
large over the eyes and receding and
almost flat toward the back of the
head, jaws well developed, but front
upper and lower teeth short and sharp.
The ruins show the people to have
been workers in stone, some fragments
of work in turquoise being found.
Every available foot of land had once
been cultivated. The region, although
lutj. 1. o .t . fcu Known aoout,
it, is very accessible, and will no doubt
become an interesting resort for travelers.
amount to anything, yet congress has
none many Impracticable things.
Death valley is the hottest place on
earth, so far as known up to date.
There is no spot so deadly, more, deso
late and so thickly strewn with dead.
It is appropriately named, for human
life cannot exist amid its poisonous va
pors, and even the birds are infected
with its noxious gases and fall dead in
their flight. Heavy rains never fall in
this death-dealing place, and the few
light showers only make the atmos
phere more humid, if possible. With
the thermometer at one hundred and
thirty-six degrees in the shade, and the
sun beating against the black bristling
rocks, reflecting back the intensified
heat, one may form some idea of this
desolate region. It is the dryest place
in the world the bodies of those who
perished from thirst have been found
Unoouifortalil Coruan Houses.
The "kang," the Corean house fur
nace, renders the atmosphere of the
inns wnere travelers take their rest,
almost insufferable. It is pictured as
a primitive, though effective, means of
heating the houses throughout the
kingdom. A small fire of brushwood
is lighted in the small furnace at one
side of the house, thence numerous
flues under the mud floor conduct the
smoke and hot air to an upright
chimney or hole in the wall at the op
posite end or side, and a little Are
suffices to thoroughly heat a large
house, ('apt. Cavendish says he is not
surprised to find coughs and colds
common, for an indoor temperature of
seventy or eighty degrees and an
outdoor one of zero form trying ex
tremes. Moreover, the constant
warmth seems to keep alive the numer
ous flies, fleas, bugs and -cockroaches
with which most of the houses swarm.
Origin of the Ohlnese Cue.
It seems that it was not the custom
of the ancient Chinese to shave the
head and wear a cue. That was a cus
tom brought in by the Tartar invaders,
nearly three hundred years ago, and
they forced it upon the conquered
provinces. The result was that many
Chinese were driven into Corea, and
the inhabitants of that province when
they yielded to the suzerainty of the
Tartars stipulated that they should be
permitted to preserve their ancient
dress. Ho the Coreans do not shave the
head, but wear their hair as their an
cestors wore it four thousand years
ago, a manner which is seen in China
only on the stage.
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telephones besides his own. The re
sult is he has been for months bored to
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great deal more than he ha. The
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them, and the way my friend echoed
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