REDUCING RUBBER.
HOW ARTICLES OF USE ARE MADE
FROM THIS VALUABLE PRODUCT.
A 1ong l.lot l'rom Rnhhrr Rand to Sur
glral nppllr An Interntis; Dcucrlp
Man of Ilnnr tfiilba For Hyrlnirra anil
Atomizers An Blade.
Kulibc r is one of tho most stnpln awl
awful articles in modern use. There are
tnt few uses to which t ho wonderful
prodnrt cannot be pnt. It can be mniUi
ns plinble ns pntty or ns hnrd ns wood,
and is just us adopted for oso as n hair
pin ns for n golf bull or ft waterproof
Jneket Few people, however, nro as fa-
miliar with the process of maimfnoture
en with tho product itself.
The larger pnrt of our rubber goods
comes from Brazil, which is the great
est rubber producing country in tho
world. Here, of courne, rubber workers
handlo their elastic material With an
ease and celerity which is a revelation
to the man who has wonted the greater
part of n f rrenoon trying u. mend n holo
in his punctured tiro. Although the
lur'vr pm t of rubber manufacturing is
tloDliy machinery there is still consid
erable done, by hand. In making up
goods for druggists, stationers and sur
gical supplies tho best grades of Para
rubber, the best in tho world, are gen
erally used.
The ordinary commercial robber is
gray, but its coloring is an easy matter.
This is done by mechanically mixing
with tho robber, after it is washed and
dried, different kinds of pigments ox
ide of el no for whito, lampblack for
black, golden sulphnret of antimony for
yellow and vermilion for red. Tho rub
ber mixed with the pigment is run
throngh heavy steam heated rollers into
thin sheets.
The making of robber bands is a sim
ple process. Thin sheets of pore gum
are wrapped around a form nntil it is
shaped into a flat tube of the required
thickness. This tone is then vulcanized,
when it is shipped off the form and run
throngh a machine, which cots it cross
wise into strips.
Robber erasers contain finely pow
dered pnmice stone or emery dust. Tho
abrasive, materials are mixed with tho
robber mechanically, which is then
molded into shape and vulcanized ou-,
der steam heat.
One of the most interesting processes
in the manufacture of robber goods is
that of bulbs. Long bulbs, such as syr
inges and atomizers, are madofrom two
pieces of rubber, but round bulbs, such
as pumps and balls, are made from
three pieces. For cutting the robber
si no or galvanized iron patterns are
osed. Considerable oare is necessary
in this, as the strength of the seam de
pends npon the smooth fitting of the
edges. The three parts for hollow balls
may, however, be cot with a die. If the
bolb bos a neck, small pegs of iron are
first prepared by being cemented and
wound with strips of rubber as a nu
cleus. After the rubber is cat into the proper
parts it is then brushed with cement tho
whole length of the skived edges and
thoroughly heated. The bulbmaker then
takes the softened rubber, and tak
ing a prepared peg places the neck
on one piece ou one side of the rubber
core and another neck piece on the op
posite side, then presses them firmly to
gether, and, rolling the whole tube
shaped piece between .thumb and fore
finger, has finished the reck of tho bolb.
The next process is that of knitting the
edges which form the seam. This is
done by holding the finished nock to
ward the operator in his left hand,
while with the thumb and forcfingor of
the right he pinches the edges firmly
togotber for nearly the whole distance
around. Into the side aperture, whioh
is loft open, is poured little water or
liquid ammonia. The opening is then
made still smaller, and as a final touch
the tnukcr puts his lips to the orifice and
blows full and hard into tho bolb. The
softened rubber nudor this pressure ex
pands, the flattened shape is lost in a
fuller uud more rounded outline, while
the operator, with a quick nip of his
teeth, closes the opening, the imprisoned
.air and water holding the aides apart in
.symmetrical corpulency.
The partly made bulb is now passed
-on to the turners, who, armed with scis
'taors with curved bladoa, carefully cirole
;the seams, cutting away all nuevouuess,
till the whole exterior is ready for the
anold.
The bulbs, ai soon as they leave the
trimmers' hands, ate laid in shallow
pans filled with chalk. 'When- taken
from here, they are curufully dusted
with tulo, so tbut the rubber will not
adhere to the inside of the mold. A
moid worker then take one-half of the
mold in his left hand and with his right
gently forces a bulb into it, capping it
with the second half. Each bulb, if the
pattern worker is skillful, will fit its
mold.; otherwise the nnuthod bulb is apt
to heiuiperfeot.
The .molds are run upon amull tracks
into the vulcuniaer. After they have
beanured a sufficient time the vuloan-
isorsjajre. opened and the cans are run
under .an .ordinary shower bath, which
quickly .cools them. They are then un
keyed, the molds twisted open and the
bulbs taken on t. If the work be well
done, the swelling of the liquid within
its rubber prison has exerted so intense
force that evnry line and letter within
tho mold is reproduced npon the outeide
-of the bulb, while the sulphur, oombin
' tag with the heat, accomplishes the
vuloauiaution.
. The final process takes place in the
. cylinder room, where iu slowly revolv
ing tumbling barrels the bulb undergoes
; " thorough scouring. When tuken out
of the cylinders, the dirty yellow color
which the bulbs bore on leaving the
mold has disappeared, and they are now
smooth, white and finished. The neck
being out off the required length, the
bulb is ready for market or for the vari
ous fittings whioh accompany it as ad
juncts to the syringe or atominer.
Jioahtater Union and Advertiser.
THE PUEBLO WOMEN.
Pretty and Ptrtnrrnqtic aa Olrla and Atate
ly aa Voting Mother.
"The Pueblo Indian women are often
very pretty as girls, and some of them
make stately young mothers," writes
Hamlin Garland in Ladies' Home Jour
nal. "They Work generally in groups of
three or four, cooking, whitewashing,
weaving or painting pottery. Thny inn
to have a good deal to chatter about,
tnd their smiling faces are very agree
Ible, They have most excellent white
teeth. Their ceremonial dress is very
pietnresqno, especially the costume of
the A com a and Isleta girls. All burdens
aro carried by the Women of Aeoma,
i Isleta and Lngnna npon the head, and
: they have, ill consequence, a miignifl
I sent carrinfie even late in life. The old
I women of Walpi, on tho contrary, are
bent and down looking. They carry
their burdens on their backs slung in a
blanket. The girls of Isle ta wear a light
sloth over their heads, Hpanish fashion,
and manage it with fine grace and co
quetry. '
"The everyday dress of the Hopl
women consists of a sort of kilt, which
is wrapped around the hips and fastened
with a belt, a modification of the blan
ket or wolf skin. Above this a sort of
sleeveless chemise partly covrrs tho
bosom. Their bair is carefully tended,
but is worn In nn ungraceful modo by
some of the women. The women of
Hano cut the hair in front square across
abont to the lino of the lips, while tho
back hair is gathered into a sort of
billet The front hair hangs down over
the faces, often concealing one eye. The
unmarried women in Walpi wear their
hair iu a strange way. They coil it into
two big disks just above their ears,
'the intent being to symbolize their
yonth and promise by imitating the
quash flower j the matrons correspond
ingly dress their hair to symbolize, the
ripened squash. ' Some of the maidens
are wonderfully Japanese in appear
ance." A CURIOUS OLD LADY.
raralmonlnni In Hrr Own Aflhln, Yet Lav
Inn With Others.
When Henri Rochefort planned the
erection of a workman's glass works at
Carmanx to help the glass workers, ho
received an anonymons gift of 100,00
francs. The donor was Mme. Dimboorg,
who has since died at Boulogne, aged
72. She was a carious old lady, wildly
generous, yet careful to miserliness,
sending her gift to the glass works
anonymously and then complaining
when her name was omitted from the
stone bearing a list of subscribers. Bho
lived in nn unpretentious house, fur
nished in the plainest fashion, hoarded
up every scrap of paper and bit of rag
she found, yet helped all whose want
came to her ears, bho sent 1,000 francs
here, 8,000 there, whilo her own serv
ants could scarcely get enough to eat,
and their wages were extremely small.
The money for the glass works was sent
in a small linen bag. comparatively
worthless, which no one thought of re
turning to her.
She sent a servant to claim it, how
ever, and was greatly annoyed that it
had not been sent back. She was very
fond of cats, but even the food of her
pets was measured out with a niggardly
hand, and the youngest kitten bad its
milk in the cover of a pomade pot that
it might not drink too much. During
her last illness she scolded the nurse for
rinsing a glass with filtered water.
"Filtered water wears out the filter.
Yon must be more economical. " Yet
this woman, so parsimonious in her
own concerns, lavished benefits ou the
poor wherever she found them and
made princely gifts out of a life annuity
by no means large. Philadelphia
Times.
A Crocodile One Hundred Feet Long.
It is a woll known fact, even among
those who make uo pretense of having
their heads stored with geological and
polemtological lore, that the beasts and
reptiles which existed in the early ages
of tho world were giants when coin
pared with the very largest representa
tives of the same types which still sur
vive This fact has recently been strik
ingly illustruted by a find made at
Poitiers, where excavations .are being
made under the auspices of the Oriental
Academy of Science. At that place a
crocodile tooth was found which weighs
almost seven pounds. M. Gerard, the
professor in charge of the working
corps, says that there is no doubt thut
the tooth formerly belonged to a gigan
tic crocodile, and that there is no possi
bility whatever that he has confounded
the tooth With that of the xncgalvasan
rus, as some scientists have hinted.
M. Gerard says : "It is a typical croc
odile tooth and is probably the largest
specimen of the kind ever seen by man.
In my estimation it is from the head of
a reptile not less than 100 feet in
length." St Louis Republic.
Slav tho Dealgner'a Initial.
It is said that the 40 and the $8
gohlpieoes and the Bland dollar are the
onlyouins perpetuating the designer's
name. Underneath the lower line of
the medallion on the obverse of the gold
pieces is J. B. L. (James B. Langaoro).
In nearly the same position on the ob
verse of the Bland dollar is the letter
"M. " It also appears on the reverse up
on the left fold of the ribbon uniting
the wreath, being the initial letter of
Morgan.
U'obwo and Legltlatloa.
Women today are crippled in the per
formance of purely dumestio duties by
their exolusiou from direct participation
in legislation, crippled exactly as min
em, weavers, machinists, farmers, lum
bermeu and merchants of Ihe mule sex
would be were these classes disfruu
chised. May Wright Bewail.
About tho
Kilson I suppose if your wife died
she would leave you a good deal, eh?
Valentine About the same as now,
She leaves me all winter for Paris and
all summer for Newport as it Is. Town
Topics.
Lift In Ormt CttlM.
And as to the tendency of the growth
of great citirs to enervate nations, there
is no proof of It at all unless wn Iden
tify the life of great cities with tho
passion for Idleness and pleasure and
self indulgence which sometimes, bnt
by no means universally, accompanies
their growth. When yon get a large pro
letariat living, ns that of ancient Rome
and possibly of Nineveh and Babylon
did, on the alms of the rich and power
ful, then, no doubt, you have the oou
ditions of a thoroughly unnatural and
unhealthy life, and nn one can wonder
at tho rapid decay of such cities and of
the nations which gloried in them. But
where tho honest working cIuks far out
numbers the proletariat, where the mid
dlo classes of distributors and manufac
turers and professional men are labori
ous and energetic, and even the class
that lives ou its accumulated wealth
contains a considerable sprinkling of
serious and disinterested workers, we
do not believe thut there is the smallest
evidence of any greater danger in the
life of tho city than in tho life of the
agricultural village or the pastoral
triiie. Indeed, we should regard Olivo
Schreiner's picture of the life of tho
modern Boers as indicating a condition
of things more prolific of morbid ele
ments, with its almost complete ab
sence of any stirring or active intelli
gence, than any kind of modern lifo
that is honestly laborious at all. The
Boer lifo is too sleepy, too destitute of
stirring thought or effort, to be alto
gether natural. It needs at least the old
element of danger and necessary vigi
lance to render it even bracing. Lon
don Spectator.
O rowing the Bermuda Lily.
"The Bermnda lily should be plonted
in deep pots," writes Eben E. Rexford
in Tho Ladies' Home Journal. "Put in
a shallow layer of soil over the drain
age material when yon pot the bnlbs of
this plant, and on this place the bulb,
which should be covered lightly. Leavo
it like this until a stalk starts. Then
fill in, as this stalk reaches up, until the
pot is full of oompost. I would not ad
vise the use of any fertilizer after bring
ing a plant to the light if the compost
in whioh it was planted contained an
ordinary amount of nutriment Develop,
ment is quite likely to be sufficiently
rapid in ordinary rioh soil, and the an
plication of a stimulant will so hasten
it that the plant will be forced beyond
healthy limits. Watch the plants when
in the cellar and give a littlo water now
and then if needed. Aim to keep the
soil moist never wet. When you bring
them up, do not placo them at once in a
very warm room. A room adjoining ono
in which there is a fire is better for
them, if it is frostproof, than one in
which tho heat is likely to run up to a
high figure. When they come into
bloom, be sure to keep them as cool ns
poosiblo if you want the tlowers to last "
Dlxpoul of the Dead.
In tho practical application of his
theories Moleschott animadverted on tho
prevailing customs of burying tho deud
iu permanent cemeteries, whore their
bodies decay with no advantage and
often with serious injury to tho living,
"If every place of burial, " he says,
"after having been used a year, should
bo exchanged for a now one, it would
become iu tho course of six or ten years
a most fertile, field which would do
more honor to tho dead than mounds and
monuments." But, he adds, it would
be still better if we could return to the
anoient custom of bnrniug the dead,
which he declares to be unquestionably
moro practical as well as more poetical.
By this process the air would be made
richer in carbonic acid and ammonia,
and the ashes, whioh contain the elo
ments of new crops of cereals for the
nurture of man and beast, wonld trans
form our bttrrou heaths into luxuriant
plains. At present, he adds, we are act
ing like the stupid aud slothful servant
who buried his one talent in tho earth
instead of wisely investing it so as to
gain another. Popular Soieuae Month
iy.
George W. Caulo's Ad.
When Bill Nye paid his last visit to
San Francisco, some Bohemian friends
of his took him on a bay excursion.
They waited an hour or two for Bill to
spring one of his quiet jokes, but he re
mained as grave as any sexton until the
tog passed Angol island. There on the
beach was an immense signboard, bear
ing the one word "Gable" in large
staring letters.
"It's strange," said Mr. Nye, flip
ping a thumb toward the sign, "how
some of those American authors will in
sist on advertising themselves. "
Just two men saw it But they all
laughed. San Franoisoo Examiner.
A Psychological Care.
The small boy had beon requested to
do some errands, bat insisted that he
was feeling badly. As the family phy
sician happened to call he felt the boy's
pulse and looked at his tongue and said:
"You had better make a good, strong
mustard plaster."
The boy looked depressed and loft the
room.
"When shall I apply the plaster?"
asked the mother.
"Don't apply it at alL He'll get well
before that stage of the treatment is
reached. "Washington Star.
Poeltlve Proof.
Walluce I used to believe that hyp
notism was a rank fraud, but I am
convert now.
Ferry Been put under the influenoe
yourself?
"Na But a 'professor' got Wheeler
on the stage, and it was not five minutes
before Wheeler was standing up before
the crowd and asserting that there were
lots of better bioyoles than his. "Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Bleed or calendered paper is a good
barometer. When it is stiff, the weath
er will be fair; when it is limp and
bends easily without cracking, it is fall
of moisture and there will be rain.
Awning Over the Streets In fteTltle.
Tho busiest streets nnd squares are
kept cool and dim under awnings. On
the whole, I think It was tnese awnings
that made Seville so charming in Au
gust There had been a few in Cordova.
have been to more tnan one town
which raises a similar protection against
Provencal sunlight, but I have never
come across them when thry were as
eluborato, as genornl and ns effective
as in Seville In the narrow streets they
stretched from housetop to housetop at
each end, dropping In a great Inclosing
wall of canvas so low as just to escape
the heads o( the high saddled horsemen
who pranced under them. Iu tho large
squares they extended in a checkerboard
arrangement, with intricate ropes and
pulleys which I never tlied to under
stand, content to enjoy the result of
black shadows alternating with great
splotches of sunlight Even the town
hall spread out an awning all across the
wido sidewalk in front of It and not a
hotel or bank or palace or big house did
wo enter that had not its courts as well
protected. Elizabeth R. Petmell in
Century.
Flow It Happened.
"Too bad about Shelby, wasn't it?"
"What's the matter with him?"
"Ho had a terrible shock day before
yesterday and may not recover. Hadn't
you heard about it?"
"No. How did it happen?"
"Woll, ho had an engagement to meet
his wife at a certain place down town
at 18:20 o'clock."
"Yes."
"Aud he hurried up with his work
and started out for the rendezvous."
"Yes."
"He got there at exactly the appoint
ed time."
"I see. Well?"
"His wife had been there 18 sec
onds. "Cleveland Leader.
A Teenllar Feeling.
The sensation of homesiokness has
been variously described, bnt never
more graphically than by a little girl
who, miles away from home and mam
ma, sat heavy eyed and silent at a hotel
table.
"Aren't you hungry, dear?" asked
her aunt, with whom she was traveling.
"No."
"Does your bead ache?"
"Na"
"What is tho matter?"
Tho child's lip quivered, and she
said in a tono to grieve the heart, "I'm
so seasick for home. " London Tit-Bits.
Lout nil Read.
Winks I toll you, there is something
about tho possession of sovereign power
thut gives n mon confidence. History
shows that all mouarohs have boen calm
aud self poised.
Jinks I don't know abont that You
will remember that Charles I of Eng,
laud lost his head at a very important
period In his career. New York Trib
uue.
Frederick II of Germany was sur
named Barbarossa for the same reason
that William of England was suruamed
Rufus on account of an enormous red
beard.
A Famous German Doctor's Work
Consumption is now known to bo
curublo if taken in tinm tho Gorman
remedy known as Otto's Cure, huvlng
been found to bo an almost certain euro
for tho disease. Asthma, Bronchitis,
Croup, Coughs, Collin, Pneumonia, nnd
all throat and lung diseases are quickly
cured by Dr. Otto's Oreat German
Remedy. Sample bottles of Otto's euro
ore being given away at Reynolds Drug
Storo. Largo sizes 2."o. and 50 cents.
nml lamaTil
HALF A CENTURY OLD,
Is a sure remedy fort
Coughs, Colds, Whoop-t
ing Cough, and all Lung I
diseases when uccd in I
season. Fifty years ago, S
Elder Downs was given j
up by his physicians to
die wltn consrmptlon.
Under these circumstan
ces he compounded this
Elixir, was cured, and
lived to a good old age.
You can try it for the
price of one doctor's visit
l or saie everywncre.
Forinle by H. Alex BUike.
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L. M. SNYDER,
Practical Horse-sHoer
and General Blacksmith
Ilorne uliutiliis done In the neatest maimer
ana ny Hie uuiu miiiruvou ui"...-.
KM different klnd ot alioes nmda tor correc
tion of faulty action and dlsuasud foot. Only
the best make of .lun't and .used. Ho
twiring' of all kino carefully and uromiitly
Oieii's supplies on hand. ...
Jackauu St. near I'Mlli, UoynoldavUle, Fa.
fob S
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Snydep & Johns.
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1 ilvJlllVllilLILJL, 1 niLfVlC
E have Just received a
K and pnmplen, embracing the very latest BtyleB 1
(f Foreign and Domestic Suitings for Fall and I
Winter wear, which we aro prepared to make at
Ilnrd-timo Prices. Wo cordially invite the public
to call, examine our goods and get prices. Special
attention to Cleaning and Repairing.
Next Door to Hotel McConnell.
F
IllST-CLASS
HKSII
INK
W. R. MARTIN
Ins a large ptock of fresh groceries, consisting of Sugar
lea, Collee, Kice, Canned (ioods of all kinds,
. Potatoes, Hutter, Eggs, and everything
usually kept in a first-class
Grocery Store.
W. H. MARTIN,
MAIN STREET,
Capes!
AT OUR
You will find the most complete stock of General Merchan
dise in town. Prices never were so low. Our line
of Capes and Jackets includes the
a
LATEST
and prices away down. We
Stock of Clothing, Hats and Caps. We are selling
GOOD Shoes
cheaper than any one in this
and Fancy uroceries. We invite all to
call and see us.
Jefferson Supply Co.
A. D. DEEMER
Blankets
ir? got a whole case of Cotton Fleeced
Blankets. They are not what ive ordered;
they are just a shade narrow, wide enough
for single or children's beds. They'll do for
covering or sheets. We have marked them
way down. The price will sell them. Lots
of other blankets that are full length and
width. You will get them at a trifle more.
Another Blanket Special is
"our
all-wool blanket. When we speak of "Our Fac
tory" we mean the Reynoldsville woolen mill.
No shoddy goods from them.
UNDERWEAR
For Men, Boys, Ladies, Misses and Children, in
fine wool, part wool, cotton, fleeced lined, all
styles and sizes.
Oneita Union Suits, cotton and wool, two
garments in one. These cold days will make
you look out toy heavy underwear, xoun una
this store is all right in quality and price.
Flannels
All grados. price and quality, from the fine French flannel to the
heavy lumWmun'g.
GOfTS flND CfPBSI
We've lots of wraps and will receive more soon as they are made.
The most oorreot styles and latest cut.
fl.
AT3T U TATT HOC
large line of Piece Gooda I
Main Strcc
Groceries
RETNOLD8V11LE, PA
Jackets
STORE
STYLES
have just received a Nei
vicinity. Full line of Staple
& GO.
and Haps
Factoru"
D. Deemer & Go.