

Nov. 2, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
715 

A conservative estimate of the actual amount of 
turpentine alone, to say nothing: of wood fiber 
and other materials, which could be produced 
from the wastewood of this one. year, would 
place the amount at not less’ than thirty million 
gallons. This is a surprising figure, when it is 
remembered that it represents an amount almost 
equal to the present annual production of gum 
spirits in this country. If this product were 
extracted from the wood, and sold at even the 
current price of good wood turpentire, the gross 
saving would be easily $14,400,000. 
Men have realized for some time that an 
enormous waste of valuable substances is going 
on, and a few have succeeded in extracting the 
turpentine and placing on the market a material 
of a fairly good quality. In the majority of 
cases, however, the article has been of an in- 
ferior grade, due generally to the fact that the 
technical methods used have been faulty. As a 
result of this, wood turpentine is at present often 
considered as an adulterated material, or at best 
as a poor substitute for gum spirits. It is true 
that in some cases these opinions are well 
founded, but inferior products have put an un- 
necessary damper on the whole industry. 
The section of wood chemistry of the Forest 
* Service has lately been investigating ,this subject, 
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and some valuable results have been obtained. It 
has been found that for the recovery of turpen- 
tine from waste wood, the steam distillation pro- 
cess is far superior to that of distilling the wood 
destructively. The crude turpentine is in all 
cases more uniform, and the final refined 
materials are as a rule of better grade and can 
demand a higher price. When properly made 
and refined, experiments have shown that the 
steam turpentines are in many cases even more 
uniform in composition than the gum turpen- 
tines, and for all practical purposes contain the 
identical substances. The odor often cannot be 
distinguished from that of the gum spirits, but 
even if it could, this is a small matter in many 
cases, as infinitesimal and undetectable amounts 
of certain impurities left in the refined product 
as the result of the methods of production can 
prodnce this slight difference in odor, and the 
wood turpentine should not be condemned for 
practical purposes on this account. This be- 
comes still more evident when it is known that 
the sweet odor of the gum turpentine is not 
characteristic of itself, but is due to an impurity 
produced by the chemical action of air upon. it. 
These are important discoveries and are well 
worthy of consideration. If they are true, then 
refined steam turpentine, properly prepared, 
should bring at least an equal price in this coun- 
try with the gum turpentine. Indeed, abroad, 
this is often the case, and instances are on record 
where the refined steam turpentine has, by virtue 
of its more uniform composition, brought five 
cents a gallon more than the gum spirits, and 
is in much greater demand. Further investiga- 
tions along these lines will be pushed vigorously 
by the Forest Service. 
THE INDIAN. 
*Twas the dead of night, and as still as death, 
Save the murmured prayer of the wind, 
And the soaring clouds wrapt the sky in shrouds, 
With a glimpse of the moon behind. 
The pale-face glanced thro’ the open door, 
While his heart beat quick with awe 
At the spectral sight in the desert night, 
And the harrowing thing he saw. 
For an Indian warrior was lurking there, 
With his gun and his eagle eye, 
With his feathers quaint and his hideous paint, 
And a tomahawk hung at his thigh. 
Oh, the pale-face thought of his wife and home, 
But never a sigh sighed he; 
And he tiptoed out like a veteran scout 
To whatever his fate might be. 
And he grasped the savage around his waist 
With the strength of an iron chain; 
Not a sound was there on the midnight air, 
While he wrestled with might and main. 
To the redskin’s sides he pinioned his arms, 
And stifled his war-cry’s note, 
And he clutched his hand like an adamant band, 
Round the bronze of the Indian’s throat. 
And he dragged him in thro’ the portal wide, 
And stood him behind the door, 
Then he whistled a tune to the rollicking moon, 
And closed his tobacco store. 
—Harper’s Weekly. 



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