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Show i A MOUNTAIN OF BARK. An Immense rile ot Waste That Cannot lie Utlllieil. 1 A few miles from Mannheim, New York, thcro Is n Tlllnpo supported' entlroly by its vast manufactory for changing tho cinchona hark into "tho qulnlno of commerce. Several Sev-eral other medicinal extracts bo- ' sides qulnlno aro got from tlio bark, hut after it ii put to every posst-, Wo uvj thcro remains a substance, in hulk nimost equal to the original bark, for which no posslblo use han been discovered. dis-covered. Usually manufactories nro ablo to turn their wasto products to wime norlof uie lo ferllllrers, to the making of rnibnnktnenla, to the filling of uneven rmnnd And If they cannot use them in aotnu positive way, they may ot leant burn them, and no get rid of the burdri Not bo with Ihlsrefuso from cinchona lwirk. Years ngo, aecnrdlng to tho New York Sun, tho manufactory dumped thinntulT Irtlo the rlrer lint the government xvn oalloil In lo ltivmtignla, mid found tluit tho ivorthloa ntuf? not only hilled tlio fislice, but ro umbitterod thn waters that they were not lit lo drink. So It waar forbidden to the ni-inu factory tc use tho river for enrryhvr oIT Its waste products. 1 lieu ground Wjh bjught. and thevui t.1 to dumplnir. And now the vl. i.mj. n L.y.'.'lTTe ln lo.v of a ijrvwi inr, i.i.u m r.ipiiuy gniwing, nnd t.W i' Lej i i' n i f .i iu mu-toja mu-toja '11.. l.ii- f.i"'. u.' und i nn uiiit'b t.k'i .' ii ' f-rii-' avf. t nf i , 1 1' i'. n rfl : ').' I " to . iwa. iJ,-iiiH) day an order may come to remove tho mountain into the midst nf Iho son. Tho manufacturer.! hope, liow-orcr, liow-orcr, that k loneo, v lilch hns touched no many unsightly nnd useless things with a innglo wund, may cncliant eveti the bitter nnd wnrthlens refuho of cinchona cin-chona hark nnd tnako their mountain a gold mine. , |