The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-04-08
Paper Making,

fdpef Hahing.
u wonder how paper j. maize p
said I.enny Greaye~, IL he sat turn
ing over the contents of his writin;
desk, examining the smooth, GLOSSY
sheets one 10y one.
you know what it J. made of, d,
you not >" asked Aunt Edith.
S'It's made of RAGS. isn't il " sale
Alice, who sat by the window, San,
there is Il dealer in paper stock, now,
a. the jingle Of bells was heard.
"If you have time To listen,
viii try To explain the process cl
paper making - remarked theil
Aunt.
+ 80, Auntie, please do :" they both
/ exclaimed at once, drawing Their
chairs nearer.
So Auntie took up her erocheting
and began.
"The first thing that is done after
Z rags are taken into the mill, is to sort
/ them over, and | think there are five
different qualities; the linen used for
the very finest writing paper, and 50
/ on down to the canvas sacks they are
packed in, from which printing paper
/ is made.n
"There must be ali sorts of rags, and
some not very clean, y said Alice, "fOr
pve seen ragpickers taking them out
of the cutters often"
eyes, and they have to be thorough
ly cleansed in the first place they put
them into a duster, which is a cylin-
der covered with n wire net and in
closed in a tight box to cOnfine the
dust this is then set in motion, and
some of the dust shaken out. After
that they are washed with hot water
and alkali,"
az wouldn't like to be the washer
woman" said Alice.
"Well, the washerwOman is ma
chine, and don't mind it much, fan
cyl" returned Amtie.
''It's pity we havn't one of that
sort, !" said mamma, speaking for the
first time.
"Well, Bridget does have help every
week, and shenever grumbles either, I"
laughed Lenny.
"Why, Lenny, no one ever helps
Bridget, you know very WELL" eX-
claimed Alice hastily.
ayes, ma'am, / went for her my
self, last Monday, and l can prove it, !"
returned Lenny.
"She must be invisible" said
Alice, thOughtfully, "what is her
nameW
"Sal Soda" returned Lenny, trium-
phantly.
lHWhat boyw exclaimed Alice,
in a vexed tone, az might have
known it was something of that
sort. Now, Aunt please go on ~
"Well, they are next ground UP in
TO pulp"
"But how are all sorts of rags made
40 white ?" asked Lenny. y
"When they are partly ground into
what is called half stuff they are
bleached with chloride of lime,l
and then tOprevent the ink from run
ming, there is some kind of sizing put
in" -aitf 20 4'' iN
"Well, don't see how paper is
made of that mess" said Lenny.
"FOr making it into sheets they
have shallow box covered with wire
cloth into which the pulp is placed
then pressed, the moisture passing
through the wires; in some paper the
mark of the wires is distinctly visi-
ble."
"Have you any paper with what is
called water mark ?n
go yes ~ returned Lenny, eagerly
holding sheet up to the fight, "how
is it dOne?' .''i
at is produced by bending wires
into the required shape and then sew
ing them on the mound, it makes the
paper thinner in those places. In old
times they used some very odd kinds,
such, dogs heads, n crown, shield,
jug, etc. a foOlscap and bells used rs
a water mark, gave the name to fools
cap paper, and Il pOstman's horn, TO
such as were used then to post pa
per-"
IWell, one can always learn some
thing" said mamma. al never heard
that before, Pm sure.
'Can they make paper very fast?
said Lenny.
ayes, very; the machine moves at
the rate of from twenty-five to forty
feet per minute, so that scarcely two
minutes are occupied in converting
liquid pulp into finished paper. One
will make four miles of pa
per per day"
"But how is il made so smooth and
glossy" asked Alice, passing her hand
over a sheet. ...f.
"They are hot pressed between cast
iron plates, and then glazed. In Eng
land papers are sized with gelatine, and
are usually very nice" t....
"Where is this thin paper madc?"
Alice.
HNToSt of II I'm Franco and Pei
gium, and some of it is very beauti-
full; they are said TO be sized with
farina.