The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-12-20
Paper and rs Substitutes.
The Paper liakers Of dn.i9dty.

Tho frst invention OF paper man
uf,cturcd from ve,etahlc pulp il
lost 10 the mis,s Of antiquity. II
appears 10 have b'en fat in,rol1coi
iUto Europe from tho East through
the Arabiana AMI P,r'ian'. The use
oi paper. according to the modern
nrpliration of the word, hal brc ,mn
common in China at an extremely re-
note period. and Gihhon tells IT, n
lno'e. that this manufaciure was 10
troiuceI FROM CHM into S,mercan
6jl u. G., aud thence sprend over
Eor"pc TIE Chine.e are sail to
have 50 great variety Of parer that
Zach province possesses 10. own pecu.
! lar make. The sort commonly known
~ sllt paper is fabricated from the
inner bark Of the bamboo, or mu ber-
ry tree.
The rice paper, so called. Is pre-
pared from the inner portion Of thc
stems Of q hardy leg, miuuus rlinr
that grows plcnrfully abo1, the lukc-
near CIcn'ti, anl also in the island
Of Form1sa. whence the Chinese I'M
port i. in largo quantities. The
stem" Of he plant being cut int, the
proper leuebs for the sheet. the pijh
- cut spiraily into thin slice. then
flauoncd, pressed aud dried. TIE
Arahian' APPEAR first 10 have iutro-
ducei tho mauul,cturo of paper int,
Spain. On the oldest specimen ex-
Hnt e this 5 Spanish mlnrfac urs
trea'y o! peace bet ween the King II
Arnson AMI u neig ghhoting potrniatc.
\. u. ll76, is transcribed A mrnn-
SCRIPT exists in Erglanl, however.
written upon cotton paper. be,rinv
Iate A. ID. l049 but thi- pnpcr was
no doubt imp rirI from the East.
Paper al thl, early PERIOD was of
exceedingly inirlipr squat v. heing
coars'. brown. -ro"-.v aud liable 10
sloedy decay 50 much Eas this
The ca~r. th,t IN 4. ID l2Il the I'm.
pcror Frederic the Second of Ger.
many is'ued an order declaring null
al dncnmvnis written ON thl~ mafcii.
al ana iiXIrg term ui Two wears
within which they were to be trans
lrrcd to parchment. Payer hh
hitherto been mnnu'uctHrci uf raw
cotton, hvmp, o. "tner vegetable f.
hre hut IL nov comes 10 hght tnet
iihre huying alrcaiy uuder.uur b
process, MT my of mnuula,t r. bat
ut wca', Nns better adapted l., tao
lpru"sr. brins more easily rrdu,iUl.
10 II tine pup.
We have, therefore, specimen. ol
paper made from rags rs caik u.
the iOnrtcc"'h century. the oldest ex-
ihnt b'iug 4 ter from J,inviln. tel
L'uiN tho irnih Df Fracc.. da,rd 4
ID 1870. The con inue inlurrle,-
ton OF This mruuia,turr suli urc,.-
sun'ei ID" ,ran'c ipuon OF all l'u-
p'r'nut dochm nls - parchment Or'
vi um lhr pn,chmrut was as "i
OH. cut Iulo hanl joined eniA,sc
80 ~ - torn rnli., >uinc ui the in -
Ll ats rrquirInt r,ls tNcuN ter
in | ug'. Nr was hi, plan d..
couunne llI the lS.h cen'n,y. when
the cu,lrX. wIlIirh uu both sides, te-
came general / must not be- c,n-
c cni"d that ancient law pir hmrnr>
Ncrr always leng'hy ALTAR. hoNrv-
cr, there he n. crnirnc $ sales Ia
mug \. ID l433 aud l-52 onb tw,|
Inches luus b, i've Wiic. aud - wilj
wrutyn IN A. u l2jj twp lrcu,- h,
three aud u bait The prioc,plr &
p'ier making h's been ii ,am
rom time immemOriul, the unl,
change being the material used AMI
the machinery employed. The H..
brouN substance is cut and hrulsed IN
water until it becomes fuc, 5 stt
pulp. This is taken mp n a thin lnv-
er upon frame OF fire wire cloth that
allows the moisture to pass through,
when the pulp speedily cuagnlaics
into Il shee: Of paper. The sheets are
lrst pr, s'ej between felt. which b.
iog removed, the paper is again subs
iectrd t. II powerful pressure and
dried II is IN this state hibnluus.
Ike blottln. paper bat the she t,
ar" now DIPPED in size, AMI again
prcss"d ant iricl.
For printing paper however, the
lie Is aided to the prlo IN the Gu
Line. Some idea may b. 10 med at
the improvement effected by ma
chincry in this manufacture when il
is stated that whereas by the haud
prore"- the paper toik more than
three months ~ complete, The rags
mas now tie put into the nil one
day, aud the paper is ieldy Tor de-
livery he next. Scarcely "A iihruus
vegetable substance eXsts that may
not be ,nrne TO use IN This manliuc.
lure. Jacob Christian sha er, III
Rat'sbon, IN 1865, wrote II work on
experiments IN mrklnt paper from
other materials thnn RAGS, which IL
printed On sixty vhrielle, Of. PAPER.
made from ~ many different sab.
stances. Aud In 1856, tho NIArqui.
ic FIieite published ia Lon lon Il
small hook printed from paper made
from marsh mallow; at the ends
are leaves oi pap'r mrDofac,urei al
Bruses from lweaty different plants
such as nettlrs, hops, reeds, etc But
these, ~ well as straw, can only he
C 'nSidercd as substitutes 10 supply
tho dr6cipDcy al rnu. nut n. ia an,