Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-17
The Uses Of Paper.

Paper car wheels are composed entirely of paper rings pressed together under weight
 ! of six tons. and then fastened by means of bolts and steel tire put on them, when they ' are ready for use Laid loosely the rincB t stack as high as the shoulders of an ord nary man. Under treatment they sink to the | thickness required If the tire should wear | or fall of the wheel, or the train run from | the track, there would be no danger of their \ breaking, as they are very flexible, aHd would | spring paper ball can bs rendered so sol | i'd that nothing but diamond tool can cause | an indentetion into it. At the mill is square block of compressed paper fastened on 8 | turning lathe, and so hard that, If fine steel | shisel is held against it when it is moving \ instead of cutting the paper it will break the ! chisel into hundred pieces The strength | is astonishing. You can take 45 note of I the Bank of England. twist it into kind of rope, suspend 339 pounds upon one end of it, and it will not injure it in the slightest de- gree. Bath tubs and pots are formed by compressing the paper made out of linen flores and annealed-that is, painted over with 8 composition which becomes part thereof. and Is fire proof. The tubs last in- definitely, never leak, and, put in the fire, will not burn up. You can beat on them 1 with hammer and not injurs them. Plates compressed and annealed are very durable you can not only wash them, but drop them upon the floor and stand upon them. The fork can be used for any practical purpose, and the knife can always be kept sharp. Paper can be substituted for wood, converted into picture frames and colored like walnut, cherry and the like. Bedsteads are fashioned the same as car wheels, only of long strips l instead of rings. They are very beautiful and lasting. Cooking or heating stoves are also annealed, and it is impossible to burn them out. They are less costly than iron. A house can be literally constructed of and fur nished with every convenience in paper. The printing press, type and all the fixtures of the office could be concocted of this ma 1 terial, and more cheaply than of the ordina- " kind. A complete steam engine can be thus manufactured and do all required duty. TYentyy-=-..ina hcnrs are needed to transfer linen fibre into a car wheel.
 Solid card like paper was made as eariy as the fifth century, but it is stated on the au- thority of the Arabian historians, and large ly conceded. that linen paper did not come into use until 127o, or, at most, but short time before. The cotton card CT paper known previously was of thick, coarse, woolly texture, brittle and inferior There is still some demand for handmade paper, and in a corner of the L. L. Brown Paper company at Adams are simple and ine1pen- sive appointments for the production of paper as it was substantially made one. two and three hundred years ago. The call comes largely for uses in making architectural drawings-for drawing paper, in short-in consequence of the fact that 1t will not stretch, a point indispensable in accurate drawings. The paper can be erased and re-
 written upon A brisk demand has sprung up for those papers for wedding and society invitation cards, billet doux, personal corre- spondence, also for business houses where re- cherche stationery is desirable