The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09
Strange uses CT Paper.

The Boston transcript states That
"paper is now made 60 serve for steel
and iron. When strong fiber is used
it can be made into a substance SO
hard that it can hardly be scratched.
Railroad car-wheels are made out of
it more durable than iron. A store at
Atlanta, Ga, has been built entirely
out of paper The rafters, weather.
boards, roof and flooring are all made
of thick compressed paper boards, inn
pervious to water. On account of the
surface of the paper being smooth and
hard it cannot catch on fire as easily
us wooden building 1t is found
warm in cold and cool in hot weather.
The Breslau freproof chimney has
demonstrated that cooking and heat
ing stoves, bath-tubs and pots, when
annealed by process that renders
them tireproof, become more lasting
iron and will not burn out. Cracks
in floors around the skirting board,
or other parts of room, may be
neatly filed by thoroughly soaking
newspapers in paste made as thick as
putty and forced into the cracks with
paste-knife. 1t will soon harden
and can be painted. Black walnut
frames are made Of paper and SO col
ored that no one can tell them from
the original wood. A paper piano has
lately been exhibited in Paris. The
entire case is made Of compressed
paper, to which is given hard sur
hri11ioCf y,O1ich
An Italian monk has succeeded in
constructed an organ where the
pipes are made of paper pulp. It has
400 pipes of various sizes. A new
mill for the manufacture of paper
from moss has been recently establish
ed in Sweden. Paper of different
thickness and pasteboard made of it
have already been shown. the latter
even in sheets three-quarters of an
inch. 1t is as hard us wood, and can
be easily painted and polished. 1t has
all the good qualities but none Of
the defects, of wood. The pasteboard
can be used for door and window
frames, architectural ornaments and
all kinds of ornaments. The latest
idea is to use paper instead of wood
for lead pencils, by using a patent
preparation by which it can be cut as
easily as the sOftest wood.
The new school law has already
gone into effect through the emergen-
cy clause. In many respects the new
is very similar to the old law. Many
differences are hereafter noted. There
is Il new method of apportioning
county school moneys to the districts.
The new law requires twenty-five per
cent of the money to be divided among
the districts in proportion o the num-
Der of teachers employed last year
This it is expected will draw from the
town districts for the benefit of the
country schools organized last year,
but those which have come into exist
ence since will have to take what they
can get from the other seventy-five
per cent on the old plan of school
population. Examinations of teach
ers will occur quarterly, as heretofore.
the date of the next being May 8,
The law also provides that persons of
IL are eligible to certificates. The
law also provides that holders of d.
plomas from state university normal
department, any state normal school,
and teachers life diplomas and state
certificates, shall be entitled to a GER
tiiicate without examination. 1t also
provides that no district shall obtain
an apportionment unless the teachers
employed hold legal certificates, and
provides for the punishment of a
teacher by fine for striking child on
the head or face. Section 63 of the
law leaves no doubt of the question of
women voting at school elections. Its
language clearly admits them, wheth-
er they are taxpayers or not.-Waila
Walla Union.
A San Francisco newspaper saws
that a pet chipmunk in that city
hurt its foot so that the flesh drop
ped off and left the bones exposed
Thereupon the little fellow bit off or
amputated the foot at what would
correspond to the wrist joint. In the
course OF few days the bone still re-
NAMED because no provision had
been made for flap Of flesh to cover
it. The chipmunk then, with his
nose, turned back the flesh and bit
off piece of the bone above the end
OF the flesh SO that it projected be-
You'd the bone. In two weeks it had
healed up and the result is perfect
stump.