The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-01
II Comes Into Composition With
tho Metals and Almost
all Fabrics.
Gar Wheels and Rails Have Been
Made and Found Very
satisfactory.
1t Would Seem That This IL the Paper
Ags-Papsr Houses Used
in Japan.

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another; that II covers the walls and cell
ings of their houses. and that 1t is useful to
do up bundles with. Beyond this, few have
any idea 40 to the many uses it is put to. or
as to the new purposes for which it 10 being
constantly adopted.
An enthusiastic paper manufacturer says
the man In the nser future will sleep in
paper houses and will dine of paper dishes.
His travelling will be done in paper cars,
with paper wheels, which run over paper
rails. II the story of the stowaway printed
in last weeks apers is true he will be able
to satisfy his hunger with paper in lieu Of
anything better. and when the weather is
hot he can cool himself, % now, with o
paper fan, says the New York Sunday
News.
Whom he goes out for a drive on the bou-
levard his horses will be shod with paper
shoes md his blaoksmith's bill greatly re-
duced thereby. His wife's bonnets and
clothes will be of paper and he will not
groan 40 muck over her bills AZ he does at
present. Her hats will be of the same ma
tsrial, and altogether paper will enter into
her daily life to al extent not nov dreamed
of.
This may appear somewhat~ extravagant,
but let us see. Paper car wheels have o
been in use for years on some of the leading
railroads of the country. Numbers of them
are turned out every day at the foundry, at
Pullman. ILL.,, and nearly all of the Pullman
palace cars are equipped with them. Or
course, the idea of paper car wheels was
ridiculed when it was first proposed. and all
sorts of objections were made. But the
el.. 11n ~roforroI mat $bn un vpn hw m n n "
railroads to the old oast-iron wheels.
1t must not be supposed that the wheels
are made entirely OF paper. This material
only forms the inside of the wheel. Having
been subjected to a tremendous pressure it
is shaped and then firmly bolted to the out
side, which is of steel. BY this method
greater strength and durability as we'll as
%lightuess is obtained.
Paper rails have been made in Russia and
Germany and have been used by the rail-
ways to some extent, just how much is not
known. They are manufactured entirely
great pressure. 1t is claimed for them that
they possess greater wearing qualities n
are devoid of many of the defects which
ordinary rails have.
When death comes to a member of a fam
lily, the selection OF a coffin is an important
event. Up to q short time ago choice was
restricted to the different varieties OF wood
On caskets or metallic ones. Now there is
the paper casket. as handsome as any of
the others, with the additional advantages
claimed for it that II Is much lighter, not
so liable to decay or to allow unpleasant
gases to escape.
1ha oaskets are manufactured in West
field. Mass, and take a good share of the
produce of one of the largest paper mills in
that section. They are Handsomely trimmed
and the casual observer cannot distinguish
any difference between them and the or
l{,,nr- rJ~kH n1rnrol ry11lnr 4ooLok rp0ocC
it be their noticeable lightness.
The paper horse shoe il not a new inven-
ton. It has been used in Europe for some
years, and many advantages are claimed for
it. 1t is made Of paper formed under great
pressure. and it is said not only to last
wears to constantly keep a rough undo.
surface. thus enabling the horse to get a firm
foothold on the roadway. These shoes have
not been introduced on this side of the
water to any extent, but it is believed that
they will soon.
the ladicsq Will they adopt goods of this
material in preference to silks, cottons and
woolens? That is q question that ia likely
to come up In the near future. One enter
prising paper mill owner has been hard at
work for some time to produce a material
to take the place of the expensive goods
which now mako up a woman's costume,
and believes he has almost succeeded.
, He has produced a grade of tissue paper,
which, he declares, is just the thing for
skirts and dresses, combining strength and
lightnass, and which is susceptible of
decoration or ornament. There is only one
difficulty now confronting him, and that is
to separate the tibers SO that they will not
show in the garment. This, he believes,
can be easily III
As for bonnets and hats paper has n
tered into their composition for some
time. Not long ago a handsome and stylish
bonnet was exhibited in Paris, every bit of
which, frame. m and all, were
made Of tissue. 1t does not appear. hat it
would be a safe headgear to wear out on a
rainy day, nor ia it known whether fashion
adopted the bonnet Still it showed what
could be done and bonnets of this kind may
become stylish by and by.
To come back to the domain of utility,
paper ia found to have taken the place of
wood to quite an extent. Ceilings are now
decorated with paper, not the thin sheets
which the p%aperhanGer used to paste on, but
thick sheets, like leather or wood, and cap
able of a numberlesS variety Of handsome.
effects when decorated. The side walls
may be treated in the same manner
Stereotyping is one Of tho most import
ant processes in the issuing of a big daily
paper, and when the forms come down to
the stereotyping room half a dozen sheets
of a prepared tissue paper are pasted
kcSFVAS a. hAN WV AS " nv
Then the stereotyper takes a stiff brush
mad pounds I'll paper into the interstices OF
the typo and then ghoves it into the steam
chest to ''bnke." At the end OF tho re-
uuired time the form 10 taken out and the
SIX sheets Of tissue have welded into a solid
sheet bearing tho impression of the type as
clearly IA if each letter had been pounded
in separately. This sheet is the matrix from
which tho stereotype plate is made.
Another use to which paper, orwood pulp,
which forms tho basis of nearly all the
pnper mado nowadays, is put to is the maxi
ing of pipes for conveying water. steam or
electricity. The pipes are made of VARYING
diameters, and the pressure to which they
are subjected while in process of manufae-
ture ia 80 great that there ia absolutely no
chanc for n leak.
A section of this kind of pipe was taken
mp recently, after having been down five
years. and not q break or leak could be
found, although q minute examination was
made. Quite u business is being done in
these pipes. and they arc coming into favor
ms conduitH for electric wires IA nc. current
can eecape even though the wire be unin-
sulateI. For steam and water pipes they
are quite generally used and quite u bust
nehs is being built up in manufacturing
them.
The careful housewife appreciates the in
PRODUCTION of taper into the manufacture
OF goods for household purposes, and there
nre few women who do not prefer paper
pals and tups>to the old-fashioned wooden
ones. Not only nre they much lighter, but
they last much longer and nrn easier to
OF paper and 70 ia the much abused but
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