The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-04-06
C. C. COLUMBIAN CIRCLE.
Prize Papers and Prize Winners and Priz
Yet to Come.

| Prize Papers and Prize Winners and Prizes
Vet to Come.
Prizes offered for the best papers any
subjects announced such papers 10 be mailed to
Kate B. Sherwood. Canton. O.. not less than two
weeks before the date OF publication. Notes of in
| terest the Worlds Fair are invited from all
those interested IN the subject.
FIFTEENTH PAPER, APRIL 13
i. What is the history of music. and what prog
ress bad IL nla5c ia Coiugiu,'s time?
.. What nations excel in music and musical COM
position?
s. What progress has America made in music?
4 What Will be The musical features of the
coming Worlds Fair?
SIXTEENTH PAPER, GPRTI. 20.
| J. When aud where coal first used as q fuel
2. NkA are the great coal industries OF America?
3. WlaI lie uses Of COAL aud how has 1t adj
raHced civilization?
SEVENTEENTH PAPER, APRIL q.
j. What is sugar. and from what is Il r,adeo
2 Which are the sugar producing coun;sie. Of lie
wcrIde
8. What is the extent of the sugar industries CT
| the United States?
EIGHTEENTH PAPER.
j. Name Tie great American poets, living and
dead and the best work Of each? The great story
| writers? The great essayisis?
2. What is the most popular book ever written In
America, aud iuto how many languages has il been
| iranrlated2 Tell something of the a.iiIor and
why the book written and whether based ON
facts?
2. wha, will he The book exhibits at the Worlds
Fair?
FOURTEENTH PRIZE PAPERS
A number of arlie-s on paper have been re-
ceived and it is difficult TO select between those
Of Ida wcssells aud Al. j. Cs,pin each treating the
suijsc from a somewhat different standpoint. u
prize i,as Deen awarded 10 each. Honorable mem
| tien J. given Ellie NJ. Frnzer Greeley, Colo, and
| Battle J. Tiaea, o!ive;. Mieh.
To liza Vessels, who has ex expressed a preference
for hooks. has been awarded Campfire and
To 81. J. Gapn. THE Columbian Exposition
| Puzzle Picture"
PAPER AND ITS Uses.
]. What is pa per; when. where and by whom
was j: first used? What articles are made from
paper?
The word paper is derived from q Latin word
| pappr0s, signifying papcr-reed. Egyptian plant
| from which kind Of paper made. Paper is
now made from a pulp al rags. straw, bark and
other materials pressed and dried. IL is composed
OF vegetable fiters. minuieiy divided aud recon-
bned into thin sheets. either by simple drying in
contractor with the addition Of size by some ad :
hesiye material.
The earliest Use of psper for the purpose Of
writing, and It's earliest form the papyrus of
Egypt.
The Chinese The first who made paper as
! early the commencement OF the Christian era,
| and Il II thought they used the bark of trees.
Ia the United States paper is Hian ufaciured
in all varieties: but little If any il made by hand
| the paper-maciIine having changed the character
| Of n1snulIcturing IL. Louis Robert, Frenchman
invented t8e paper machine, and ii brought to
this country by DedOi, OF Paris
| The different varieties OF paper and their uses
| are:
Paper for printing purposes.
| Coarse wrapping paper.
Purple paper Of a son texture. used by sugar re-
| fners.
| I8lottine and fitering paper
| Rice aud photographic paper. used In art
Copying paper for writiag aud t;ncing
! Paper for stationery, many varieties.
Tissue paper for making towers. lainp-sbades.
etc.
Paper ior music printing, drawings
| Linen paper for very fine y. ting
| Mouey II made OF paper.
| Books made OF paper.
| Floor mating and wall decorations made OF
| paper
Pictures, dresses buckets, tablets, blank books
drawing -books cubes, cylinders. squares boxes
| prisms, etc. made of paper
Maps. globes, cards, baskets. napkins. soles of
| slipper, paper collaIe dolls and dolls furniture
ribbons. borders. pans, photographs, VASES, bags
are made Of paper.-Ida Vessels. Quincy, Ill.
PAPER HISTORICALLY Considered.
The origin OF paper as used for writing, is
mote period the Chinese Manufactured paper from
the wood Of the COTTON plant by reducing the
! fbrous matter to pulp. then into paper.
| The origin of paper has been traced back to the
second century before Chrisi but although it's age
was very remote in Asia it only became avaiiable
10 the rect OF mankind about the beginning of the
| eighth century.
The Arabs captured samarkand A. d. 7ol, and
thus found out and learned the manufacture aud
| Of paper.
Paper first made it's appearance In Europe among
these countries most nearly bordering on the
| Orient.
In Egypt paper manufactured from the
papyrus plant aud thus IL derived its name.
| Pa per made ia Greece as early as the 18th
century. but did moi gain much Roadway until the
latter part OF tbe 18th century. /, was known aud
used under different during the Middle
Ages.
The manufacture OF paper in Europe was intro
duced by the Moors into Spain. The Arab. in
Sicily first introduced il into Italy. Paper up 10
| this time made from wood fiber.
| Paper from rags and linen FIRST made about
| the l4h century. when paper making became a
| large industry In England. Europe The first
! psper-IniiI erected at Frogmore Mill, near
| Bo1moor. Heris. in ls0i.
| Machinery for paper making not introduc ed
| into America until ls20 Messrs T. Gilpin & Co. of
BRANDY wine. starting the first mills for pur
| Ia America. the first To make paper. before the
| mills were introduced, was VIM. Rittinghuysen In
| the limits Of what is now known Philadelphia
| The present OF paper manifold. We
have buckets. tubs chairs carpets and bric- irac
] Of ali sorts. and the Chinese nlake sinss, every