The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-18
QUEER USES OF PAPER.
Wood ruip Nay Yet Furrish Arr.sr for
War ships snd Telegraph Psie..

Nothing Of recent years has given a greater
incentive to the exercise OF the forester's art
than the discovery of the method Of making
paper out of wood pulp. Wood pulp to-day sup
plies 10000 weekly aud daily periodicals with
paper. and each year the number increases from
10 10 20 per cent, making the demand upon the
spruce forests so great as TO threaten their ex-
~tInction unless intelligent efforts are made to
preserve them. In Germany. whore the manu-
facture of wood pulp is even greater than in
this country, the foresters art Is exercised so
that the forests steadily Keep up the supply. IL
is to initiate this method Of using. but not abus-
Ing. the natural spruce forests here that paper
makers are trying to buy up the large areas of
woodland covered by these trees.
In the arts and trades new uses are found for
paper every year, so that the demand increases
as fast as the production. The records at the
Patent Office In Washington show an astonish-
ing number OF uses to which paper is put, and
applications are made for patents for other
queer inventions that never see the light Of day.
Cigar boxes are made Of paper and favored
with cedar oil to give tho impression that they
are manufactured OF cedar. Medals are pressed
out Of paper and then coated with n preparation
70 make them resemble either silver. or bronze.
moulded out of the paper pulp, and both interior
and exterior architectural effects are obtained
at relatively low cost BY this method.
The manufacture Of car wheels out Of paper Is
an old story. IL IL probably the good results OBJ
tanned with them that suggested the idea OF
coating irnnclad mrn-uf-war with paper. In
ventors are now working on the problem OF find
inR "a preparation either OF compressed paper or
of compressed rnmie that will form a bullet
proof coating for war vessels. The car wheels
and steam pipes made of paper admit OF being
moulded and formed to suit any purpose. and 10 Is |
that by using paper for coating armor
plate the surface could be formed like fish scales
with tiny overlapping plates. The surface could
be made rough or smooth. and besides giving |
more strength to the steel armor the paper
coating would protect the metal from corrosion.
Another queer use 20 which paper promises TO
be put Is in the manufacture of telegraph poles.
paper poles are hollow. and are made from
paper pulp. and then coated with sllicatc OF
potash to preserve them. Electric conduits in
also steam and water pipes Of great strength
and durability. Paper roofing material Is SO
cornnon that IL is unnecessary to mention IL,
and also paper psils, basins, and pans.
Cndertahcrs are using cheap collins pressed
out OF paper pulp: When polished and stained
wood. They last longer In the ground than cof-
OF wood or metal, and they can be hermcti- /
ally sealed better than the heavy metal collins.
Paper boats are generally looked upon as play
'hings for very small children, but large. COM
stanch boats are now manufactured
,ut OF paper pulp. They can resist the water.
md are lighter than wooden or metal boats.
.ead pencils and cigar holders made OF paper
ire In daily use, and even carpets and mattresses
re manufactured In n limited way out of paper.
he mattresses are made OF paper pulp and
sponge. with springs embedded in tho
composition. Artificial traws for drinking iced
which are superior to the natural
5 a peculiar cloth paper for printing bank
otes on.