Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-27
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Wood Pulp May Yet FurnIsh Asmsoe
for War ShIpo.

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Nothing OF recent years has given
. 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
supplies 20. 600 weekly and daily pc
riodicals with paper, and each year
the number increases from 10 to 20
per cent, making the demand upon
tho spruce forests so great as to
threaten their extinction unless in
telligent effolt Is are made To preserve
them. In Germany, where the manu-
facture OF wood pulp is even greater
than in this country, the forester's
art Is exercised so that the forests
steadily keep up the supply. 1t il
to initiate this method OF using, but
not abusing, 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 aston
ishing 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 the inn
preston that they are manufactured
OF cedar. Medals are pressed out Of
paper and then coated with prepa-
ration to make them resemble either
silver or bronze. Similarly cornices,
panels and friezes are moulded out of
the paper pulp, and both interior and
exterior architectural effects are OBJ
tanned at relatively low cost by this
method.
The manufacture Of car wheels out
OF paper is an old story. 1t is prob
ably the good results obtained with
them that suggested the idea of coat
ing ironclad men-of-war with paper.
Inventors are now working on the
problem OF finding preparation
either of compressed paper or OF COM
pressed ramie that will form 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 it il
suggested 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 pro-
tect the metal from corrosion.
Another queer use to which paper
promises to be put is in the manu-
facture OF telegraph poles. The papes
poles are hollow, and are made from
paper pulp, and then coated with
silicate of potash to preserve them.
Electric conduits in successful use
are made out of paper pulp, and also
steam and water pipes OF great
strength and durability. Paper roof
ing material is so common that it is
unnecessary to mention it, and also
paper pals, basins and pans.
Undertakers are using cheap collins
pressed out Of paper pulp. When
polished and stained such collins are
almost as handsome as those Of wood.
They last longer in the ground than
collins of wood or metal, and they
can be Theoretically sealed better than
the heavy metal collins.
Paper boats are generally looked
upon as play things for very small
children, but large, commodious,
stanch boats are now manufactured
out Of paper pulp. They can resist
the water, and are lighter than
wooden or metal boats. Lead pencils
and cigar holders made Of paper are
in daily use, and even carpets and
mattresses are manufactured in q
limited way out Of paper. The mat
tresses are made OF paper pulp and
ordinary sponge with springs imbedd-
ed in the composition. Artificial.
straws for drinking iced beverages.
which are superior to the natural
straws. are being placed on the mar
ket, and so is peculiar cloth paper
for printing bank notes on.-[New
York Sun.