The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-06-07
Queer Uses Of Paper.

greater incentive to the exercise of tn,
forester art than the discovery of the
method OF making paper out of WOO,
pulp. Wood pulp to-day supplies 90,
600 weekly and daily periodicals with
paper, and each year the number in
creases from 10 to 90 per cent. making
the demand upon the spruce forest,
so great as to threaten the extinction
unless intelligent efforts are made tc
perServe them. In Germany, where
the manufacture of wood pulp is even
greater than in this country, the
fOrester's art is exercised so that the
forestf steadily keep up the supply
1t Is to initiate this method of usin g
but not abusing, the natural spruce
forests here that papermakcrs are try
ing to buy up the large areas of wood
land 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 repro
duction. 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.
Cigars boxes are made of paper and
fiavored with cedar oil to give the i'm
preston that they arc 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 bv this
method.
The manufacture of car wheels out
of paper is an old story. 1t is probab-
ly the good results obtained with them
that suggested the idea of coating
ironclad men-of-war with paper. In
ventors are now working on the prob
lem of fl nding preparation either of
compressed paper or compressed ramie
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 it is 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 protect the metal from
cOrrOslOn.
Another queer use to which paper
promises to be put is the manufacture
of telegraph poles. The paper poles
are hollow and are made from paper
pulp and then coated with silicate of
potash to perserve them. Electric
cOnduits in successful use are made Of
paper pulp, and also steam and water
pipes of great strength and durability.
Paper roofing 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 wood. They
last longer in the ground than coffins
of wood or metal, and they can be
hermetically sealed better than the
heavy metal coffins.
Paper boats are generally looked
upon as playthings for very small
children, but large, commodious stanch
boats are now manufactured out of
paper pulp. They 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 limited way out of
paper. The mattresses are made of
paper pulp and ordinary sponge, with
springs imbedded in e composition.
Artificial straws for drinking iced
beverages, which are superior to the
natural straws, are being placed on the
market, and so is a peculiar cloth
paper for printing bank notes on.-Ex-
change.
cans will carry the state.
Mr.. Cleveland took another step
towards keeping democrats in Office
under the next administration, which
will be republican, when he extended
the classified civil service rules to
cover all the chiefs of division and
bureaux, except the chief of the
Weather Bureau, under the Depart
ment of Agriculture. This is taken
as an indication that all the chiefs of
divisions in the other departments will
soon be given the same protection.
The motive of Mr.. Cleveland would
have been laws open to criticism had
he made the change before all the
republican chiefs had been succeed
ed by democrats.
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