Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-09-13
THE PAPER AGE.
MANY ODD USES To WHICH PA
PER IS pUr,
IIorscshocs mud Collins. Rails for
Steam Roads, Car Wheels, Etc,
Etc, Are Now NIanufac-
turcd From Wood Pulp.

a ST L havo had the golden ass
NV and the iron age aud yari
V Y Gus other ages, but the
present will probably be
known rs tho wooden or paper age.
Paper dress material masquerading rs
silk is the latest invention in the pa
per line, md threatens 10 drive the
sllkworm out of business. Spruce saw
dust, cotton or Juto waste and alcohol
are put iuto tho machine and come
OUT Mt the other end shining, delicate.
ly colored, rustling silks, suitable for
the most fastidious lady's gown. Ol
course, this paper silk doesn't wear SO
well as tho real fabric, but think how
much cheaper it will be!
Enthusiastic paper manufacturers
say tho new woman and tho new mau
will dine oil paper dishes. It is not
improbable that the hat of the future
will be nm indestructible paper affair,
1mpervious to fire or water. Over in
Paris any enterprising milliner will
be able to show you stylish bonnets
and hats emade entirely of paper,
frame, trimming, ornaments aud all.
Parasos OF paper do not seem to have
been thought of yet, but satchels and
trunks of paper arc common enough.
Tho paper trunk. despite it's frail
sound, is tho despair OF the baggage
smnsher. 1t refuses to smash.
So do paper chr wheels. They have
been in use for years on some of the
most important railroads in this
country. 1t must not be supposed
that the wheels arc made entirely of
paper This material only forms the
interior she'll. Having been subjected
to terrific pressure, it is moulded and
firmly bolted 10 tho outer rim, which
is of steel. Greater durability and
lightness are claimed for these wheels,
but don't let tho idea of lightness lead
you to get under one. If you do you
may possibly have uso for enc of tho
pnper collins which are being turned
out at wholesale by firm ut West.
field, Mass.
Tho railroad train of the future is
likely not only to have paper wheels,
but to run on paper rails. These are
made entirely OF paper and are formed
i'll moulds under great pressure. They
have been used to some extent in Rus.
Sin and Germany, and nre said to be
FREQ from many OF the defects of the
ordinary steel rail.
Paper horseshoes are another Euro.
pean invention. Among tho advan-
tnges claimed for them is that they
maintain n rough surface, enabling
tho horse to get good grip OIL tho
smooth pavements. German paper
makers have put on the market sub
stance called ''papior sculptor, which
is used instead of clay for modelling.
1t is simply paper pulp kept soft
enough to be worked.
Q Papier macho ceilings and wall dec.
orations nrc very fashionable. They
may look like lenthcr or brocnde or n
thousand and ono handsome embossed
effects, but they are wool pulp just
the same.
Tho house furnishing departments
In the big shops furnish interesting
evidence of the extent to which paper
enters into ordinary life. Paper pals
and tubs are appreciated by the sub.
urban dwcller who hasn't "set" tubs.
They nre much lighter and easier to
keep clean us well rs cheaper than the
old style. Water coolers arc made of
paper. So is tho much abused Gus
pidor.
Peach baskets, berry baskets and
butter boxes are made of paper, and
almost everything under the sun salt
which used to come in pretty blue
and white bags, oatmeal, crackers,
icccream, candy, shoes, corscts,
dresses-is sent home in a paper box.
In Japan, they say, some folks live
in paper houses, and in this country
paper boats are in use. Nor must the
necessary sewer pipe be forgotten.
Paper pipes for carrying water, steam
or electricity arc not uncommon. AS
conduits for electricity they arc con-
sidered safe, even though the wire be
not insulated. Now York World.