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 Ce which is not by any means re zSte possibility. Paper has largely talk len the place of linen. We have paper collars and cuffs and blankets. An in genious inventor has devised paper shirt bosom which can be torn off like the pages from q calendar, thus enabling che wearer to have clean shirt front as often as he desires. It is only a mat. ter of time before cloths. dressing gowns and entire suits of clothes will be made from paper The soldiers of the Japanese army wore paper trousers and jerseys during thei~ famous winter campaign.
 Wood pulp is the most effective sub- stitute for rags ill the manufacture of paper Nearly every species of wood can be used. Some kinds yield more than others. Mora pulp can be got from will low and chestnut than from walnut Different woods give various qualities and effects. Aspen will yield a very white paper, but defective in solidity, and is therefore mixed with fir. This latter wood Is most generally used. It was first imported from the Black forest. in Germany. The chief supply is now in Norway and Finland, ill the form of blanks or poles, never exceeding 3 feet or inches.
 For the last half century the worlds production of paper has increased ten. fold In 1850 it was 221, 900 metric tons. The latest recent estimate was 2, GOO, GOO metric tons. The European are suffering from a glut in production. The price of paper haq
 allen one third, while wages have dou.
 led. The European plants are not 80 as those in this country. They depend too much upon manual la. bor. In the United States the manufac. turers have substituted machinery for hand work, and as a result of the de. crease in tho number of their employees are enabled to pay high wages.
 Attention has recently been called to the utility of little known species of paper called the boabab, or Ansonia It is made from the wood of the boabak tree, which is 8 native of west Africa, and is known there as the monkey bread tree. It is found in Abyssinia, Senegal and south of Coyo river. It is of low growth and has very thick trunk. While it rarely attains height of 25 feet, the trunk is usually 20 to 25 feet i'll diameter. The branches are pen- dulous and bear an edible fruit The in- ner bark of this tree is very fibrons. Is Is used for making superior wrapper pa. pers, which have great tenaeity. When the inner bark is stripped from the tree, a fresh growth supplants that taken away, and ill a couple of years the tree is again ip normal condition. The bark is peeled off but once ill four years.
 The latest addition to the paper in dustry is sanitary note paper which Is claimed to be germproof. It has long been known that letters frequently spread infectious diseases by means of the germs that eontaminate the paper. An English firm has produced a paper which is impregnated with an antiseptio substance which kills all germs that may come in contact with the paper. If this paper proves to be what the proprie. tors claim, it is certainly a meritorious invention and will become generally used by hospitals ana during the rage of future epidemics.
 Chinese and Japanese papers have long been noted for their quality. It has been ascertained, however, that oven finer grades are produced in Korea, One eminent authority states that "the Korean paper excels the very best that is made in China and Japan. It is entirely by manual labor. No machinery whatever is employed. Tor the better grades the bark of the papyrifera is used. This is in the spring of the year. It is placed in water, mixed with wood ash .s and is then beaten until 1t is reduced