Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-01-09
ISITTHE PAPER 1
SINCE PULP CAME INTO USE ,1
 HAVE BEEN MANY cH4Noa

Have to Be Washed.
 Without steam and railways :, i society would undoubtedly exist
 What state of intellectual A..
 would be that of civilized ms'
 without paper and the secret of i,s
 ufaotirel For many years tia ,ss
 all demands of the paper industrv
 increasing diversity of uses to
 paper and paper pulp have been <. | the last decade have made if ne.s.S for manufacturers to cast about foy .| # effective elementary substances.
 money, boats, gas pipes, imperm1
 dssks, toys, bottles, pipes, floors. ds ,zz ceilings, architectural ornamepta
 ing, chimneys and even eonpIete proof houses are now made of n,1
 Many claim that it will eYentualv 8: plant wood, for it will neither c,
 nor warp. It can be triturated, mt
 der great pressure and subjected h l tain chemical treatment and will [. take high polish and will resist ths l feets of fire better than any other terial known. Paper is gradually N planting metal ill certain lines. h, motive wheels have been made of if < several years, and even rails for nI roads. The next progressive step will to use it for the manufacture of o nance, which is not by any means mote possibility. Paper has largely tl en the place of linen. We have psl. collars and cuffs and blankets. AnS x genious inventor has devised psr.l shirt bosoms which can be torn off M the pages from a calendar, thus enaba.s l the wearer 10 have clean shirt fro 1 as often as he desires. It is only a iDss ter of time before cloths, dressing goVs and entire suits of clothes will be md. [ from paper The soldiers of the Japansg army wore paper trousers and jeras during tbei- famous winter campaign
 Wood pulp is the most effective sas stitute for rags ia c.. l4darfactufea paper. Nearly every species of wood em be used. Some kinds yield more thaa others. Moro pulp can be got from will low and chestnut than from walnut Different woods give various qualihaI and effects. Aspen will yield veB| white paper, but defective in solidityH and is therefore mixed with fir. This latter wood is most generally used. t was first imported from the Black forest, in Germany. The chief supply is now obtained in Norway and Finland, in tho form of blanks or poles, never exceeding feet or inches.
 For the last half century the word' production of paper has increased ten fold. Tn 1850 1t WAS 221, 900 metrA tons. The latest recent estimate wa ,, GOO, 900 metric tons The Europea manufacturers are suffering from glu in production. The price of paper ha fallen one.third, while wages have dou bled. The European plants are not s progressive as those in this country They depend too much upon manual Ia Dor. In the United States the manufas turers have substituted machinery fc hand work, and as a result of the d( crease in the number of their employed are enabled to pay high wages.
 Attention has recently been called the utility of little known species { paper called the boabab, Or Ansonil It is made from the wood of the boaba tree, which is native of west Africl and is known there as the .'monke bread tree. It is found in Abyssinil Senegal and south of Coyo river. It of low growth and has very thic trunk. While it rarely attains heigl of 25 feet, the trunk is usually 20 to feet ill diameter The branches are pei dulous and bear an edible fruit. The i ner bark of this tree IS very fibrous. is used for making superior wrapper p pers, which have great tenaoity. Wht the inner bark is stripped from the ire fresh growth supplants that take away, and in a couple of years the tr is again in normal condition. The bal is peeled off but once in four years.
 The latest addition to the paper i dustry is sanitary note paper whil is claimed to be germproof. It has lol been known that letters frequent spread infectious diseases by means the germs that contaIninste the pape An English firm has produced pap which is impregnated with an antisept substance which kills all germs tn may come in contact with the paper this paper proves to be what the propri tors claim. it is certainly q meritorio invention and will become general used by hospitals anl during the rage future epidemies.
 Chinese and Japanese papers ha long been noted for their quality. It h recently been ascertained, however, tn even finer grades are produced in Kore One eminent authority states that t Korean paper excels the very best tn is made in China and Japan. . It manufactured entirely by manual lahc No machinery whatever is employe For the better grades the bark of t Broussonetia papyrifera is used. This gathered in the spring of the year. It placed in water, Il fixed with wood as es and is then beaten dntil it is redue to thick pulp, which is dipped out good sized ladies and spread out ill th sheets upon bamboo frames. A differe grade of paper is made from fragmen of bark, which are trodden under flo in manner similar to that employed the grape presses ill some countrit This process of making the pulp is ye tedious, but it possesses the great mel of preserving the fibers intact and Il breaking them, as is done when III ohinery is used. The pulp is then met morphosed into naner. and the shee