The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-10-05
WALL PAPER.
The Successor of Tapestry, Stamped
Leather and Paper Cloth,

Ae1tnGE anu EopGF SAOtns
A remarkable fact in regard to wall
paper is that the method of printing the
better sort Of paper Is probably the same
now as it ever has been. Wooden blocks
with the design cut in relief, one for each
color, are applied by hand, and In order
to suit the productions of the paper mills
these blocks are made in England 81
inches wide and in France Is inches
wide. The length Of the block is limited
to what the workman can easily lift with
one hand. two feet being about the limit,
as the blocks are necessarily thick and in
many cases made heavier by being inlaid
with copper, especially the thin outlines,
which, il made Of wood, would not stand
the wear and tear Of printing.
1t was not till the eighteenth century
that wall paper in anything like its pres
emit form came into common use in Eu-
rope, although it appears to have been
used much earlier in China. A few rare
examples, which may be as early as the
sixteenth century. exist in England. but
these are in limitations, generally in
"fock," like the old Genoese and Floren-
tine cut velvets, and hence the style Of
the design In no way indicates the date
Of the wall paper, the same traditional
patterns being reproduced with little or
no change for many years. 1t was not
till the end Of the eighteenth century
that the machinery to make paper in
long strips was invented. Up to that
time wall papers were printed ON small
square pieces of handmade paper and
were very expensive. On this account
wall paper was slow in superseding the
old mural decorations, such as tapestry,
stamped leather and paper cloth.
The wall papers now printed by ma
chinery have the designs cut on the
surface Of wooden rollers, under which
the paper passes. In the cheaper grades
all colors are applied rapidly. one after
the other, without allowing each to dry
separately, and somewhat blurred ap-
pearance is generally the result. De
signing wall paper patterns is an occupa-
ton for women. which Is highly lucrative
to those who possess skill and ingenuity
New York Tribune.
No Waste In the OK.
1t IL remarkable to what an extent the
OK, when slaughtered, is utilized Not so
very long ago fully 40 per cent of the
carcass was wasted. 1t may be said that
today nothing is wasted; everything. from
the horns to the tail. Is turned into mon
ey. The blood is used in the refining of
sugar, or is hardened and employed in
the manufacture Of doorknobs and han
dies; the skin goes to the tanner: the
horns and hoofs are turned into combs
and buttons. the shinbones into backs of
clothesbrushes. The bones Of the fore
feet are worth $25 a ton. being made
into collar buttons, umbrella handles and
various novelties, after the marrow has
been boiled out Of them. The small
bones are burned instead of coal. From
each foot a considerable quantity of oil
Is extracted; the tail is made into soup.
The hair goes to the mattress maker and
upholsterer: the fat to oleo makers: the
intestines are used as sausage wrappers
or are sold to goldbeaters. Even the I'M
digested stuff in the stomach is turned
to account, being made into paper. If
anything Is left over, 1t is turned into
glue or is put on land as fertilizer
New York World.