The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-08

| process were exhibited in this city re-
Gently which compared very well in ap-
pearance with fine articles Of linen The
process at present developed is pro-
| bounced by paper experts to be alto
gether too expensive for any practical
purpose, although it is easily within the
possibilities that the day is not so very
far distant that we will be using paper
table linen. Still another freak exhibit
ion Of what can be done with paper was
the production of a paper axe with an
edge so hard and fine that it could be
used for cutting. One of the recent and
very successful applications of paper
is in a line which at first thought would
seem almost as surprising as the manu-
facture Of axes of paper. This is in its
use as an insulating cover for electric
wires. Paper is one Of the best pro-
ductors of electricity there is. Thus
boys in a pressroom often hold one
: hand on a roll OF paper and with the
other light a gas jet with the electric
spark drawn by touching the end of
the finger to a metallic burner. The
electricity is first developed in the pa
per by the friction of going through
the calenders in the latter milling pro-
cesses. Electric wires are connected
from these calenders to the earth to
draw off the fluid but Notwithstanding
this the paper reels gather and store
| charges of electricity that often are not
dissipated for months if the real stands
in storage SO long.
Yet, with all this susceptibility Of pa
per to electric excitement it has now
become one of the substances most
used, after going through the necessary
process for insulating electric wires
One single company here In this city
dispdses of twenty tons day of paper
to be used for this purpose alone.
The proposition that the waste and
refuse of to-day is the raw material Of
tomorrow, which has become in the
nature of an axiom in modern indus
tries, is as true in connection with
paper manufacture as in everything
else. For instance, the pulpy mass
called hegasse, which is left after the
sugar cane has been crushed and
squeezed dry of its saccharine matter,
and formerly was burned and got rid of
as nuisance, is now used for the
manufacture of paper, The Cunning
ham Bros. the great sugar men of
Texas, have two paper mills, which
make several grades Of paper out of
bagasse, and the business is so profit
able that they are to open new mills.
one of the most profitable side indus
tries growing out of the manufacture of
paper came from the discovery of the
fact that casein was vastly better than
the glue formerly in use for putting the
heavy coating on the finer grades of
paper. The discovery was not only a
bonanza for the man who made it and
for those who backed him, but also for
the dairies. The skim milk which is
left afer the cream has been taken off
for butter and other purposes, and was
in the nature Of casein for paper coat
ing and sizing.
An insurmountable obstacle to the
making of old newspapers into a good
quality OF paper was the fact that the
printers ink with it's resin and it's
heavy lineed oil could not be got rid of
by any known process Paper was
made of old newspapers, but it was
poor in appearance poor in quality
and always betrayed it's origin. SO old
mere waste until about six years ago
when young man named McEwen,
from over i'll New Jersey, ciphered out
the Fact that the resin Nnd the oil in
old newspapers. when the whole mass
of ink and paper fibre together was sub
ject to very high pressure would be
just he thing for sizing for boxboard
paper. Mr.. McEwen had no capital,
and he had difficulty in Interesting peo-
pie who had, but he succeeded at last
and now he is a millioaire. He himself |
ships from bis mills 5000 tons of box |
board paper-"new board" as it is
called from its newspaper origin-to 4
England alone int he course of every |
year, while he derives a large income !
from royalties on his patents.-New |
York Sun.