The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06

An old writer on the subject says that the
first ink was made OF red wine, the water
boiled our Of r. and of "a certain musk"
Mulberry juice WAS next used, but princi-
paily SCOT. tempered with some glue or
gum, The Chinese used lainpbiack which
was made into paste and dried. In Rome
a purple variety was extracted from boiled
purple snails and their pulverized shells
Very beautiful gold inks have been pre-
pared in different ways. A writer In a
recent number of Leisure Hours SAYS
that the customary way was 10 mix pure
gold and silver in a crucible over the fire,
adding porphyrian marble and sulphur
after II had been converted into fine pow
der and dfgested over a slow fire In an
earthen well-covered vessel. The mixture
was kept over slow fire until II was red
When cold IL was pounded In marble
mortar with plenty Of water. When set
tied and found to be perfectly clean II
was poured out and. some gum and water
added and made milk warm, 1t was ready
for use.
The first paper invented by the m0dcrHs
was made OF cotton. II was erroneouhiy
ascribed "a the Arabs I'm the eighth cen
tury, but the Arabs got Il from the Chm
csc and Persiane 1t made It's way Slowly
at first IN Europe. There Is an Egclisn
manuscript on cotton paper, dated 1913,
and this coarse material continued ia use
In western Europe until the middle ~ The
fourteenth century, when II began "a be
supplanted by linen paper II Is disputed
what nation was the first to make paper
from linen rags, hut II Il probable that
Italy has that honor. France began very
early 70 manufacture Il and by the middle
% the eighteenth century n was common
over Europe. When Gear Peter visited
Dresden In t7i2 be saw there fcr tire arst
time "a paper mill ~ work. made a n y
sheets with his own hands and was 81
delighted with the whole process chat nae
Immediately engaged paper makers waom
he sent 90 Moscow 10 establish paper mills
at his own expense England was slow 20
engage IN the manufacture on large scale.
and. strange 90 say. q never WAS prosper
cns until about i7l3 when q was tsken m
hand By Thomas Watkin. q London sta
toner A German named Spitiman. go
quote again from Leisure Hours, had the
happiness under the reign % Elizabeth In
lssS 20 erect az hartford in Kent. the first
paper min IN England. for which ne receiv-
ed from her majesty the honor ~ knight
hood
The greatest paper-making country in
the world is the United States Here vc05
pulp vas IRA: used. and now most other
countries are supplied with IL FROM Amer
lean fo-ezss \ few years ago th. owners
OF the london Times arranged 20 have cat
ln the Mcjave desert IN southern California
quantities ~ taCti with which o. supply
their own mills with material Tor ,rint
paper Tee experiment was successful.
Writing paicr zoe. ~ the finest quality
Is made ia this country. though some very
particular peo1'e stia prefer the foreign
article
Introduction of Typewriter.
The introduction Of typeNriters. witch
has so greatly lessened ihe use q gcns
and writing ink and ako 81 lead pencils.
took place "a little prior t3 1885, but On
that year the macEin. approached near
TO perfection. iI Is not perfect nov hgt
H has from tius TO time had valuable
improvements. auj owing T. the r any 5sf-
ferent makes. 81 q easy 20 select a SoFg-
able machine under anyboGys hand. sun
inventors ava imrroyers are at work upon
IT, a.d it WaI i be rash 10 say thar the
typewriter 90 to-day win De the typewriter
az Va, 81 nve years hence. Besides the
common -.lHe for ordinary writing
there are machines for .auy kinds Ca ex-
traoriinary writing In The banks are seen
counting machines. the work If the teIe-
graph is supplemented by iustrume nts
which are a sort OF typewriters. and there
Is a typewriter for the steuograpaer. g. mich.
it is said viii take doWu a speech i'm
characters and not be more than hall
short sentence behind the speaker,