The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10

Ell about cut flowers or pinned lightly
over delicate plants in the hot weather
will often save them from blighting.
Newspapers will keep moths away from
furs better than most things, and they
are excellent for lining seldom opened
trunks or bureau drawers with. In
fact, there's really no end to the uses
for which old. clean newspapers are
valuable. We never dream Of wasting
one at our house,
The old army officer who had been
listening took up the parable at this
point.
"Apropos of the use of newspapers for
blankets and bed coverings" he said.
quietly, 1--WE old army fellows found
still other uses for them in the old days
Of Bull Run and Gettysburg. Clothing
OF any sort was none to plentiful with
most Of us during the days of the Civil
war, and many Of the men suffered for
the want of shoes and stockings, parti-
cularly. But we learned, after a WHILE
that wrapping of newspaper would
enable us to defy dry cold pretty COM
fortably, and that an inner sole of
newspaper not only saved the wearing
shoe, but was cooling and comforting
to the foot in hot weather. 1t helped
the days We're freezing rather than sui
try, being a non-conductor of the first
water. And we made shelters out of
newspapers, sometimes. which often
wonder that summer campers don't do
likewise nowadays"
They do" said the man who had
started the conversation by saving his
Saturday Inter Mountain so carefully,
we always rig up a newspaper Shelf
err on the sunny side of the yard tent,
unless we've got lots of shade trees
handy. And we tack newspapers all
| over our attic roof and floor and behind
the west windows Of the basement in
summer, because a newspaper will keen
| out the sunshine so splendidly. And a
| man know has his whole storm entry
and It's big one-lined with thick
| layers of old newspapers. He says that
It's cool enough to eat there this wealth
er, and warm enough to keep the PAN
| try in in the winter. And wet newspa-
per is just splendid to pack up cracks
with whether they're in the roof of your
summer house or the floor Of your row
boat"
| College girls make torn fragments NJ
newspapers serve in place of feathers
| often,' said the woman whose diploma
has not vet had time to get lost or grow
dusty. newspapers make fine pillows
II you tear them up in little pieces and
toss them thoroughly about every day
OF tWo-not that college pillows don't
| set plenty of implanted tossing, as
| rule. Ana until you've made a lot of
old newspapers do duty as a pantry or
larder for things you're going to eat
later, If they don't melt meanwhile
You really know nothing at all about
the varied uses to which it is possible
TO put the dear things. And when It
comes to propping up the couch leg
which has lost castor, or -"
But the men and women present had
evidently absorbed all the lore concern
ing Old newspapers which was needed
1or immediate use or satisfaction. The
caucus broke up at that moment, and
! the lmpromptu information society
went out Of session. But the two
housekeepers and the newly f1edged COL
lege woman continued the discussion
on the way to the street cars, and the
college girl was still talking Of old
newspapers when the private carriage
or the public" bore her away.
And after you've used the papers for
all the purposes we have mentioned"
she SAID In parting, you can always fold
them neatly and sell them to the rag and
paper man, and-buy more newspapers
with the money"
The newspaper would seem to be
destined to a career of perpetual useful
ness, remarked the only man who had
not yet spoken, and he folded the pa
per he had been about to leave on the
park bench, and put it into his pocket
with great care.