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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, 



December 



THE PAPER AGE. 



Many Strone and Durable Articles Mad* 

 From Paper Pulp. 



We have had the golden age and 

 the iron age and various other ages, 

 "but the present, says an exchange, 

 will probably be known as the wood- 

 en or paper age. Pai)er dress ma- 

 terial masquerading as silk is the 

 latest invention in the paper line 

 and threatens to drive the silkworm 

 out of business. Spruce sawdust, 

 cotton or jute waste and alcohol are 

 put into the machine and come out 

 at the other end shining, delicately 

 colored, rustling silk, suitable for 

 the most fastidious lady's gown. Of 

 course this paper silk doesn't wear' 

 so well as the real fabric, but think 

 how much cheaper it will be ! 



Enthusiastic paper manufacturers 

 Bay the new woman and the new 

 man will dine off paper dishes. It 

 is not improbable that the hat of the 

 future will be an indestructible pa- 

 per affair, impervious to fire and 

 ■water. Over in Paris any enterpris- 

 ing milliner will be able to show you 

 stylish bonnets and hats made en- 

 tirely of paper — frame, trimming, 

 ornaments and all. Parasols of pa- 

 per do not seem to have been thought 

 of yet, but satchels and trunks of 

 paper are common enough. The pa- 

 per trunk, despite its frail sound, is 

 the despair of the baggage smasher. 

 It refuses to smash. 



So do paper car wheels. They 

 have been in use for years on some 

 of the most important railroads in 

 this country. It must not be sup- 

 posed that the wheels are made en- 

 tirely of paper. This material only 

 forms the interior shell. Having 

 been subjected to terrific pressure, 

 it is molded and firmly bolted to 

 the outer rim, which is of steel. 

 Greater durability and lightness are 

 claimed for those wheels, but don't 

 let the idea of lightness lead you to 

 get under one. If you do, you may 

 possibly have use for one of the pa- 



per coffins wnich are being turned 

 out at wholesale by a firm at West- 

 field, Mass. 



The railroad train of the future is 

 likely not only to have paper wheels, 

 but to run on paper rails. These are 

 made entirely of paper and are 

 formed in molds under great pres- 

 sure. They have been used to some 

 extent in Russia and Germany and 

 are said to be free from many of the 

 defects of the ordinary steel rail. 



Paper horseshoes are another Eu- 

 ropean invention. Among the ad- 

 vantages claimed for them is that 

 they maintain a rough surface, en- 

 abling the horse to get a good grip 

 on the smooth pavements. German 

 paper makers have put on the market 

 a substance called "papier sculptor, " 

 which is used instead of clay fol 

 modeling. It is simply paper pulp 

 kept soft enough to be worked. 



Papier mache ceilings and wall 

 decorations are very fashionable. 

 They may look like leather or bro- 

 cade or a thousand and one hand- 

 some embossed effects, but they are 

 wood pulp just the same. 



The house furnishing departments 

 in the big shops furnish interesting 

 evidence of the extent to which pa- 

 per enters into ordinary life. Paper 

 pails and tubs are appreciated by 

 the suburban dweller who hasn't 

 "set" tabs. They are much lighter 

 and easier to keep clean as well as 

 cheaper than the old style. Water 

 coolers are made of paper. So is the 

 much abused cuspidor. 



Peach baskets, berry baskets and 

 butter boxes are made of paper, and 

 almost everything under the sun — 

 salt, which used to come in pretty 

 blue and white bags; oatmeal, crack- 

 ers, ice cream, candy, shoes, corsets, 

 dresses — is sent home in a paper 



box. — Baltimore News. 



RUDY'S PILE SUPPOSITORY 

 is guariiiitfed to cure h'iles and ron.-tipation, or 

 money refunded. 50 cents per box. Send two 

 st-inips fnr cirenlnr nnd Free Snirple to MARTIN 

 RUDY. Registered Pharmacist, Lancaster. Pa. 

 No Postals Answerkd. For sale bv all first- 

 class druggists everywhere, and in Jamestown. 

 N. Y., by FRANK W. PALMETER. 4-12 



