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Show PAPER'S ODD USEF. If ou happen to bo short of crockery ware, ou can make light, unbreakable cups, bowls and saucers nt practically no cost All vou havo tod o, according to London Lon-don Answers Is to cut n block of wood to the shape of the vessel Then take jour sheets of paper, wot them well and paste them and mold them around the block It Is necessary first to cover the block with French chalk, so that the vessel can be easily slipped oft when drv. If ou live near n lake or river, and want a light ennoe the making of ll la a ven simple matter You want some sheets of stout paper, a solution of zinc chloride In worm water a little soda and another liquid conristlng tf water, it little soda nnd a trace of glyierlne .ou put -the paper In the first solution solu-tion for n few minutes then press several sheets together and soak them in the tetond solution Then drv them, and ou have a strong stiff, waterproof board ad-mlrably ad-mlrably suited for the construction of 5 5ur boat If ou want to pack bottles, china and other breakables, you can make a splendid packing material by taking tak-ing your papr and covering It with the following i ilxture Twent) parts of glue, three parts of treacle and one part of gelatin Thin dust It with Ilnelj -powdered cork nnd ou have a packing substance which will prevent all bieak-ages bieak-ages To perfume your dwelling, sou ought to have a stock of fumigating papers In the house l ou c in easily make them foi n few tents First toiik vour paper In solution of saltpetre nnd dry It, then fcet it few cents woith of benzoin, or storax, and dltsolvo It In alcohol Soak jour paper nnd drj It. and jou have a dellghtfullj-si.er.ted fumigating parer Tho thilftj Trench people turn paper to a large variety of uses ufter ninklng It tough and lulil Now, to make pa pet tough and hard all jou have to do Is to get unsized paper, plunge It Into n solution ot rhloiMo of zinc it verj Inexpimdvo liquid and drj It. You can then use Is for covering floois, soloing boots covering whip-handles, whip-handles, and for making buttons, combs, nnd other such urtlcles. It roofs a house ndiulrablj. This paper con be colored, nnd, as a floor covering, It wears foiever. Try It in jour kitchen Luminous paper ls very useful, and It can be easily lendeied wuterproof It could be used for tho numbers of houses, for covering matchboxes, for surrounding kej holes, nnd in many other wavs to guldo people In the dark, lou can mnke It for yourself Merely tako three parts of gelatin, three parts of potassium bichromate, and thlrty-seven parts o' ..-Icium sulphide sul-phide Mix these thoroughly nnd add one part with one and a half parts of water Apply with a brush to the pupr Perhaps you would like to find out ir there Is any ozone where you live? Then boll a little starch In water and add a trifle of Iodide of potassium to the decoction. Soak your paper In this and dry.lt. If jou want to test for ozone, damp the paper nndhang It up In n short time It will turn blue If any ozonn la present. To remove paper pasted on anything, the easiest nnd best way Is to cover It with n. damp cloth nnd wait until the paper is thoroughly moistened. It then comes off readily. .J,Vy ,en l,.ls "orth knowing how to split a sheet of naper. Suppose jou had an article which was prlntd on both sides, and jou desired to paste It In jour scrapbook. You would paste it between two sheets of Mout paper, and, when nearly dry, draw these apart, .v.Y." uUI! nae nalf of the printed sheet sheet on each, and. by the use of Philadelphia Press. |