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Show GUNS MADE OP PAPER. The Krupp company at Essen are turning out field pieces made' of paper. They have half the lightness of forged steel, but will endure an eaual strain. They are mounted on light carriages to be drawn by infantry. It Is not generally gen-erally remembered that the first use of paper for the manufacture of all kinds of domestic articles, boats and tablea originated in Troy, N, T. In Russia houses are built of blocks of papier rnache and have proved to be as durable as stone. The pulp is compressed com-pressed under great weight that drives out all moisture and render the mass as hard as flint In the Far West pasteboard paste-board partitions are very common. Pittsburg Dispatch. |