in the manufacture of most textiles do not have to be especially constructed for this substance, although they may have to be slightly adapted for its readier manipulation. A carpet loom of almost any kind can employ this new yarn. A loom that is used for weaving linen or cotton fabrics of fine or loose mesh can readily take the finer kinds of paper thread. The thread is not at all brittle, it does not have a hard surface, and it neither shrinks nor

stretches to any appreciable extent. Having certain resilient qualities, it cannot be readily crushed or dented like paper and on it moisture has practically no effect. It is a serviceable substitute for cotton, jute, linen, and even silk. When

LACE DRAPERY MADE FROM ZYLOLIN.

bleached the yarn or thread is of a snowy whiteness, and at first glance cannot be distinguished from cotton. It can be woven to appear as homespun linen. It combines the good qualities of cotton and linen at one-third of the price of cotton and one-tenth of the price of linen. Being paper, it can be more easily dyed in delicate shades, far outmatching the range of colors to which cotton or silk are susceptible and vastly more than those of the best linen. The process of dyeing the thread or yarns is patented, and appears to be so nearly perfect that no colors, from the daintiest shades to the richest hues, are affected by strong light. If it should be the wish of a manufacturer to combine the paper thread or yarn with other materials to gain the cheapness of the new substance, it can readily be done. It can be run in greater or less quantities as may be desired. This is of course something greatly to be desired, and which will be appreci

ated. The crude materials in various proportions are consequently very cheap compared with other vegetable fibers used in weaving, and this alone will make its place in the textile world permanent. Already factories are busily at work in England and in Bohemia, as well as in Saxony, turning out the paper thread and yarn, which is bought by textile manufacturers for use in their mills. It is the business of the inventor to supply the spun paper and not, with the one exception of floor coverings, to make up the multitude of articles which can be woven from Zylolin.

Among the various fabrics in which the greatest amount of work has thus far been accomplished is the making of rugs and carpets, and the output of the factories of the inventor is already being exported to this country with marked success. Here the yarn of heavier quality, woven into beautiful designs, is found to possess advantages over certain classes of floor coverings. They can be turned out in any thickness as rugs, mats or carpets. They are very elastic to the tread, do not retain dust and are easily cleaned by beating or washing without

COAT OF PAPER WOOD WEAVE.

fear of injury. As wood is unpalatable to moths the fabrics made of the new yarn can be stored without fear of damage from these insects. The paper floor coverings naturally do not possess the properties of rich Persian carpets, but are adapted to uses to which oriental rugs can ill be put. Although they can be made in pile, they are at present manufactured chiefly after the manner of an ingrain carpet, but in finely wrought, artistic patterns. They are clean, crisp and fresh, and particularly suited to summer homes and veranda use.

· Another great field for the paper yarn is in the manufacture of bagging, being a practical substitute for more expensive jute. It has been found best, however, in making sacks to mix one thread of jute with two of paper. The combination secures the advantages of jute gunny cloth and the lightness and cheapness of wood paper. Closer woven, equally strong, and at one-half of the cost, it can replace with advantage the jute sacking now in general use. Inasmuch as the production of jute is localized and the demand for it steadily increasing, Zylolin used in place of jute for sacks will make those who have hitherto used jute sacking in large quantities more or less independent of the jute market, with the high

prices now prevailing. Sacking made with the combination of Zylolin and jute seems to be a cleaner and a neater fabric and not nearly so heavy as jute alone. The output of this combination paper sacking is already of great proportions, and it is estimated that in the near future the new sacking will be a formidable rival of the jute now in use the world

over.

The spun fiber has also been woven into outing hats both for men and women. "Canvas" shoes have been made of it at a nominal cost, and some idea of its adaptability for towels may be

"JUTE" BAGGING.

gathered from the fact that last year 7,000,000 pieces were made and sold, and it is likely that not one purchaser in a hundred thought he was buying anything but linen toweling at bargain prices. Medium sized towels made of the new yarn are sold for about 24 cents a dozen. This new fiber is not placed on the market, however, as a crafty imitation. To the contrary, makers of many sorts of textiles have found it so serviceable that they use it for mixing with other thread and yarn or weave it alone. Wonderfully successful have been the essays in making wall hangings and furniture

coverings. When used for mural decoration, the material may either be tacked, nailed or applied with paste, and the delicate coloring that the paper fiber takes renders the effect of the tapestries singularly pleasing. For upholstering veranda furniture the material has an unusual advantage beyond its merits of decoration because it is not subject to injury by light or dampness or even rain.

For certain grades of wearing apparel the new paper fiber has in itself an important sphere. The readiness with which yarn can be made up into cloth of any design or shade makes its use in this regard easy and successful. One peculiar feature when the paper thread is used in garments for clothing of medium thickness is the resultant warmth. It possesses the advantage of lightness in comparison with an equal bulk of linen or even cotton. The cost of the material for a full three-piece suit of clothes of average weight is not over $1. In lighter weight it is particularly adapted to

outing costumes. It can be made to look like a good grade of ducking and is an excellent material for wear in the tropics. For workmen's jackets and blouses and overalls it can be made up in brown and blue at half the cost of the material usually employed.

Although there seems to be no limit to which the new fiber can be put, fashion will have to take up the new material before it will be worn extensively by the higher class of people. While possessing most of the good qualities of the fashionable stuffs, it may yet lack in finish and style the appearance of finer grades of woolen goods; but it really makes little difference whether the paper woven garment becomes the vogue or not, as its many admirable qualities, coupled with excessive cheapness, are bound to make it an article of practical and far-reaching value.

The process of preparing the paper yarn is a secret one and patents have

"CANVAS" SHOES.

been taken out in all the civilized countries. It is the intention of the inventor at an early date to start mills in this country, where the necessary raw material can be gotten in abundance and of finer quality.

NE hundred and twenty miles an hour, in a coach as broad and bulky as a house, running on a single rail, taking curves without diminution of speed, and rushing across rivers and over dizzy heights on a swaying cable-these are among marvels that are promised to the world of transportation for the morrow.

"Very wonderful, certainly," you say, and then you add, with a note of apology for your doubt, "only this is nothing but a dream." A dream, perhaps; but still a dream that may be fulfilled in the waking.

Over in England, the original home

of the steam railway, lives a man whose name not long since was flashed over the wires to every newspaper on the globe. This man is Louis Brennan, already famous as inventor of the Brennan torpedo, in use by the British navy. The cause of the present world-wide attention accorded him is his discovery of the apparently practical application of an old principle-that of the gyroscopeto the operation of a railroad. Should his hopes be even partially realized, the vast network of lines in this and other countries must of necessity be relegated to the antique class with horse-cars and wooden frigates.

Mr. Brennan has been at work on his