Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — Paper Pulp. [ARTICLE]

Paper Pulp.

■One of the difficulties which have stood in the way of the substitution of paper pulp for wood in the manufacture of pencils has been the toughness of the paper covering, and its consequent resistance to the action of a knife, but, by a new process which has lately been introduced, the molecular cohesion of the paper is modified in such a manner that it can be cut as easily as cedar wood. A colored man recently applied for a marriage license in a Louisville court, and when informed that it would cost $2, shook his head wistfully and muttered: “That’d buy a terrible lot of flour, boss.” In Australia a 17-year-old giant measures 8 feet 3i inches and weighs 300