Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1900 — Flannel from Pine Needles. [ARTICLE]

Flannel from Pine Needles.

The Germans make flannel underclothing of the fiber of the pine needles, as well as socks for men and stockiug* for women, while knee-warmers, knitting and darning yarns, cork soles, quilts, wadding, deafening paper for walls, pine needle soap, iuceuse, and even cigars made from this raw material have been exported from Germany for years. Bathing resorts have also been established at points where tha pine needles are crushed, and these resorts hiive long been popular with people afflicted with rheumatism, consumption, etc. * The St. James’ Gazette says that the khaki craze has gone so far in England that many statues Id West End London villas have been painted tlint color. In one villa two- Mercury*, a Laocoon group, an Achilles, an Aphrodite, aud a Hercules are nil in the popular hue. In warning there 1* strength.—Lew Wallace.