Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1886 — Foolscap Paper. [ARTICLE]

Foolscap Paper.

Paper of this kind and size had from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centary a water-mark representing a fools head, ornamented with a cap and bells, snch as the jesters of the old nobility used to wear. It has been intimated that the idea was suggested by a corruption of the Italian name for this size of paper—folio-capo, meaning folio-, sized sheets. But this is not probable, as such an error would not have occurred except among those speaking the English language, aud this paper was not made in England until nearly the close of the sixteenth century. Up to that time it was manufactured in France, Italy, and the Netherlands only. The use of the foolscap water-mark was given up about the beginning of the eighteenth century. Three members of my family, sayß Mr. .Tames A. Sample, Gash Room, office of the Treasurer, U. S., who were suffering from aggravating coughs, have beeti'inffiish'benefited by taking Red Star Cough Cure. None of the ill effects so noticeable in Other coughremedies, have followed the use of this.