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Show Rush Paper. Very llttlo paper has been made of Into yenra from rags. Vegetable substances sub-stances nro employed, ns nlfn, wood nnd straw; tho Idea has not prevailed that tho wild or cultivntod rush enn be employed for this purpose But nn Inventor In-ventor has ascertained Hint when suitably suit-ably treated, tho plant will produco a very whlto nnd consistent paper pulp by means of the following trcntmont: Ono thousand kilogrammes of tho green rush, cut up ns lino ns possible, Is mingled with ti caustic lyo of 30 degree. de-gree. B nnd boiled In nn nutoclnvo for five or six hours under a prossuro of six kilogrammes nt 170 degrees C. Tho pulp Is wnshed with water, sulphuric ncld In suitable qunntity added, then bleached with chlorldo of II mo nnd wnshod energetically. It is then suit-nblo suit-nblo for employment In tho manufne-turo manufne-turo of paper. Lo l'upler. |