Paper Made From Corn Leaves

Tho London Mtchanic'ê Magazine KttrteA-'ihkt eküeííant paper is novv madu in Europo frtiin tho loaves of míiun corn. 'fhere is ono paper mi 1 in opuration in Switzerland, and another in Austria, in wliich Kiper in inado frciin net) lonves exulusjvely. ïho liuski1, which envelnpo the ear of corn, mafeo the best qnulity. As we are dependent upon Europe, n n great RMMurOi for onr supply of rngs to tnaka Bur pupur, f we can obtain aH ■)od quulities from [o'diun corn leavo-, we niay yot becoine tlio iniiniifaotnrers of paper for trio whnle vvorld, as tho (zruatust supifily of choap raw nvateiiai i.-t fnund in Amerion. Thia isa snbjuct worlhy of duep uttention, a we import rags to thu Valué of about $1,000,000 nnnually, and. papov manulacturus to the valuu of aboul 81,0000OO.. The samu paper saya that a man in Eiiülund lias mudo the di.-covery that papar pulp can bu innoiifucturud at lesscost by using green, instead of dry granaos, for ils production. He has taken out a patent for the iinprovoment, and ho states '.hat wliun grass beooines dry its silicil beomus hard and diffiuiih of solution, hereas, when it is takun green, tle uilica and other iinfibrous eubstanoi-s in it are more easily separatud. He take atl'y groen plants, such hh soa gi'assuí, which aro abundantand oheap. mul first mashes, then steups ihom in warm water, and after this lu; imiis tlicin in wi.-ak alkaline solntion, They nro now easily roduced to pulp by passing them between wnsliing rollers, or through the coinmon boating engines ased in paper miÜM. Tlie pulp is bleached in the usual tnannci1 with .■tiiorine,