Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1891 — MISSING LINKS. [ARTICLE]

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Musical notes, as now used, were invented in 1380. Some insects are in a state of maturity thirty minutes after birth. A giant exhibited in Rouen in 1830, Prof. Williams says, measured nearly eighteen feet in height Thunder and lightning are exceedingly rare on the Pacific coast A genuine thunder storm has visited California but twice in twelve years. People in Japan are called by the family name first, the individual or what we call Christian name next and then the honorific—thus, “Bmith Peter Mr." The Salvation Army folks have accepted the plans for a big temple, which they are going to build in New York City next spring as a memorial to Mrs. Booth, wife of the General, who died a year ago. The precise location selected is not given. The Low Aon Spectator has recently shown that in England the tendency of population to the cities is irresistible, that the young men and women are deserting the agricultural regions, and that farmers are unable to get the laborers needed for cultivating the soil. “Qukknsware” is so called from the fact that when, in 1763, Josiah YVeugwood perfected earthenwaro for tale use the British Queen was so greatly pleased she gave it her name and patronage Thereafter the word “queen” was stamped on all such dishes made by Wedgwood.