Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — FACTS IN FEW WORDS. [ARTICLE]

FACTS IN FEW WORDS.

On the Alps vinegar is made of milk whey. There are 115 missionary schools in Basutoland, with 6,923 scholars. The United States issued four thousand million postage stamps in 1893. Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag On June 14, 1777. The leaves of a tree in Dutch Guiana are so rough that they are used assandpaper, The wedding ring is worn on the left hand because, in symbolism, the right hand is authority, the left obedience. - -• " Postal cards were first issued May 1, 1873. The first year’s sates were 91.079,000, while last year over were sold. , There are fifty-two canals in the United States having a total length of 4,468 miles. China alone excels thia country in its canal mileage. Tnfc peach was at one time a poisonous almond.. Its fruity parts were used to poison arrows, and for that' purpose it was introduced into Persia.