Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1898 — FACTS LITTLE KNOWN. [ARTICLE]

FACTS LITTLE KNOWN.

A chestnut tree at Torworth, the residence of the Earl of Ducie, near Bretol, is probably the oldest tree in England. It is 1,000 years old at least, and measures 50 feet in circumference. The average age of the Presidents of the United States has been 56. Grant was the youngest man ever elected to the Presidency, and the first Harrison, who was inaugurated at 68, was the oldest. A fish exerts its greatest -propulsive power with its tail, not with its fins. The paddle wheel was made on the fin theory of propulsion, and the screw propeller had its origin in noting the action of the tail. Hyde Park, the most attractive of London parks, covers 400 acres. The Bois de Boulogne, the most distinctive of Paris parks, covers 2,200 acres. Central park, the most distinctive of New York parks, covers 840 acres. Rev. I)r. Thomas Gallaudet, the veteran instructor of the deaf and dumb, ■who recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversay of his marriage, is wedded to a deaf mute. Their six children have perfect speech and hearing.