Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1910 — BITS OF FACT [ARTICLE]

BITS OF FACT

The camel is In general use as a carrier in South Australia. The first record of English horse racing was in 1609 at Chester. Wolf hunters of India are advised to disguise themselves as peasants. Only one ounce of soap a head Is annually used by the people of India. The government stamp collection at Washington is visited each year by 1,000,000 men. Of all the dried fruits none-perhaps equals the raisin in food value and ease of digestion. • At the approaching French maneuvers a severe test Is to be made of the value of dogs as carriers. Rubles as large as 80 carats have been made by “building up,” that is, cementing one stone to another. The fine firs of the Pacific northwest are so colossal that after the trees are hewed down the stumps are used for children’s playgrounds, houses for families to live In or for dancing platforms.