Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1915 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Elizabeth Spaulding returned Saturday from a two weeks visit at Indianaopiis and Greencastle. Miss Ruth Pruett went to Laurel, Ind., this morning, where she will remain for an indefinite period. Mrs. H. M. Clark came from Wheatfield this morning to visit her parents, Mayor and Mrs. Spitler. Mrs. J. W. Price, whose husband is the tenant on the C. W. Pbstill farm, is in a Chicago hospital, where she will undergo an operation. Mrs. Chad. Sigman and children came Saturday from Geddes, S. Dak., and visited over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Ed Pay and famfly. Today she went to Attica to visit her mither, Mrs. Amanda Leach. O. K. Rainier and daughters, Mrs. M. D. Gwin and Mrs. H. L. Barnes, went to Chalmers today to attend a dinner at the home of Joseph Taylor and wile, it being their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

Tantalum of Great Value. Tantalum, regarded as a rare metal. Is becoming cheaper, and Is being tried for rasors and surgical Instruments. It seems to be superior to fine steel. A thread of tantalum, almost too line to be seen by the naked eye, supports ppreat weight, also fine filament tor incandescent lamps and la store economical than carbon.

Colored by ftadlo-Aetlvlty. Radio-active substances cause the appearance of oolors In glass and porcelain submitted to their Influence. This fact, taken In connection with the knowledge that in places near the nltrate-mlnes of the province of Aconcagua, Chile, white glass becomes colored. has led to the discovery, in those districts, of spots in the soil •which manifest a strong radio-activity.

A Texas Chattel Mortgage. A peculiar chattel mortgage was filed with the county clerk of Oonaalee I county recently, wherein nine turkey 1 hens, one gobbler, and all their in--1 crease, are mentioned ss collateral. — ! Oonazles Inquirer.

Mexican Coreso Tree. The coroao tree abounds throughoat the Mexican state of Tobasco, being moat abundant In toe virgin forests. as It requires shade end humidity to device favorably.