Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1915 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

15 good cider barrels for sale, and a few oil barrels, at 20c each.—B. Forsythe. Kenneth Allman, of Indianapolis, is here for a few days’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Allman. A Lambert auto truck for sale, chain drive, solid rubber tires* at onethird price, $200.—8. Forsythe. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hawkins, of Indianapolis, returned home today after several days’ visit with J. D. Allman and family. Mr. Hawkins is a brother of Mrs. Allman. W. J. Wright received his new automobile hearse yesterday. It is a big, powerful looking car, slate color, and is certainly one of the most beautiful hearses ever seen in Rensselaer.

A Few Scraps. It is significant that in the matter of tempering steel we are no further advanced than our ancertors of some 5,000 years ago. Recent experiments have shown that it is possible for the X-ray to find flaws within metal that appears on the surface to be sound. Camphor production from leaves having passed the experimental stage in Formosa, government has planted large areas in trees. (Berlin scientists have invented a nourishing yeast, containing more than 50 per cent albumen, prepared from sugar and ammonium sulphate. When his employers forced a vacation on Martin Vredenburgh, of New York, who for 20 years had refused that privilege, he jumped overboard ftom a pleasure steamer. The charge of rape sensationally made against Wesley Chatham, of Oxford, by Gladys Nichols, 14 years old, was dismissed by Justice Stephenson on motion of the prosecutor.

Closely related bo yeart, fungi discovered in breweries by a Japanese scientist have been found to dye silk a beautiful rose color, but to be harmless when used in the manufacture of beer. The report of the first census is contained in an octavo volume of 56 pages. Nowadays, in a decade, the census bureau issues 100 or more quarto volumes, with more than 40,000 pages. A watch crystal of celluloid which has just been patented can be made at a cost greatly below that of glass, and is also cheaper in the respect that it will lart much longer. It gives the same protection to the timepiece. Peter the Great, founder of modern Russia in 1698, himself cut off the beards of all the great men of his court. That marked the introduction in his emfpire of western progress. It is analogous to the recent abolition of the queue in China. , The flag of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British flag, is the official flag of the whole empire, though, of course, the various provinces have their ftaglets, jurt as some States of the American Union have theirs, while Old Glory flies over all. Although there is no written history of the earliest bulk oil earner, the Chinese Newchang junk, originally built for the carriage of water in bulk, and afterward used for oil, must be among the earliest examples of this class of vessel. Vanillin is the active principle whidh makes vanilla ice cream so popular. Tt occurs in the roots of oats and the leaves and roots of a number of plants. It has been found to be poisonous to clover, wheat, cowpeas and other plants. Engineers say that among the things that will never be settled are the following: Whether a long screwdriver is better than a short one of the same family; whether water wheels run faster at night than they do in the daytime; the best way to harden steel; which side of the belt dhouM run next to the pulley, and the right way to lace belts.