Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1916 — GATHERED FACTS [ARTICLE]

GATHERED FACTS

Arkansas produces the greater part of the natural oil stones of this country, ss' One seed of cotton planted and replanted will produce 40,000.000,000 Meds in six years. Some of the finest tapestry ever woven in Japan is to be seen in the jpeaee palace of Jhe Hague. Although there are 1,600 miles of railway brines in Uruguay, there is ■onlyone tunnel in the country.

Cows on the steppes of Russia are said to be fitted with spectacles because they graze through the snow all winter long, and the dazzle of the crystals is very Injurious to their sight unless this form of protection is-fur-nished them. A Southwestern paper answering a question about high and low record cotton prices, said that in 1866 the highest price was 52 cents and the lowest 32 cents, while since that time cotton has dropped as low as 5 5-16 cents, in 1898.