Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1916 — THE WORLD OVER [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD OVER

It is reported that an earthquake in Union county. Ore., has caused a hot spring to become cold, its flow increasing tenfold, while in another spot a large spring. burst out right in the middle of a much traveled public road. The bureau of standard s : has found tbit better glass melting pots can be made of clays fouud in the United States than of clays imported from Germany heretofore believed necessary

It is believed that all Hons are "lefthanded.” A famous explorer says that when a lion desires to strike a forcible blow it nearly always uses the left paw. Norway will build a canal, nine miles of which win 'be through a tunnel, to open to navigation a lake separated from the sea by a mountain ridg* According to German electricians, snow never collects on transmission lines that carry 100,000 or more volts, even when they are charged.