Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1916 — POSTSCRIPTS [ARTICLE]

POSTSCRIPTS

Figures compiled by the Italian government show that the world produced 4,000,000,000 busnels of wheat last year, an increase Qt 800,000,000 bushels over the year before. Supported by spectacle bows from the ears, a respirator has been invented for surgeons, dentists and barbers to prevent their breath mingling with that of patients or patrons. Around the central tnbe of a new antiseptic telephone mouthpiece is a container for disinfectants that gfve off fumes in such a way as to kllf all that enter tne device. m The government of New Zealand is building a five-mile railroad tunnel at a cost of nearly $5,000,000 to give close connection between the east and west coasts of South Island. German lithographers have found they can electroplate paper for use In their work without danger of It absorbing the plating bath liquid by first coating the paper with varnish. For lessening automobile headlight glare there has been Invented a set of spiral plates so mounted on th® outer rim that they can be swung across the lens as much as is desired. A submerged oak forest covering several square miles, from which logs more than 100 feet in length have been taken, was discovered by Russian engineers while dredging a ri:er. The known coal areas of the United States cover about 310,000 square miles and there are about 160,000 square miles more that are believed to be underlaid with marketable coal.