Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1916 — NOTES ON POPULAR SCIENCE [ARTICLE]

NOTES ON POPULAR SCIENCE

Some Items of Interest on Grave Subjects, With a Smile in Each One of Them. An extremely simple device for removing ordinary stains from the hands is a sink, cake of soap, hot water and towel. Few people know this, but it is true, that you may always secure a seat in a street car by going early to the car barn and startipg out with the car. Even the most skilled musicians have been unable to play Annie Laurie on a shoe horn. Ten pounds of lead molded to fit inside your hat will prevent It from blowing off at windy street corners. One teaspoonful of blasting powder smoked in a pipe will almost instantly remove the offensive strong odor. No steamships have put in at Tombstone, Ariz., since America was discovered. Ordinary white cotton thread is so pliable that it may be wound around a spool without breaking. There is enough wood in a cord of wooden toothpicks to make a pile eight feet long, four feet high and four feet wide.

It has been discovered that the widest part of the Atlantic ocean lies between the points of lapd farthest apart. t Three thousand miles of safety razor blades placed in a row would reach from New York to San Francisco. If they were placed in the opposite direction they would reach from San Francisco to New York. The highest-priced motion picture known was the Mona Lisa. Scientists have proved that ordinary malleable iron, makes better nails than watermelon seeds. A sure test for eggs—place the egg on a car track. If the car is derailed but the egg uninjured the egg is probably indigestible. Three tablespoonfuls of salt added to a glassW water will make it quite unfit for drinking purposes. If a pin refuses to enter the cloth, although you push it firmly, but it penetrates your thumb, examine it closely. The chances are you were trying to push it head first. The dark spots on blotting paper are frequently caused by the absorption of ordinary writing ink. For swallowing purposes an open safety pin is 11% times more dangerous than a gum drop. Never sit on a third rail when wearing wet overalls.