Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1917 — THINGS WORTH KNOWING [ARTICLE]

THINGS WORTH KNOWING

Turning the handle of a new electric water heater tor bathrooms one way permits hot water to flow and turning It In the other direction obtains cold water. The Island of Ceylon is to be connected to the- mainland of India by building a roadway on a rocky reef, a distance of 22 miles. . A recently patented baggage carrier for automobiles is Intended to be fastened over the hood of a car.

The Jews learned the art of brickmaking in Egypt. In Isaiah 15 :3, complaint is made that the people built altars of brick instead of stone, as the law directed. That the ancient. Orientals made use of wine made from the date palm tree is evident from Herodotus, Strabo and Pliny. " This tree, once abundant in Palestine, is now rare. At the last state election newspaper men in Ohio were elected governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer, state auditor and attorney general.