Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1917 — War Revives Old Trades. [ARTICLE]

War Revives Old Trades.

One of the most Interesting effects of the war is the revival of various old trades and industries, especially in Bngfcrad. - Charcoal burners are busy? lahking fuel for use in the trenches; long-disused sawmills are getting out timbers for dugouts; for<stqo ,are. making tent pegs; dog makers are fashioning wooden shoes; owners of willow plantations are cutting osiers for fascines and- shell baskets ; but most interesting of all is the revival of flint knapping, perhaps the eldest industry tn the world. It is said that the flints are used to strike a light in the trenches.—Youth’s Companion.