Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1917 — SCRAPS [ARTICLE]

SCRAPS

Ancient Rome was built on seven hills. . The Spitz is a domesticated jackal. Kissing-was at one time an essential part of the ihurriage service. ..... German naval authorities are experimenting with electrical machinery for gathering peat. In the olden times the sultan was allowed seven kachlms, there were •even principal officers of the court, and seven femtfle court functloaarles.

In Asia tusks are possessed only by the male elephants. Four pounds per capita is the cheese product of this country, annually. The Christian churches planted by the apostles, were seven. It has been computed that 25,000 vehicles pass Forty-second street and Fifth avenue, New’ York, each day. More than 700,000 gallons, of oil. are burned each year at the light stations of the United States, about 350,000 gallons of which are for lighthouse illumination.

Sideline developments from the war in Europe are endless. Just now London shops are featuring an egg cup I for the use of men with only one arm. Black paper covers for celery plants make excellent bleachers. ‘The paper comes in flat sheets, and. is fastened about the plant by means’ of a string and buttons. The heavier the soft the deeper it. should be spaded. Light soil needs more food and more stirring hut only on the surface. Heavy soils are seldom stirred deep enough.