Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1917 — Things Worth Knowing. [ARTICLE]

Things Worth Knowing.

Denmark has about 85 head of cattle to every 100 inhabitants. An adjustable handle enables a new saw to make horizontal cuts easily. Japan is the only Oriental country In which sheet glass is manufactured. A holder to suspend a flat can of tobacco from a man’s belt has been patented. Experiments in France have shown that ordinary sod is an efficient filter for sewage. An electrically-driven machine has been perfected that will seal 20,000 envelopes an hour. The world’s greatest iodine works are in Chile, having an annual output of 400,000 pounds. A recently patented padded elbow rest is claimed by its Inventor to prevent writer's cramp. Pulverized street rubbish arid coal tar have been found to make good fuel briquettes In Amsterdam. The government of Brazil maintains a snake farm for the production of scrum antidote for snake bite. Springs control a new soap receptacle so that it can be opened or closed with a touch of a finger.