Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1917 — THE WORLD DO MOVE [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD DO MOVE

A Japanese has invented an artificial silk, made of chryalis oil and cellulose, which Is said to approach real silk more nearly than any other substitute. A Pennsylvania inventor has devised a combination sword and pistol, the pistol barrel being within the sword blade and the firing mechanism within the sword hilt According to the official bulletin of the New York city subway, It has carried 9,915,200,205 passengers in the last ten years, with the loss of only one life. Cordage and certain forms of textiles can be made from the fiber of water hyacinth, this having been demonstrated by a series of experiments conducted In Indo-Chlna. A new apparatus operated by clockwork records the time a billiard table is in use and the number of games played upon it in’a given time. It Is intended for use in billiard rooms.