Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1918 — SOME POSTSCRIPTS [ARTICLE]

SOME POSTSCRIPTS

A frame has been invented to enable one man to operate a saw. In Iceland codfish are dried and ground into a flour for use in bread. A walking stick has been invented, that can be converted into a camera tripod. A substitute for absorbent cotton has been made In Europe from pine cellulose. Immersion in a solution of carbonate of soda will restore the color to turquoises. Deposits of potash that promise much have been discovered in two qf Spain’s provinces. An attachment to be filled with oil to quiet rough water features a new lifeboat anchor. Widely separated settlements in the Kongo Free State have been linked and connected with civilization by a system of wireless telegraphy which covers 3,000 miles of African jungles.