Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — CHUNKS OF INFORMATION [ARTICLE]

CHUNKS OF INFORMATION

There are more than 200,000 stammerers in the United States. New Mexico has a lizard which is reputed to squirt blood from its eyes. Nine-tenths of Russia’s gold mining is done* on lands owned or formerly, owned by the czar. X O One of the easiest ways to cool an overheated oven is to stand a baste, of cold water in it. Development of water power In Norway has made electricity cheaper than steam in that country. France is the best foreign patron of the United States patent ofltce, wite. Great Britain following closely. Cameo cutting, one of the most ancient occupations, has recently been Introduced into the United States. Most of Japan’s pearl divers at» women, who begin to learn the trad* at the age of thirteen or fourteen. Iron embedded in concrete in Germany has been found to be free from rust after more than forty-five years. ' California is a large producer of barley, more than 35,000,000 bushels being thee 1917 crop in the Sacramento valley. Chicago has more telephones them all France and a single office building In New York contains more than there ire in the whole of Greece. A New Jersey woman has invented a , mesh bag to hold a door key an* prevent It from being lost among tho contents of a pocketbook or shopping bag. —» The average annual meat product from the Tonto national forest of Arttona and the Humboldt national forest in Nevada is estimated at S2,OUU,XIQ. Having found a way to remove the knots and bleach the pulp, a plant foe the manufacture of paper from bamjoo will be established In Trinidad Scotch interests. ..._J I