Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1918 — THINGS WORTH KNOWING [ARTICLE]

THINGS WORTH KNOWING

The French “horizon blue" is said to be the best color for a military uniform. A whitewash is now made from the “sludge” refuse of the acetylene gas manufactory. An X-ray picture of a specimen of “silk hosiery" will reveal the “tin” filling of the fabric.; Bivalves suspected of bearing pearls are examined by the X-ray to avoid destroying the shellfish.