Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1918 — WORTH KNOWING [ARTICLE]

WORTH KNOWING

The familiar transparent soap owes its transparency to alcohol. The juice of the stalk and leaves of nettles Is the source of green dye for woolen goods. An elastic cushion has been patented that can be slipped over the back of a watch to protect it from jarring. A standard cord is 128 cubic feet of wood, but if it be crooked wood it will contain only about eighty cubic feet weeds between paving stones or In paths may be destroyed by a solution of brine made with coarse salt and boiling water.