Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1918 — SHORT CUTS TO KNOWLEDGE [ARTICLE]

SHORT CUTS TO KNOWLEDGE

Used matches have little or no value in Iceland. * The common sparrow will not, as a rule, attack a man unless provoked. The inventor of pajamas died without realizing any considerable fortune from his idea. ■■ The offense of “masquerading in female attire” is not punishable by death in the United States jjavy. Tn Vermont, the horses outnumber the marriageable males; over in Venice it’s, the other way round. Platinum has been suggested as the best material for golf balls, but nothing has as yet come of the proposal. A Scandinavian archaeologist has proved conclusively that the Garden of Eden was not surrounded by railings. The ordinary house fly can lift nearly eight times its own weight, but it is seldom employed for this purpose in America. A small cork, thrust to the bottom of a bathtub full of water, will, when released, come to the surface rapidly. This can be tried at home.