Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1918 — GATHERED FACTS [ARTICLE]

GATHERED FACTS

The American salt works in recent years have supplied all the salt used n this country. Japan is almost without paupers, for it is considered a disgrace to be defendant on another. Nearly everyone Ims some work to do. A life preserver that has been indited in Europe is Intended to keqp a person dry and fairly warm for sevral \days as he floats about\ waiting -escua. .

Under normal conditions Italy’s perfume manufacturers annually consume 1,860 tons of orange blossoms and 1,000 tons of roses. / For rapidly painting large surfaces a Maryland man has invented a device that uses compressed air to spray paint and then drive rotating brushes which distribute it.v Using chrysalis oil and mulberry cellulose a Japanese has invented an artificial silk that is said to more nearly approach the tusker of the genuine than any other. \