Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1919 — DO YOU KNOW THAT [ARTICLE]

DO YOU KNOW THAT

Sea anemones will exist on water •qurishment for four years. An American Indian can see at least one-tenth farther than the average white man. The South African government employs a veterinary, surgeon 'to study the diseases of Ostriches. Persia has no distilleries, breweries or public houses, and native wine la the only intoxicating beverage used. Bagdad is famous for Its breed of white asses. Their ears and tails are sometimes colored a bright red. Every English prison has now a library, but prisoners condemned to only a month or less are not allowed books from it. ~ The Asiatic town of Maiwatchl, on the borders of Russia, is peopled by men only. Women are forbidden entrance there. The average length of life is greater in Norway than in any other country. This is attributed to the fact that the temperature Is cool and uniform throughout the year. Those who live by the coast do not want a better weather guide than the gulls, which, in the various winds that bring rain, collect in big flocks and gather in the fields or circle high over the land, wheeling and screaming uneasily.