Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1919 — Numerous Articles That Are in Common Use Are Given Misleading Names [ARTICLE]

Numerous Articles That Are in Common Use Are Given Misleading Names

Articles in common use that have misleading names are responsible for many mistaken notions, says Pacific Travel. Nothing Is more natural than to assume that India ink comes from India, but it does not, any more than does India rubber. The former comes from China and should be called Chinese ink, as it is In France, while India rubber comes from Central and South America. Camel hair brushes are not made from the hair of camels, but from the tails of Russian and Siberian Genuine French brier root pipes are not made from the roots of brier, but from the root of a white heath, which reaches a considerable size, and is cultivated in the south of France. Silkworms are not worm s. b.ut caterpillars; seal Ing wax contains no wax; heartburn has nothing to do with the heart and sweet spirits of niter contain no niter. Finally, a centipede hasn’t 100 feet. The largest of them has only 30 feet.