Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1901 — Odds and Ends. [ARTICLE]

Odds and Ends.

In an old house at Cedarvllle, X. J., M m. Davis found several thousands of dollars hidden away. An old miser, Elisha McChesuey, formerly lived in the house. Arkansas legislators could not decide whether the State flower should be an apple blossom or passion flower, and referred the matter to the committee on •duration—. A bill is before the federal council of Germany providing that the time of study shall be for medical students fivti years, instead of the present term of font* years and a half. The average cost of lund in southern Germany suitable for tobacco culture is 1127.50 a Hessian morgen, which is equal to three-quarters of an American acre. The total cost of production is $55.55 a morgen. A process of extracting rubber from the hu.e plant lias been discovered. This plant is a aperies of sagebrush, with small leaves, which grows to n height of about three feet, and is found not only in Mexico, but also in Texas, Wyoming and Nebraska. It grows in mountainous regions, and is said to cdUtaln 40 per cent of rubber.