Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1916 — The World Over. [ARTICLE]

The World Over.

The law in Switzerland protecting rare plants is so strict that to be found in possession of specimens illegitimately collected is a penal offense. In Turkey it is unlawful to seize a man’s residence for debt, and sufficient land to support him is also exempt from seizure. The ten countries with the largest population are, in the order named, China, India, Russia, the United States, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Austria. The largest volcano crater in the world is in Asosan, in southern Japan. It measures 14 miles across one way and more than ten miles the other. A flash of lightning lights up the ground for one-millionth of a second, yet it seems to us to last ever so much longer. What happens is that the impression remains in the retina of the eye for about one-eighth of a second, or 124,000 times longer than the flash lasts.