Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — SCRAPS [ARTICLE]

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The anthracite mines of Pennsylvanit'contain more than 7,000 miles bf tunnels. Transoms can be raised and lowered like a window shade with a device an Oregon inventor has just ’ ■ . Most of the lead tnined in the United States is smelted in three states —Missouri, Idaho and Utah. The largest hens’ eggs are produced in Manchuria, those weighing one-sixth of a pound being common. Teeth on the lower blade'of new shears enable them to grip heavy materials 'firmly and cut them smoothly. An electric flash lamp with a bulb in the shape of a hand is a novelty for night signaling by automobilists. - South Africa has established a factory for the extraction of rubber from the roots and vines of rubber plants. An anonymous Frenchman has offered a|lo,ooo prize for the mechanical apparatus that will best supply the place of a missing human