Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1918 — SCRAPS [ARTICLE]

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It fes estimated that; there are 160,(HO, hairs on the dead of the average fair woman, aid that each of tteese could bear a weight of four ounces without, breaking. Peace treaties biosi the signatory powers either when: they are signed or when they are ratified. They bind individuals when they receive news that such treaties have been made.

Probably the oldest nun in the United Slates is Sister Mary of St. Michael, of the convent of the Good Shephard in Newport, Ky., who recently her hundredth birthday. The former kaiser’s father was Emperor Frederic HI, who reigned March 9 to June 15, 1888, when he died. 'His mother was Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, the oldest child of Queen Victoria. Motorcycles fitted with triple rear wheels are enabling British dispatch riders to drive through desert sands at the eastern front. The arrangement is a simple one. Two whees are joined by one cone and special spindle. The third wheel, without spokes, is held between the other two by struts that bind all three rims rigidly. During the month of June alone at the various United States camps and cantonments 284,111 pairs of shoes were repaired and repairs were made to 49,150 hats, 71,496 overcoats, 48,631 coats, 141,420 pairs of breeches, nearly a quarter of a , million suite, of underwear and numerous items. The mending jobs for. the month totaled 1,184,033. The

cleaning and pressing done ■mourned io a littte mere than half a million garments and pieces were laundered. The North Carolina shore- recently was. afflicted by an acvaek of oil on the sea that emitted a sickening odor, attributed tp> German submarines. There is a> strong suspicion, however, that tthe invading grease was cast loose from one of New York’s city- garbage scows. Others of this jetsam made a landing at Coney island recently and depopulated the surf there. Complaints a.tfe heard at other nearby shore resorts. Between German gas, and the odor of city refuse a shore resort hotel owner has little choice. The gas is more likely to attract curious 'summer boarders than floating filth. If our garbage scow fleet could be sent against tlhe U-boats at their base that place would soon' be rendered untenable.—-Daily Financial America.