Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1919 — SCRAPS [ARTICLE]

SCRAPS

The postmaster-general for New Zealand has announced that at c the IbN ol the war It Is proposed to tatabllaii aa aerial mall service exfrom, Auckland to Dunedin, a distance of about 700 miles. The distance from Eastport to Kittery, Me., is 226 miles, but the state has really about 2;500 miles of sea coast on account Of the many indentations. The •coast line of Florida, exclusive of

the islands, is 1,145 miles. The fragrance of jasmine, musk, hyacinth, the perfumes for scentSng most expensive soaps, originally •began in a coal mine. . Creosote, pitdn, oils, carbolic acid, antiseptics anp high explosives are all hidden away in a lump of coal. Artificial rubber has made in an experimental way for many years, but it is now reported that it has become a practical success, and that the great dye and color works at Elberfeld, Germany, are erecting a large factory for its production on a large scale. The golden house was the palace of Nero in ancient Rome, which occupied the valley between the Palatine and Esquiline and connected the palaces of the Caesars with the gardens of Maecenas. It was built after the great fire of 64 A. D., and was so large that it contaned porticos 2,800 feet long and inclosed a fake where the colissuem now stands. The forecourt contained a colossus of Nero 120 feet high.