Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — SCRAPS [ARTICLE]

SCRAPS

It is just 50 years since the municipal franchise was conferred on women in England An Australian claims to have discovered a new rapid tanning process with which sole leather can be tanned in seven days, calf skins in six hours and other skins proportionately quicker. Lincoln paid an Income (ax from the time the law was passed, July I. 1862, till his death. Under the law as first passed, he paid 5 % on the excess over 110,000, and under che amended law, 5% on all over 51,000. Potlatch is a corruption of an Indian word common among the Pacific coast tribes, meaning a festival of gifts. At a potshatl (potlatch) celebration the more personal property an Indian gives away, blankets, ornaments, etc., the higher he stands in the estimation of his neighbors, and the more he expects to receive In return at the next potlatch. The festival Is accompanied by music, dancing and feasting. Presidents of the French republic are elected tor seven years and cannot be re-elected. Few have served the full term. Of the eight before Poincare, one was assassinated, one other died In office and four resigned. Presidents are not elected by the people, but by the senate and chamber of deputies voting together as one electoral College. No member of a family that has ever reigned in France can be president.