Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1891 — Mosaics. [ARTICLE]

Mosaics.

In a field, belonging to a Mr, Oakley, of Halford, near Ludlow, Scotland, a pea produced 105 pods. Two Frenchmen, the brothers Forre, have invented a new kind of harp,, made entirely of wood. Instead ol strings the inventors use .strips oJ American fir. The Smithsonian Institute has received from Chicago a pair of stockings manufactured from human hair. They are worn by fishermen ovet cotton Stockings (being too rough for the naked skin),and under straw shoes, as a protection against moisture.