Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1892 — Do You Know This? [ARTICLE]

Do You Know This?

I Bnffalo Express. • If the shortest possible line for a vessel to follow between- Panama and Hong Kong were drawn, what relation whould it beat to the Sandwich Islands? It is safe to say not one person in 50,000 knows. Did you say it would pass south of them ’ Not by a thousand miles. The would pass east of San Francisco and will cut the Aleutian Islands, ’way up among the icebergs and polar biars, - ■ ... A London street preacher recently arrested, proved to be the pal of pickpockets. He drew a crowd and prayed while his accomplices preyed upon the crowd.