Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1892 — ODDS AND ENDS. [ARTICLE]

ODDS AND ENDS.

Ten per cent of the population ol India oro widows. Nearly 400 bears were killed in Maine during the year ending in Mav. - k Certain pool rooor wires were tapped in Boston the other day and tl e sharpers cleared over 910,000 on the races. If feather pillows have an unpleasant smell, place them before u good fire and let them have a good, thorough drying. A German man of science has shown that the lands in Germany devoted to grains used in beer production would support 00,000,000 people. „ An officer in the British army thinks that ducks would be preferable to pigeons for carrying naval dispatches over the sea. because they would drop down and sit on the water when tired and resume their flight after resting. r ~.,~ .ill a carpet has grown dingy and soiled, take a pail hall fpll of cold water, put in a tablespoonful of ammonia, give the carpet a good ScrubBrill be greatly Improved.