Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1892 — SOMEWHAT CURIOUS. [ARTICLE]

SOMEWHAT CURIOUS.

One-half of the wealth of England is in possession of 1,000 individuals. There is but one sudden death among women to every ten among men. More births Occur in February than in any other month. July is the month of fewest births. ~ -The World’s Fair management expect to realize $175,000 from franchises for the sale of popcorn on the exposition grounds. St. Augustine, Flo., New York and Salem, Mass., are the only three cities in the United States that are older than Boston. Palamedes, of Argos, was the first commander to a? ray an army in regular line of battle, to place sentinels or -to give a watchword. There is no truth whatever in the belief that any one falling into the sea necessarily rises and sinks three times before drowning. . In Germany aluminum cravats are now on sale. They lire advertise 1 as feather-light, silver-white wash goods that will wear forever. The famous Bank of Venice began business in 1192, lasted 600 years and might have existed to this day. but tor the invasion of Napoleoa.