Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1895 — MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

In India the cultivation of rice antedates history. There are 20,000 trained nurses in England, Ireland and Scotland. The total strength of the London police force now stands at. 15,126. The mayor of Newcastle-on-Tynq has declared that city to be the most dnunken in the United Kingdom. Safety matches that can be usec| without a box are to be placed on thq market by a German inventor. MA white panther, an animal neveq before seen in a menagerie, has just arrived at the |Jardin des Plantes, Paris. Celluloid that is perfectly fireproof is now manufactured in England by a new process from ‘the spent fibers from paper mills. A cod caught off Flambeaugh Head not long back, was found, it is said, to have fifty nine fishhooks, all baited, in his stomach. Rubber heels are to be attached to the shoes worn by French soldiers. It is claimed that they decrease the fatigue of marching. , A Roman milestone was recently found near Carlisle, on the Roman road leading to York, on which is cut the name of Carausius, the commander of the Channel fleet, who, in Diocletian’s time, proclaimed himself Emperor in Britain, and hold out for eight years against both Romans and Picts. This is the first inscription of Carausius ever found, thaagh his coins are not uncommon.