Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — Things Worth Knowing. [ARTICLE]

Things Worth Knowing.

Brooklyn has 11,884 more pupils In her schools than a year ago. The Czar of Russia, it is said, is privately practicing on a bicycle. California produced cold to the value -of $13,033,381 during the last year. In .Groat .Britain the yearly loss In wages ill rough ill-health Is £11.000,000. To attack a man wjtli nay weapon Is a serious matter In Madagascar. If is punishable by death. ' Thu Mount Olympus volcano in Washington is now believed to be the burning of a grent vein of coal. Most of' -the Innd in the Republic of Mexicd Is tK?ld in almost feudal teuure by about 7,000 families. Edison ns a boy began the chemical and electrical experiments which hare - made his name famous.