Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1898 — This and That. [ARTICLE]

This and That.

Mexico has had flfty-tive presidents since 1821. Of these, sixteen have died violent deaths. At the Strozzl Palace, In Home, then* Is a lawk made of marble, the leaves being of marvelous thinness. Agents from the Congo Free Stale are scouring Slam and the far East for 80,000 coolies to be shipped the Congo. The lovely vivid green hiddenite, or llthla emerald/Is found In North Carolina. It has never been found outside the United States. The eye of the vulture Is so constructed that It Is a hlgh-power telescope, enabling the bird to see objects at an almost Incredible distance. The cost of keeping up the drinking fountains and cattle troughs In London Is $8,500 per annum. A single trough In a busy thoroughfare costs $250. The pupil of the eye Is so called because when looking In It a very small Image of the observer may be seen, hence the term from the Latin "pupillus,” or little pupil. _