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Show ,,; SCRAPS Ancieut lXome was built on seven .(i fcills. l. Tho Spitz is a dnmcstionted jncUnl. Kissing was at one time an essential part of the marriage service. BJ1"- German navnl authorities are experi- lC menting with electrical ninehlnery for ii: gathering peat. 1,o In the olden times the sultan was al- lowed seven kaehims, there were ( seven principal ollicei-s of the court, , i ud seven female court functionaries. In Asia tusks are possessed only by the male elephants. Four pounds per capita Is the cheese product of this country annually. The Christian churches planted by the apostles were seven. It has been computed that 2."i.(XX) vehicles ve-hicles pass Forty-second street and Fifth avenue. New York, each day. More than 700,000 gallons of oil are burned each ytar at the light stations of the United States, about SoU.OOo gallons of which are for lighthouse illumination. Sideline developments from the war in Europe are endless. Just now London Lon-don shops are featuring an egg cup for the use of men with only one arm. Black paper covers for celery plants make excellent bleachers. The paper conies in flat sheets, and Is fastened about the plant by means of a string and buttons. j The heavier the soil the deeper it I should be spaded. Light soil reeds more food and more stirring but only . on the surface. Heavy soils ar sel- I dom stirred deep enough. j |