Show 1 things worth knowing the tha historic hoods floods of the mississippi ai is sis sippi river in fit 1782 and 1796 probably carried cir ried a gickler volume of water than the hood flood of 1927 A seli self clock run by what is virtually a glycerin thermometer mo meter has been invented by a swiss engineer rai kail 1 heilich i A survey ot of 1600 fannis show that three out of five farmers who wha receive government agricultural bulletins make practical use ot of the information contained in them of the toys sold in the united states only one of them are manufactured abroad according to government figures during the gibat earthquake of lisbon in ili 1775 most of the cites houses and inhabitants were wiped out in eight minutes A village inn believed to be the oldest in ili england la is operating 7 under license dating from 1397 whenever you hearl hear thunder it in must be close as scientists have found out that it is rarely headd over twelve emil emiles miles away johnny scott a son ban of president walter dill stott of northwestern university will not follow in the footsteps of his distinguished father whose life work has been feeding the mind joh johnny anny will f feed eed stomachs instead having opened a delicatessen store cultivation of corn on a large scale is now being worked worl sed out in germany i the ural mountains mountain contain the largest deposits of minerals and precious stones in the world nine coun tries have lower death rates than the united states for children under unde r 16 years of age a ge tile the methodist church in woodland calif has provided a sound proof nursery with a nurse in ili charge where pare parents rats can leave heir babies while wh ia e they attend the services ber vices here is one country where ithe president lent is not overpaid in andora the queer little republic that Is tucked away in the heart of the pyrenees Pyre nees between spain and france fawnee the he president dent gets a salary of 25 I 1 a year i |