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Show SCRAPS More than two-thirds of the fatal' cases of measles occur In children w der three years of age. j Paintings on rocks, discovered tad t South Africa, bear a resemblance to( the art of far-away Egypt . Skeletons of abont 80,000 horses, were found near a settlement of ancient an-cient men at Solutre, France. In tracing the career of 100000 automobiles. It was found that 8.000 of them had lasted twelve years. A cow belonging to Thomas Mo. Clone, of Harrodsburg, Ky., died suddenly. sud-denly. A post-mortem examination revealed that the animal had eaten a quilt Footprints on bricks found during excavations at Belsan are said to be the prints of a child five years old who walked across the soft balf-dried brick 3,000 years ago. A method of treating seed corn with chemical dust developed by government govern-ment scientists, results In Increased yield of one to twelve bushels an acre at a cost of Ove csnts an acre. The twilight beetle, discovered on Long Island In 1923, apparently came from Japan and, though It Is not yet notorious, scientists say It Is spreading spread-ing rapidly and may become a national na-tional pest |