Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1910 — CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. [ARTICLE]

CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.

The mortality under chlorofora averages one person in 10,000. —4 Mexico’s robber industry is provinf less profitable than was originally ex pected. Mrs. Nancy M. Johnson, of Wash lngton, was the first person to tak« out a patent on an ice cream freezer. According to a Cornell University professor, insect pests cost the farm ers of the country over $700,000,000 8 year. The business of one well-known firm of opticians In England consists largely in the manufacture of horse spectacles. During the 20 years from 1870 to 1890 divorce In the United States increased about three times as fast as. the population. During the last 17 years American coal mines have filled 22,840 men, made at least 10,000 widows and upward of 40,000 orphans. n i ■■ When a hen attains her third year her laying capacity is at its best She will lay, on an average, from 300 to 500 eggs «n her lifetime. Four years ago the province of Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out of a vast area formerly known as the Northwest Territories. ■ 4 Authoritative opinions hold that the number of sheep lu all the countries of the world decreased from 400,000,000 In 1873 to 300,000,000 in 1908. Prof. David W. Marks, who died in London recently, was probably the oldest Jewish minister who held a place with the same congregation 69 years.

The tie-treating plant of the Mexican Central Railroad has reached an output of 3,600 ties a day, making It one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world. A new portrait of Spinoza discovered by Ernest Altkirch, of Munich, has been pronounced genuine by Constantin Brunnqr, who thinks it was made In 1600. A citizen of Hubbard, Peter Loer, has demonstrated the faetthat the Am est quality of Japan tea can be successfully grown in Hubbard and In all parts of Oregon. The rich stratum of oil recently struck at the Yanangyuang (Burma) oil fields has now a greater flow than at first obtained. The oil was tapped at a depth of 1,350 feet. In some Norweigan schools cooking is taught, and not only to girls, but to boys, on the ground that many occasions may arise 1e a man’s life when such knowledge is useful. The korrigans, superstitious peasants believe, are the black dwars of Brittany who dwell In the sacred Druidic circles of the menhirs and count their cash in the moonshine. Germany has Bpent $150,000,000 in the last 20 years In the development and Improvement of Inland waterways. As a result the empire has now 3,278 miles of navigable streams and canals. The ordinary capital stock of the Canadian Pacific railway has been increased from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000, existing shareholders getting the $50,000,000 new shares at par, though worth $25,000,000 In the'open market.

The petroleum production of the United States In 1908 has been estimated at between 176,000,000 and 180,000,000 barrels, an increase of 6 to 9 per cent., as compared with the production of 166,000,000 barrels in 1907. Several New York organizations met recently to consider a movement for the reform of New York’s dance halls. The work is under the general direction of the committee on amusements and vacation resources of working girls. While 60,000 volts' is considered a maximum tension for transmission lines a few years ago they are now using 72,000. An 30,000-volt line, 13% miles long is now building and a line has been built designed for 100,000 volts. The Canadian Department of Labor, in reviewing the iAdustrial conditions of Canada, says that the recent immigration restrictions are having a good effect and that labor conditions were at the end of 1908 than at the close of 1907. Major George P. Ahem, U. 8. A., recently accomplished a Journey around the world at a cost of less than 91,000. The Major chose the route across Siberia and the Philippines. where he was stationed. His actual time was 67 days 16 hours. Alfred Picard, named French Minister of Marine, in succession to M. Thomson, last year, for the purpose of reorganizing and carrVing out reforms in the French navy, has presented to PnMmit on ovtAnotvA #wf ji velopment ' which, not counting new ■hips, involves an expenditure of 94*,000.000. - ■ - -