The herald., 1897-10-26
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In nine years the Indian population Of
Tama county Iowa, has increased by
thirteen. The red people there now num-
Der 1894.
| In a Boston court few days ago a
man engaged in manual labor testified
that he was obliged to work twenty one
hours out of the twenty-four.
New Zealand will shortly be COM
petitor against the United States in the
way of apples The fruit is said to grow
in great abundance and can be shipped
profitably.
1t is reported that the Chinese govern
ment is about to place some restrictions
on the sale of opium, chiefly because of
it's increasing sale as a means of COM
mitting suicide.
A regularly organized system of re-
lieving poverty has been in vogue in
China for more than 1000 years. 1t is
said that an organized system of charity
prevailed among the Egyptians 2501
years before Christ.
The city of Berlin has closed it's an
nual accounts with a surplus of over
$2,000,000. This money has been spent
by the different departments, most of
which spent far less than had been
granted to them.
Lighthouses in Denmark are supplied
with oil which is pumped on the waves
during a storm. This explains the fact
that two or three vessels are always to
be seen round each lighthouse in rough
weather.
A couple of dozen of onions seem a
20 b,,c ID
Albany, Ore, has exhibited twenty-seven
onions which together weigh sixty-five
pounds, or fifteen pounds more than a
bushel.
The Japanse ere now getting used tn
glass At first the glass in railway car
riage windows had to be smeared with
streaks of white paint to keep passen-
gers from poking their heads through it.
The excessive number of negro Grimm
ais is cause of concern in Maryland,
one of the most northern of the southern
states, and in which the colored popula-
tion constitutes only about one-fifth OF
the whole.
The church people of Southington,
Conn, are thoroughly angered over
what they call the Dissertation of the
Congregational church, from the belfry
of which the winning number of lot
terry was announced.
A Boston suburban resident has post
ed conspicuously on the lawn in front
of his domicile sign reading in big
letters: Amy canvasser of art or other
part publications entering these
grounds will be considered and prose-
cuted as a trespasser." 1t works better
than dog.
Graphic illustration of the power of
an ocean flyer is given by Massachu-
sets manufacturer who says that the
horse power of the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, 10000, is double the total horse
power employed in the busy manufac-
turing city of Holyoke, which ranges
generally from $4,000 to $4,000.
One of the largest growing trees in
the state stands on the farm of Jerome
Lannis, five miles east of Mitchell Ind
The tree is chestnut oak. Five feet
from the ground it is twenty-one feet
in circumference. AT the lowest branch,
sixty-five feet from the ground, it is
twelve feet in circumference.
The Bohemian town of Pressnitz is
the headquarters of the girl orchestras
It's conservatory trains young girls for
these numerous Austrian organizations
and secures engagements for them. A
concert tour in different countries usu-
ally lasts three years. The students are
chiefly the daughters of professional
men and are well taken care of.
1t is fact not generally known that
Baltimore supplies the ships of all ma
tions with sails. That city is the CEN
ter of the cotton duck industry of the
world, and not only furnishes sails for
foreign navies, but tents for foreign
armies, the production of it's twelve fac
tories being greater than the product
of all other factories in the world COM
bined.
A British investigator, provoked at
hearing his country repeatedly referred
to as tight little island" announces