The herald., 1897-03-19
NOTES OF INTEREST

Missouri produces as much zinc as AL
the other states put together.
Upward of fifty miles OF railroad lines
are laid in Krupp's factory
The use Of petroleum for fuel for ma
rine boilers is increasing in France
1t is said that rev steel plant, cost
ing 81 600 900 Will be built at Buffalo.
Father Danforth of Springfield, O.. has
Two cows, which he drives In harness:
Frogs croaking on New Years day
gave sign of an early spring at quit q
man, Mo.
applesf' are advertised in the City Of
Mexico newspapers. X
Twelve veterans of the war Of 1917 are.
yet living. with ages running from
to 104 years, rs
A North Dakota farmer claims that
strips of newspaper soaked in sour mill
and fed to hens greatly increase their
laying qualities.
The highest pilot charges made any
where In the world are levied at sar-
Francisco, although the harbor and it4
approaches are ample and safe.
Relic hunters have almost carris4
away the old house at Poland. O., the
scene of McKinleys boyhood. 1t, wj{G
the tree near by, has been practicable
picked to pieces
The subject Of divorce begins to en<
gage theserious attention Of the philono~
piers of France. In 1889 the percentaG4|
of divorces wac one In 1000. while today
it is rs in 1000.
The late Baron Hirrch's valuable COLI.
lection of pictures is to be sold Num3'
bered among 1t ars rome fine works o.
the Dutch school and portraits by Rom%:
| ney and Gainsborough.
The scientists OF Switzerland havo
found that unfermented wine can be-
made quite as successfully as the fer<
mented. The unfermented il said to.
be several per cent more nutritious.
The Missouri legislature has enacted
| law to prohibit anyone who IL not .
| citizen Of the United States from per-
forming the marriage ceremony. The
Jaw applies to clergymen as well as t.
| civic officials. ia, vi
In London the mail deliveries from a.
| in the morning till 10 at night are hour
| ly. 1t is not unusual for the writer a
letter in that city to get an angvet
| from a resident within three to four
hours.
| The greatest living authority on ms
| dian statistics calculates that from 3,x
000, 900 to 40. .o00.0 900 people scarcely ev9K
lose the sensation of hunger--in fact, AZ
rot know the sensation of full stou.
ach except in the mango season.
| Statistics OF life insurance conpanie0|
| show that in the last twenty<flve yoolM
the average woman's life has increase
| from about AZ to So years. or more th9U
per cent. In the same period maA4
| life on the average has increased ~
| length per cent. 'E
The closest contest in any OF ~
states at the recent election Is BELIEVES
| to have been that for the state treagl]<
rership in South Dakota. where tIf4
! Republican candidate won by me14t&
| ity of two votes in total Of mere than
30 900 votes <
The city council Of BuNalo IL bei>
/ urged by its health officer to pYohlQc1
| the sale and use OF tube" nurulnK 81
| ties. The health ofilcer etAte4 that n
decrease In infant mortality WoQ NIX
| ticed shortly after circular Of warnl@
against ouch bottles had been lsoue0
A national nag was swupG to
breeze on the exchange In aeyauuG
to celebrate Washingtoh's birthday, n
! had to be taken down. 1t wap too 4
| and every time 1t was stirred ~ b<o(
| 1t struck the hands Of the exch1H1
| clock and came near running the c|44
| before 1t was hauled down.