The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-09-26
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


ment causes much less insaniiy than
manotoHy
Among the exports u Mezica last
year eye 20 b. noted two tons Of
dried flies
The English red Legged partridge
makes an annual excursion t. sea
each April
4 Duaucsne NaD man has dor
which VAS sent 70 hirI all tire way
from Manila.
Diamonds are formed in nature At
enormous temperature and under im-
menHe pressure.
+ The coal production ~ the United
states u ~ present nearly iive times
an great an In 1879.
( a Chicago rat catcher ia fppufcd
+ 60 make several thousand dollars a
F year al the business.
I Both the telegraphir and ieiept on
ic syHtsms in Spain suffer greatly
from thieves. Wha cut and carry Of
T the wire. often Ia broad daylight
Kansas has more pensioners In
proportion 70 It's population than any
other state in the union. and they get
c ?
pensioners - any other state.
Guthrie. O T. has is-yesr-old
lawyer. His name H. Frank II Bur
ford and he was recently admitted
10 practice though he has not yet
graduated from the Guthrie High
School
Korea has ilttle timber. but excel
I lent deposits If hlfumluuuH and an
/ thracits coal. especially the latter. 50
Z far ali requests for concessions ta
mine these coal deposits have beer
positively refused by the Korean
government
An autograph volume % music by
orlando Al f.asso. the great cempas-
er Of sacred music Of the sixteenth
century. recently discovered IN the
Imperial library at Vienna. contains
hitherto unknoNn portrait 81 the
composer drawn when he vas -
years 81 axe.
An attack Of apoplrNy. which re.
suited In the death ~ Charles Z
stuart. a young banker - ParsIac.
\. J.. is said 20 have been brought
on BY tight iacinK which Mr.. Stuart
submitted 10 IN order 60 make up FOR
a female part In hnriesque Vivcn
BY himself and other amateur actors
Fingers are valued al a high price
In Australia 4 Melbourne boy 81 s
had his finger crushed IN a gate at
level crotsinE and one had a. be
smputaicd An action iu hls behalf
Was brought against the state rail-
way department The Jury awarded
La ffsNH - .
Tire health officers o. Denver. Col.
started out to have ali the weeds In
the public streets aud vacant lots
cut down. but Unexpectedly cncoun-
tered strong opposition from owners
~ beehives, who protested that the
weeds biassomed nearly an summer
long. and their bees made much
honey from them.
4 steel birds nest was recently ac-
quired by the museum OF Solcurc in
Switzerland. soieuro has an extern
sive watch and clock factory. aud
thin metal filings are continually be-
INK swept into the roads with the
waste from the workshops or these
two waEiails built a nest. which was
| secured after their brood had left
it.
Edward II. r. Green. the son Of
Hetty Green. Win soon return to his
home In Texas whore he Is chairman
~ the Republican state central COM
mittee. lie denied the report that
he intended living In the Enst to take
charge Of his mothers affairs but
acknowledged that he had agreed 20
give them more attention In the flu
! turc.
The Rev. Dr. H. r. NosrIey. Of
, Florence. s. G. who has been ap-
| pointed To take charge Of Baptist
| missionary work in Cuba for tho
American Home Missionary Society.
served eight years as missionary
| for the southern Baptist convention
/ In Mexico. lie Will suporiutend the
mission IN the three Eastern PROV
/ inccs Of Cuba-Santa Clara. sanu-
/ ago and Puerto Principe. He will
spend eight months Of each year on
! the island. returning to the United
States during the rainy season.
The latest use to which bicycles
have been applied is tiger hunting.
4 paper published In British India
gives an account OF this startling In
noVation. \ pig, IL appears. was car
ried away ~ a tiger from a coffee es-
/ tate at Cas,lewood. In the state or
/ Johorc. The news having been sent
+ to Johore. runs the report. the sui
f tan's trackers went out on bicycles
! by midday and located the tiger in
some low shrubs within half mile Of
/ the sheds Tho sultan himself rode
out at O'Clock, and after short
/ beat Of half an hour a large tiger was
/ driven out OF the shrub and fell to
one well placed shot by the sultan
/ through the tigers forehead"
/ In Germany the number of girl
graduates is increasing In a remark.
able fashion. Three years ago the
i ten great schools had on their books
/ III female students. At the end az
/ 1897 the total had risen to ai7. and
whereas In tho previous year the
girl students were mainly concen-
tratcd In Berlin, every university ok
+ cept Munster contributed to the roll
/ of female graduates, At the berin-
ming Of this year the total had IN
/ creased to 400.