Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-10
BITS OF INFORMATION.

There are thirty forest reservations
in the United States embracing ar
area of 40, OOO, 900 acres.
A reporter in Germany, who in
vented a sensational story about q
plot to assassinate King Wilhelm in
tie Holy Land, received sentence OF
seven and onehalf years. imprison-
merit.
The total destruction of Dawson
City, in the Klondike mining region,
means grevious loss of wealth, but
probably means also that the future
city reared there will be one of finer
architecture.
On his return from the West, Ian
Ma claren has said: 1T defy any man
TO go through the West and not be
impressed with the wonderful future
that lies there, not in nature herself,
but in man-humanity."
The commercial interests of this
country in the eastern coast of
Nicaragua have grown to be quite
large, being estimated at $4,000, 900.
These interests are mainly in the
business of importing goods from the
United States.
In 1871 Germany lost 143, 900 lives
by smallpox. In 1874 a law was
passed making vaccination obligatory,
and compelling a repetition at the
end of the tenth year. At present
the loss from this disease is scarcely
one hundred year.
Although it is thought by many
that New York City has been below
the average in it's sch DOL system, it
has excelled all other cities in the pro-
vision it has made for extending edu-
cational advantages to the great
masses in the way of night schools,
kindergartens, and lecture courses.
A curious invention for the pro-
lection of bank checks has recently
been patented. 1t consists of num-
Der of disks, so that any combination
of numbers may be formed. The
characters are heated to branding
temperature by means of electricity,
and, on being pressed to the surface
of a check or similar paper, the
amount named thereon is burned by
a process which defies the usual
methods resorted to by check raisers.
Devices are provided SO that the work
can be done quickly.
Queen Victoria has been on the
throne of Great Britain ever since she
was eighteen years old, and she has to
live less than month longer to have
reigned sixty-two years. This is al
ready the longest British reign on
record, with prospect of it's con-
siderable further continuance. Her
good disposition has been universal
ly recognized, and the hearts of her
people are likely to continue with her
to the end, however much her reign
may be prolonged.
To the surprise of many the ;Inter-
national Geographical Congress, to
convene at Berlin next summer, has
limited the languages to be used to
English, French, German and Italian,
thus dropping Spanish from it's
deliberations. English is the Ian
guage spoken by the largest number
of people, the second place is held by
the G erman, third by the Spanish, the
fourth by the French, and the fifth by
the Italian.
A novel duty has fallen to the lot of
cash boys in the store of John Wanna
maker, of New York. They go to
school every morning from eight to
ten, in a commodious room in the
basement. A portion of them, num-
bering about thirty, study spelling,
grammar, geography, and other rudi
ments of education. This plan has
proved SO successful, in the increase
of efficiency and usefulness of the
boys, that it commends itself to those
who employ large number.