Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-02-01
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In Kansas last winter there were
twenty-six snOwstOrms, not counting
the little flurries. The first was on
Oct. II and the last on April 3.
1t took bid of 275,OOO francs to Sc
cure the privilege of letting out seats
for the Paris exhibition Of 1900 For
the 1889 exhibition the successful bid
for the monopoly was $4,000 francs.
The London authorities have decided
upon the novel municipal step of de-
voting 100000 to the erection of build
ing to shelter families whose houses
are in progress OF disnfectOn after
outbreaks Of infectious disease
The Central Federated union Of New
York, which has heretofore always
held its meetings in II hall where beer
could be easily procured, has decided
to use new hall and to do away with
that feature Of the gatherings in the
future.
J. NJ. Kmbrough, an agricultural
expert, said at the Central Georgia
Dairymen's convention that the farm
ers Of the State. in throwing away corn
stalks, annually. wasted $4,50O.OOO
worth OF fodder. or about 40 per cent
Of the value Of their corn crop.
The potato crop of 1899 in this coun-
try is one of the largest ever raised.
The yield Is estimated at 242,OOO.OUO
bushels, or about 4O,OOO,OOC bushels
larger than in 1898 and 6S.OOO.O0O bush
els larger than in 1897. The yield per
acre Is about eighty-one bushels.
The trustees Of the Watkinson library
of reference. Hartford. Conn.,, have de-
cided to purchase the American In
dian library of the late Dr. j. Ham,
mond Trumbul. This Is the greatest
collection Of its kind in existence and
includes many exceedingly rare vol
unles.
A scent lawsuit at Guthrie, Ok, be-
tween J. a. Futrell and l.. w. Depew,
in which verdict was rendered In
favor Of the defendant, but dividing
the costs of $3S between them, has
been appealed to the district court by
the plaintiff. and the costs are now
likely to run into several hundred dol
lars.
1t Is reported that a meteor which
fell recently in British Central Africa,
on the east side Of Mount MOmba. ex-
ploded with noise that was heard for
at least seventy miles to the north and
south. The fragments were scattered
over an area of nine miles by three,
and some Of them weighed over five
pounds.
The pearl industry in the Concho
River. in West Texas. has grown very
rapidly during the last few years.
Many men are now employed In the
work of hunting for pearls along that
stream. and the annual proceeds from
the sale of the beautiful gems which
they gather aggregate several hun
dred thousand dollars.
Mrs. G.. \. Andrews of Claremont.
y. H., has recently come into posses
sion of set of steel knives and forks
that are positively known to have been
brought over in the Maytlower. They
are about the size of tea knives and the
forks have but two tines. The handles
are buckhorn and colored green. The
set contains six knives and forks.
4 late issue of the London Times
stated that at least a score of persons
perish each year in Switzerland in try
ing to secure the wonderful snow
tlOwer-the edelweiss-which grows In
very inaccessible places. Some of those
who lose their lives trying to secure it
are reckless tourists; others are Swiss
boys. who wish to get it that they may
sell 1t to travellers.
Joseph Jensen. clockmaker of
Kichiield, Utah. has completed a won
derful clock which, IN addition to strik-
ing the hours halves and quarters and
showing the phases of the moon. tells
just what time it Is in every city in the
world. This is done by means of
globe which revolves inside trans
parent globular glass. On this glass
is marked line which represents II
o'clock noon. AS the globe revolves
this line is always over that part OF
the world in which it Is noon at that
time Other lines represent the other
hours and in this way it is easy to get
the exact time in any given place.