Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-25
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by applying prOiougeu pressure OF
1900 pounds to the square inch a
Montreal professor makes marble dow
like molasses.
The density OF population In the
United States Is greatest In the Dis.
trlct OF Columbia. There the number
OF Inhabitants to the square mile IL
54,64S.S0.
The late Professor. Marsh, of Yale,
beQueathed his house and grounds for
botanical garden, They are to be
made the home Of the newly created
School OF Forestry.
A Kansas boy In China writes that
the custom OF the Chinese In burying
their dead r. mounds above the level
OF the ground makes the whole coun-
try look like an exaggerated prairie
dog town."
A revolutionary war claim for 500,
the original value Of which was $1,000.
contracted under the act OF 1T79, has
been liQuidated by the Treasury De-
partment. The interest and principal
amounted to $12,906,20.
A special agent of the United States
Department OF Agriculture reports
that beyond doubt grain can be
matured anywhere In Alaska. Bar,
ley. oats. wheat and rye have devel-
oped perfectly from seed accidentally
sown and grown wild. Flax OF good
quality has also been grown.
An Oklahoma country postmaster
sent the following notice to the postal
department.; "Sur wish to notify you
that on next Wednesday this offic will
be shet as am gone dear hunt. You
kin Gre ne X yoa see az. sa: III give
you apinter that I'm the only man In
the nayborhood that kin rede and rite"
The most recent triumph OF the
French postal administration Is an in-
genious little machine, which not only
automatically weighs letters and SAM
pies. but records on an indicator at
the side the amount required for
stamps. When the article deposited on
the balance exceeds the regulation
weight the indicator promptly hoists
the sign. Too heavy"
The plan Of the Central Pacific Rail-
road to cut of 107 miles by crossing
Great Salt Lake involves great engi-
neering problem. The lake has to be
crossed at a point where IL is thirty
two niles wide, trestle-work being ne
cessitated for the whole Of the dis
tance. excepting two miles across the
rocky Promontory point, The view
afforded passengers over the new route
VIII be novel and picturesque.
A notice board has been erected on
shore near to the naval anchorage at
Woo-Sung. China, with the following
information: I'VE open at Woo-Sung,
on the south of the telegraph company.
for sale of foreign milk. the taste are
sweet, the milk are pure, the price are
| Just. We have not put any water
in 1t. If examine out won't pay single
cash. If you want to buy it you win
know the foreign cow chop. No. !
milk. Yih Pingshan dairy"
The forestry department of the st
Louis fair intends to have an exhlbi-
ton that will be an object lesson to all
who see II of the practical side of wood
working in all its phases and branches.
| 1t will show the woods of the country
and the uses to which they are adapt
ed; it will endeavor to show where
they grow, at what price the standing
timber, can be bought, the size of the
tract, accessibility and everything that
a prospective purchaser would want to
know.
Wolves are increasing rapidly In
many parts of the forest lands OF
Northern Canada. This Is undoubted
ly due to the large increase in the
herds of deer throughout the country
AS these have grown in numbers SC
have the wolves that live upon them
Fleeing from the ravages of the wolves
the deer have made their way toward
the settled parts of the country, unit
in many places they have become q
nuisance to farmers, in whose fields oi
oats and other grain they often do con
siderable damage.
The managers of department store
in Harlem, N. Y, have rescued Charles
Kreig, one Of their employees, from the
clutches Of particularly rapacious
loan shark. In 1898 he borrowed 500
giving his note and receiving only $l4
the remainder being retained as com
mission. The note has been renewed
over and over again, So being deducted
each time, and although he had made
many payments the loan sharks de
clared he still owed them $196. Threats
of persecution for usury induced then
| b m rooI tho nnfo an nf