Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-12-08
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| over 2O,OOO,OOO cOffee trees are piaHteu'
Thick scent of an otter is conveyed to
the pursuing hound while under water
| by the "chain" of bubbles which marks
it's devious course.
At Plinitz, near Dresden, Is the larg-
est camellia in Europe. 1t is 100 years
old. about fifty feet high anii has forty
thousand blossoms each season.
| The agricultural returns of Great
Britain for 1902 show that the total
under crops and grass was 32.3Si ,1G.
acres-a decrease of 29,3SO compared
with 1901.
The new cOmmander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, Gen.
Stewart. is but "a years old. He enlist
ed while a boy and served over four
years during the war of the rebellion.
Among the flotsam and jetsam
thrown up on the beach at Khossilli,
Glamorgan, recently, was the body of
n full-grown lion, which has since been
buried by the coast guard in what is
known as FOX's cave.
| DR.. Simon Newcomb, professor cmer-
| titus of mathematics and astronomy in
Johns Hopkins University, has just
had the honorary degree of doctor of
philosophy conferred upon him by the
Christiania University.
| At the present day, on the best au-
thorities, there are 5O,O0O,OO0 Mussul-
mans in the world. The Christian pop
ulation Is put at AT 100000, but the
increase of Islam is more rapid than
| that of It's sister religion.
The National Museum at Belgrade
has come into possession of collection
of sXty-eight thousand Roman copper
coins recently unearthed near a Ser
Wan village. The oldest Of them be-
long in the time Of Caracalla.
You don't have much to say on
public questionsT "No,' answered
Senator Sorghum. 81 am very much
inclined to think that in modern affairs
public questions are Of less CON
sequence than private understand
ings."
| American pottery manufacturers are
discussing a plan for the construction
of a special building at the Worlds Fair
appropriate in design and of ceramic
materials, SO far as possible, in which
to install everything in the line Of clay
manufactures.
Upton Miller. a retired farmer. &C
| years old, living at Mt. Norris. ILL.,.
has made two articles of inlaid furni-
ture a bureau and a washstand, the
first containing over 5000 pieces of
wood, the other over 5000 pieces,
which he intends to exhibit at the
| Worlds Fair.
The per capita debt of Boston is $50
more than that of New York City. AT.
ter New York. with per capita debt
Of $115. come Cincinnati with So. Bal
| timore with SIS. PittSburg with $6S
Buffalo with $40, Philadelphia VITA
! SIS. Cleveland with $3l. St. Louis wit i
S33 and Chicago with so.
The Duke of Devonshire possesses
as an heirloom Claude Lorraine
Book of Truth" which is said to be
one of the rarest and most valuable
books in Europe. 1t is. ut any rate.
worth six times as much as the famous
"Mazarin" Bible. the most costly book
in the British Museum. The late duke
refused 100000 for it.
\ Paris searcher after facts has made
the discovery that to Balzac belongs
| rho hnpnr IF having iuvnnt.s1 rho wood
block pavement for streets. The frs
reference to it is found in that authors
comedy, "Mercadet." which was play
ed at the Franchise. in which Merca-
Diet dilates on the advantages of such
pavement. since with wooden blocks in
\ London justice has just made an
important decision regarding dress
makers disputes. He will not have
dresses tried on in court. because "he
had long since come to the conclusion
that with ordinary dresses any lady
could wear dress to make it look as if
| it did not tit." and he was also perfect.
ly satisfied that ANY milliner or dress
maker could pull it about and make it
fit when it did not do So
| Queen Wilhelmina's crown is very
gorgeous. 1t is of dull gold. only the
edges being polished. 1t consists of a
crimson velvet cap inclosed in Il circle
set with sapphires and emeralds. The
imperial arches terminate In sixteen
points. eight of which are surmounted
by large single pearls. and the other
eight. bent toward the center and there
crowned with the globe and cross. are
set with nine pearls each. which are
graduated in size the smallest being
placed at the top.
| Vancouver uses the septic tank sys-
TEN for the disposal of its sewage.
There are three tanks. located N differ
ent points in the city. One of these
disposes of the sewage OF a district
having population of 5000 people.
The American consul says: The tanks
are covered. as the bacteria work in
the dark On recent visit. l found a
scum between two and three inches
thick over the surface of the tank: this
scum. l was informed. is composed of
the little microscopic insects which