The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-04-03
FACTS IN FEW LINES

been held In Hawaii.
Cast iron blocks are to be used in
paving Huddersfeld England) tram
ways.
Fijian islanders are protesting against
the proposed establishment of leper
colony at Beqa.
The lands reclaimed by irrigation in
California, Colorado and other western
states aggregate 100000 acres.
The new stone viaduct in Luxembourg
will be the largest stone arch in the
world. 1t will have a span Of 273.G
feet.
A fund has been opened for the cree
ton of statue at Coventry, England,
to the late John Stanley, inventor Of
the safety bicycle.
An international exhibition of motor
boats and motor equipments for sailing
vessels is to be held on Lake Wannsee,
near Berlin, in June.
Tahiti advices tell of a case Of lep-
rosy reported to have been cured by
the Juice of tua-tua, shrub prepared
at the experiment station.
Thirty-ene Italians have been refused
permission to land at Perth, Western
Australia, on the ground that they
came under contract to labor.
The British war Office has issued a
manual of chiropody" for the soldiers,
the Importance of care of the feet dur
ing marches being the incentive.
Twenty persons have taken out in
surance policies on the life Of a pauper
inmate of Wolverhampton (England)
workhouse, who charges half a crown
for the privilege.
Recent explorations in Egypt have
unearthed the consecutive order of
seventeen kings, thus establishing
firm foundation for the investigation
of Egyptian history.
Owing to their poor condition it is
proposed to transfer the care Of the
trees on Boston Common from the
charge of the city gardener to that of
the department of parks.
On the invitation of the car Emper-
or William, it is reported, will next
u1y dLIClo IuC tAAAAS Va ShS
Russian naval artillery at Reval and
afterward proceed to st. Petersburg.
At Moscow a savings bank has been
opened for the purpose Of assisting
prospective brides to obtain the neces-
sary dowry for catching husbands.
Dowries are expected to range from
$1OO to $1,000.
The promoters of the American sky
scraper in the Strand, London, having
been refused 900 year lease by the
city, have decided to build structure
upon English plans instead on a nine
ty-nine year lease.
Harry R. Fisher of st. Louis owns a
chair supposed to have been made IN
1909 by Abraham Lincoln's mother and
used by the president when he was a
boy. The chair is about thirty inches
high and entirely Of hickory.
The Western Algiers Railway COM
pany has decided to offer a premium of
$40 on the birth Of every child belong
ing to it's employees. The employee
with more than three children is to re.
ceive an extra allowance Of $40 per
child per annum.
The Mexican government has order
ed that all railway employees coming
in contact with the public must be
able to speak the Spanish language
we'll enough to deal directly with the
passengers. Pullman car employees
will be principally affected.
Last season saw more visitors at Nj
| agara falls than ever before. The SUI
perintendent of the state reservation in
I a recent report complains of the laxity
shown in the enforcement of law dur
ing the season. Thieves did a good
[ business all last summer, he says.
Professor Seybold of Stuttgart has
discovered in the Tubingen university
library an Arabic manuscript soc
years old which is probably the origi
nal of the arabian Nights" He has
also found manuscripts describing the
whole religious system Of the Druses.
| The beautiful Sevres fountain which
was so much admired at the Paris ex'
hibition and which has been practical
ly destroyed by vandals since the close
of the show will shortly be replaced
with one of more elegant and substan
tial design, also the work Of the ia
nous potterS of the Seine.
1t has come to pass that advertising
is recognized as science. It's impor
lance as a modern commercial factor
is such that the University Of Chicago
includes advertising in the list of eco
nomic subjects for its lecture courses
along with banking and the manage
ment of railroads and other great in
dustries.
An Englishman has invented a
| writer's or artists ring. The ring car
ries a small steel ball so placed as to
| revolve freely in any direction. With
the ring in one little finger, so that the
ball is at point Of contact with the
paper, almost every bit Of friction in
the movement Of the hand upon tho
writing or drawing material is re-
moved.
The Bible Is to be translated into ten
languages Of the Philippine Islands
during the next ten years.