Williston graphic., 1903-10-15
GLEANINGS OF FACT.

A stalk Of Indian corn uses up u
pounds Of water during its season.
Newfoundland exports over $7.ooo.-
600 a year Of fish-nearly all cod.
Less than one-seventh of the land
in Great Britain is owned by farmers.
On Sunday a convention of $4,000
Christian Scientists opened at Boston.
A well-equipped eye sanitarium will
soon be travelling through Egypt in .
tent.
A room In which soiled clothes or
shoes become moldy Is too damp for
health.
Mexico now has 10000 American
residents and $323,000,0O0 American
money.
Within year the United States has
sold 253.9S3 pairs of shoes to British
subjects.
In an exhibition at Vienna . billiard
table Is being shown which was made
there in 1913.
Cheese at thirteen cents q pound 10
more economical as food than meat at
SA0 6dMo price.
One playing on the plano the music
for three songs exerts enough force to
raise 1000 pounds.
A turbine engine for transatlantic
business will be fully tested by Sir
Christopher Furness.
Automobiles made for the German
army haul five to eight ton loads
through billy country.
During the last fiscal year ono In
every 401 railway employees was killed
and one in every "A injured.
Sandals are increasingly popular in
Germany and are even worn In the
streets by ladies and children.
Mr.. Whitaker Wright has had . 70.
lapse. and the hearing Of his case has
been postponed until tomorrow.
The Marquis Townsend, who took
his seat yesterday in the House Of
Lords. has Joined the Liberal party.
Last week a whole company Of sol.
diers were taken i'll with symptoms Of
poisoning at Bekes- -Czaba, Hungary.
Captain Blackburn has again set out
to cross the Atlantic from Halifax.
Nova Scotia, to France in an open
boat.
One out of two working men in
England who reach the age Of 65 dies
q pauper and is buried at the poor
house.
Vaccination Is now compulsory in
France during the first year Of life,
and revaccination during the 18th and
21st years.
The Kearsarge, In crossing the At
lantic en- route for Kiel at a rate Of
1862 knots an hour, beat all records
for battleships.
Two. people died and three we're
made seriously Ill from eating bread
into which a spider had been kneaded.
At Gainesville. Ga.
Cotton is the most valuable crop we
grow, except corn. The 10000 bales
in this years production will bring
planters about $500, 100000.
The pressure Of sap arising from .
grape vine root has been found equal
to sustaining column of mercury
three and q half feet high.
The visit Of the Burgomastsr Of
Brussels to London. a. the guest of
tho city. has been postponed. owing to
tho illness Of his daughter.
The emigration from our northwest.
ern states to British Columbia leaves
US still about q million ahead OF Can
ada in the exchange Of citizens.
The area added to the British EN-.
pire by the acquisition of the Boer
republics and 100000 square miles on
the Niger exceeds that Of France.
Col. Wallace. grand master, states
that no reconciliation has yet been ef-
fected between the Grand Orange lodge,
Belfast, and Mr.. Thomas Sloan. M. P.
There are now in operation in the
United States sos national banks, with
. capital agsregating @75s,000,000.
During the existence Of national banks
392 have gone into receivership.