The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-23
FACTS IN FEW LINES

memphis, 1enn-, mas Dali nine Two
members of which are respectively
named Kane and Abel.
The latest breeding freak is a dou-
bic cocoon race Of silkworms, which
has been bred in Japan.
A Salvation Army officer in England
has substituted a coffin for the tradi-
tional soap box rostrum.
Seven of the worlds twenty-four IA
nous mountains are yet to be climbed,
including Mount Everest.
Spain has just enacted Sunday
closing law. 1t does not go into ef-
feet each Sunday until IL o'clock a. m.
A fan that gives out instead of a
cooling breeze a blast Of hot air has
been invented by NJ. de Mare, Bel
gian.
A Chicago millinery firm has taken
out an injunction to prevent one of its
women hatmakers going to rival es-
Enlistment
Every week 100000 oysters are con-
sumed by the people of London. Half
of the shells are broken up and used
for asphalt paving.
Thomas Harte, an inmate of the
Leeds England workhouse, has en-
tered the race as the oldest man in the
world He claims to be 137.
A recent estimate of numbers adher-
ing to the great religions of the world
Is as follows: Christians, $40 OH, 341;
Mohammedans, POP, ,240; Jews, H.
OFT 900; Confucians, 253,OOO,0OO; Tao
lists, 32,000,OOO; Shintoists, 100000
A scientific engineer has constructed
a refrigerating machine for freight
cars, which forms an integral part Of
the car and does away entirely with
the necessity of constantly reflling the
refrigerating chamber with ice during
its journey.
AS M. Leon Victor was passing along
the Boulevard ST. Michel, Paris, wo-
man attacked him and bit his ear off.
He Is now dangerously iii Of blood pol
soning. The woman said she had been
Tilted and was determined to wreak
her vengeance on every man she met.
London may soon see Macaulay's
New Zealander sitting on its bridges.
It is to have Maori comic opera by a
New Zealand composer, with libretto
by an Australian journalist. The piece
will be called ''Tapu," and twenty-fou
native Maori dancers will take part In
II.
Only twenty days sufficed to bring
CORVALLIS to surrender at Yorktown
and thus end the serious fighting Of
the American Revolution. 1t took only
seventy days to starve Bazaine's big
army into surrender when 1t was shut
within the strong Notifications Of Metz
in 1870.
There are at present between 1900
and $4,000 cabmen in London. No few
er than 47,4o0 articles have been left
in cabs and conveyed to the lost prop
erty Office. Among them were 21,6OS
umbrellas, 1852 bags, 855 pairs Of
gloves, several bicycles and long list
Of articles Of clothing.
OF the many presents that the king
Of Denmark has received during his
long life there is not one which he
prizes more than a crown of gold
which was given to him on the occa-
sion of his golden wedding by the
school children Of Denmark The
crown Is composed Of golden corn ears
and clover leaves.
The French psychologist, Fere, has
made experiments which show that
the process of digestion diminishes the
capacity for muscular work fully one
half. AS regards the effects Of stimu-
lants like tobacco and alcohol, he has
found that, while they diminish IA
tgue, the effect never lasts more than
ten minutes and is followed by great
er degree Of fatigue than would have
existed If they had not been INDUCED
In.
In 1914 it was enacted In England
that persons assembling on Sundays
for ''bear batting, bull batting, enter
ludes and common playes" should be
fined or in default "set publikely in the
stocks by the space of three hours"
And another act of the same year for
babe Sunday wrestling, shooting,
bowling, ringing Of bells for pleasure
or pastfme, Mosques, wakes, church
ales, dancing, games, sports and all
pastimes whatsoever"
Fifty sparrows desperately fighting
a large cat for the possession Of
young bird made things interesting in
Baltimore the other day. The cat had
caught young sparrow and started
north on Charles street, when a few
older birds saw him. They few at the
cat so savagely that he was compelled
to hunt for shelter. More birds Joined
In the attack, and when the cat
reached the Northampton hotel he ran
against the windows In quest for
place of safety.
A breach has been made In the Man
chester ship canal at Runcorn, and
when the tide is out water pours into
the bed of the river Mersey at the rate
of 10000 to 10000 gallons per hour.