The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-02-04
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Holton, Mo-. with population of
4,o0o, has seventeen churches.
New York has n German popula-
ton of $4,000 and Chicago has
10000.
Veins of tin oxide have been dis
covered in the Transvaal which yield
81 per cent tin.
The birth rate among the foreign
born in Massachusetts is 90 per 1000;
among the natiye-horn it is II.
The number OF persons in the peni-
tentiaries Of Iowa per 1000 popula-
ten has doubled in fourteen years.
In Lowell Mass, there are 1900
machine tending operatives who care
fer S2S.000 spindles and earn over
100000 Il month.
From Liverpool to Yokohama by the
trans-Canada route will be only $3.50
miles. By New York and San Fran
cisco is it 12,0oS miles.
The fuctuation of the light of Nova
Geminorum is often as much as half
a magnitude in twenty-four hours, like
that of Nova Persel No. =.
There are 1,OS3.473 Odd Fellows in
the United States and Canada, 941,-
221 Free Masons and 92S,035 of the
Ancient Order of Foresters.
In 1870 the German people barely
exceeded 40,O00,000: in 1885 they had
risen to nearly 47.000,000, and in 1900
the census returns gave 5G,345,0l4.
Statistics show that in fifty years
the average height of British men has
risen an inch. The present average
height for Il man of 80 is five feet
eight and one half inches.
In the body of a horse that died
suddenly at Newport Norks} the vet
Urinary surgeon who made a post
mortem examination discovered three
large stones, one of them nearly as
large as cricket ball.
Not more than $50 square miles Of
territory are under cultivation in hene-
quin or sisal hemp, yet on this small
area is produced the fiber that liter
ally binds the wheat harvests of the
world. 1t is used alike in Minnesota
and Argentina, in Siberia and Egypt.
The Massachusetts State Building
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
is to be reproduction Of the historic
colonial house in Cambridge where
Washington established his headquar-
tiers during the siege of Boston, and
which later was the home of Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow.
The latest in explosives, according
to Metal Industry, is powdered alu-
mlnum mixed with nitrate of ammonia
and put upon the market under the
name of "ammonal." This explosive
is said to be one Of the surest and
safest known, as it cannot be exploded
by friction or blow, while otherwise
containing all requisites of an explo-
sive.
The most marked change in the
uniform of the army, under the gen
eral order just issued, is that the
stripe on the infantry trousers, which
was changed year or so ago from
white to blue, will again be white.
The same change will be made in the
chevrons, and the box spur and black
leather trousers strap will be aban-
doned.
The medical officers of the navy
who have been making a study Of
neurasthenia, which has disabled so
many officers, ascribe it to the condi-
tons of the life In the navy now i'm
posing upon officers long tours of duty
on remote stations, where the oppor-
tunities for diversion are not many
and where homesickness and discon-
tent. combined with the uncertainty
of detachment, have produced this dis
tress of mind and body.
AS an excellent remedy against the
freezing of shop windows, the Phar-
maceutische Zeitung recommends the
application of mixture consisting Of
fifty-fiye grams Of glycerin dissolved
in ore liter of 62 per cent alcohol, con-
tanning, to improve the odor, some oil
of amber. AS soon as the mixture
clarifies, it is rubbed over the inner
surface of the glass. This treatment,
it is claimed, not only prevents the
formation of frost, but also stops
sweating.