The leader., 1905-05-13
FACTS IN FEW LINES

nearly f15,0OO,O00.
The cost Of living has doubled Ii
Spain In the last few years, and emf
grafton Is increasing rapidly
The government Of Paraguay vii
expend $125,000 for building a markel
hall In the city Of Asuncion.
Quail are becoming SO scarce that
both France and Germany have abso
luteIy prohibited their killing.
The massed navies Of the world in
.clude 800 battleships. All cruisers
1885 gunboats and 1000 torpedo craft
Porto Rico, which pays for neither
army nor navy, Is. the most lightly
ta1ed country on earth. It has M
debt.
The record price for clock is ES3,
600, paid for the timepiece made BY
Louis XVI. of France. 1t was .pur
chased By ione Of the Rothschilds.
The twentyrfifth anniversary of the
introduction Of electric traction into
Germany win soon be celebrated in
Berlin.
Four hundred Liverpool shopkeepers
have petitioned the city council fol
more police protection from religious
professions, which, they say, are ruin
ing trade.
1t is rumored that citizens of Gays
vile, vt, have been breeding porcu'
pines for the sake of the state bounty
Over 100 animals were killed in the
town last year.
The action of the weather has en-.
tirely washed away the ash built slopes
of an ancient volcano in Wyoming
leaving only the core showing basalt In
columnar forms.
When the oil in a big tank in Fresno
county, Cal, was fired by lightning a
cannon ball was shot into the tank
and the oil ran out through trenches
that had been dug for the purpose.
Professor Constantine Gregory Of Ma
pies has discovered a new chemical
method for preserving flowers and
leaves. The most delicate colors are
said to be kept by it for long period.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers is agitating the abolition of OF
a change in the present system of mai
cranes. Several engineers have been
struck and killed recently by the de
vice.
A Canadian government agent who
has just returned to England says the
Doukhobors in Canada are making
progress. "sThey no longer work theiI
women instead of their cattle in the
fields"
The bank clerks of England are plan
ming the formation Of union in order
to secure an increase of wages, which
virtually condemn the clerks to "celib'
acy, lodgings and sixpenny lunches
for life.
The vicar of Little Hutton, England
does not like makers of tombstones tc
cut their names on the stones, but al
lows them to do so onSstones placed ir
his graveyard if they pay $3.50 for the
advertisement.
One of the largest goldN nuggets evel
found in Colorado was recently picked
up at the Snowstorm placer, in ParE
county, between Alma and Fairplay
It weighed 120 ounces and has mar
ket value of $1,000.
The London Academy Of Music med.
al for pianoforte playing.l counterpoint
and harmony has been won by Max
Darenski, eight years old. There were
thirty-nine other competitors, the youn
gest of whom is twenty-five years old.
Not one bride was over twenty-five
years old in the 346,590, marriages
which, according to the latest census
took place in Japan last year. Forty.
two were only fifteen, 759 were six
teen, 5,484 were seventeen, 17,406 were
nineteen, and 16, 100 were twenty.
French mining experts have been
making extensive examinations Of the
mineral resources of the northwestern
prefectures Of Fukien, China, for the
last two years and have. found large
deposits of coal and gold. These botl
give promise oftyery profitable returns
The patents in the DumlopSWe elch
pneumatic tirefexpired at midnight or
Sept. 16 and were solemnly burned in
silver dish on the stroke Of u at ban.
quet in the Hotel Cecil, London, while
an orchestra played dirge. Four hun
dred men attended the banquet.
George W. Bennett of Abbott, Me-, is
.oq Ill
by his grandfather, who was captain
In the Revolutionary war, at the dedi
cation of Bunker Hill; also piece Of
the dress worn Sby his grandmother
given her iby. Lafayette during his sec.
ond visitfto the United States.
A Londoner lent az street bookmakel
his watch so that theebookmaker might
be sure that .he did not take bets on q
race that had already been run. The
bookmaker kept the watch, and the
lender sued for it. The court decided
that as it had been lent for an un
lawful purpose it could not be recover
ed at law.
The notion that hunters should Weal
green attire to escape notice by AMI
mails is no longer considered tenable
In Scotland the hunters wear dress
Of many colors. Exp eriments made il
the British army havetalso shown tina
guns and ammunition FWagons Non hill
most easily escape detection II the.
are painted blue, red ana yellow.
In the northern part Of Manchuria
with gIIarbin as center, Russian oil i
fast supplanting the United Statei
product. There is no way Of ascertain
ing the amount Of RnssianN Noil coming
annually into Manchuriat but 1t is fas
assuming large proportions. Kerosen
Oil was imported intot Newchwang dur
ing, the year 1908 asa follows: Ameri
can, 485,SS1 haikWanR taels (SS75, ,49D
Russian, q, 900 haikwani taelss Isl 16, $50
Boy Lost.
The following has been sent t
all police authorities in the State
One hundred dollars reward wi