Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-04-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES
All Naples IL built of lava, and al

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price from 500 to Sl2U an acre.
Fully 1,000.0o0 gallons Of applejacl
were distilled last year in northern
New Jersey.
A club Is being formed in LOndOI
with the single purpose Of playing thu
game Of bridge
The state assessors report that there
! are 4,477 bridges in Maine and that IS.
are over fifty feet long.
A waistcoat that formerly belonged
to RObespierre was sold In Paris re
Gently at auction for $3.50.
The movement in England for re
storing the use Of knee breeches Ii
making considerable progress.
A Sumner (Me) correspondent boasts
that his happy and prosperous fowl
has neither saloon. pauper. town debI
nor lawyer.
| In Siberia the cold Is often so intense
for weeks at time in midwinter that
only the houses with the thicket walls
are habltable.
1t Is claimed that Costa Rica has a
greater variety of animals than any
other country. or birds alone there
are about 700 kinds.
In Cardiff, Wales, since the religious
revival began there has been decrease
Of 20 per cent In the number Of ar
rests for drunkenness.
10 In no h
igan legislature, while those Of Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Florida and South
Carolina are composed entirely Of
Democrats.
of all tOnics and tissue builders. The
average life of u tar worker is eighty
six years. The mortality is 30 per cent
lower than in any other factory trade.
Lecturing the other night at Liver
pool, the Rev. Ian Maclaren said, mo
man is justified in marrying who can
not obtain u first class life certificate
from really good insurance cOmpa-
n.y."
Sauerein the master of forty Ian
guages. has just died at his home in
Christiania Among the languages
which he could speak tluently were
Chinese, Sanskrit, Wendish and Lithu
anian
The other night the police Of Buda
pest made Il raid on the principal park
and found over fifty persons, Of both
aSl in, IA hrar pbn
of group Of trees. Each was secured
with II piece Of rope.
A plan is now on foot to connect
some of the scattered islands in the
south sea by wireless telegraph. 1t is
thought that it will be of great benefit,
as there is now no means of communl
cation between them.
The Oldest specimens of glass are
traced back from 1900 to 1890 years
before Christ. These are of Egyptian
origin. Transparent glass is believed
to have been first used about $50 years
before the Christian era.
Dealers in Italian marbles practice a
great deal of fraud ON wealthy custom
ers There is not one marble vase or
bench or font in ten that is genuinely
old Italian. However, the commercial
articles are faithful replicas, and the
marble really comes from Italy.
A French invention is ships COM
pass SO mounted that as 1t swings
round with the variations in the point
~ a 4.
ically, through electric connection, a
chart on sheet Of paper, by consult
ing which the ships officers can see
what the course was at any moment
Of the voyage.
There is a considerable waste energy
in noise that might be utilized. For
example, it would be possible to ar
range the combination Of a safe lock
so as to open it by singing certain
melody. The notes would set CORE
spending metals vibrating. These
would communicate with electrical
power, which in turn would move the
tumbrels of the lock, and the bolts
would turn back.
There are many log cabins in the
that cost their owners
over 100000 apiece. One Of the most
near Saranac lake, is
and shingled outside,
but has the log effect within. All the
Interior furnishings are of logs. Even
the piano is made Of logs. a most
unique beautiful and costly instru-
nent. Seasoned birch logs were used
FOR its outer frame or case
Mexican mariguana is common
looking weed and is worse than opium
Dr. its preparations. 1t is made into
cigarettes. and few strong puffs are
Inhaled into the lungs. If its use stops
lere the smoker is mildly intoxicated.
II he goes further with the smoking he
really drunk, and few addi-
.ional puffs overthrow his mind and
lie becomes lunatic. He will run
backward. imagining that all sorts Of |
beasts are pursuing him.
Every year Amsterdam receives near
" 1000 pounds weight Of curious
Ind interesting vegetable substance |
known in Java as kapOk, which is