Evening journal., 1905-05-23
FACTS IN FEW LINES

canal.
San Francisco's fire chiefs now use
three automobiles when answering
alarms.
A statue OF General Lew Wallace is
10 be placed in the national gallery OF
statues by the state Of Indiana.
The municipality Of Amsterdam plans
the erection Of an anatomical labora-
tory on the most improved style.
King Edward has given the head Of
his famous horse, Ambush H., to the
Natural History museum of London.
The rate at which the Zulus can run
in an emergency is astonishing Some
viii cover as much as fifty miles In six
hours. Eight miles an hour is common.
Frances wine harvest in 1904 was
1,743, ,959, $50 gallons A mathematician
has estimated that this is the equiva-
lent Of canal Of wine 10 feet deep,
100 feet wide and A miles long.
Twenty years ago Watertown, Conn,
was known widely because Of the splen-
did cattle raised within its limits, but
now few farmers raise cattle, and the
quality is not up to the old standards.
Japan remembers it's friends even in
wartime On the occasion Of his sew
entieth birthday Professor J. ]. Rein
of Bonn, Germany. received a cable
gram Of congratulation from the Uni
versity Of Tokyo.
Owing to the climatic deterioration
and insect destruction of the wooden
poles the eighty miles Of telephone line
in Abyssima have to be constantly pa
trolled by special police to insure con-
tinuous operation.
Staten Island will soon have a natu-
raj history museum in which will be
displayed the collection Of specimens
and the library Of the Natural Science
association of Staten Island and make
that body a semipublic institution.
Japan has 4,5G7 postodices and 81 ,347
letter boxes. 1t ranks in this matter
next TO Germany, the United States.
France and Great Britain. The num-
Der Of letters forwarded last year was
205,OOO,O0O; Of postal cards. 4S3,0O0,-
600.
county Pa has been probated by Reg
lister Of Wills Radcliffe. 1t disposes of
the property Of John D. Dugan, late of
Bristol, and reads, MARY, from my day
out everything belongs TO you that l
own"
Five presidents Of the United States
have died in Office and have been sue
ceeded under the provisions Of the con
stitution by vice presidents. Three of
these met death at the hands Of as
sassins, the other two expiring from
/ natural causes.
The largest electrical sign In the
world is ON the North river In New
York harbor the individual letters be-
ing sixty ght feet high. yet It's opera
ton for FIVE hours a day costs only So
for power. The lamps Of which it is
composed are of four candlepower.
Physicians IN London ascribe the in
crcasing insanity among women to liv-
/ ing In flats. The conveniences are such
that fat dwcllers have nothing to do
but do nothing. and the theory Is that
many women lose their minds because
there is nothing to occupy their minds.
The oldest outstanding deposit book
issued by the savings bank at Middle
town. Conn. was presented a few days
J since for payment. The account was
opened in 1888 with a deposit of 50
and this was the only money deposited
on the account The bank paid the
owner S62.3T.
The new tunnel to be built by the
Michigan Central Railway company
under the Detroit river at Detroit will
be Of steel, REINFORCED and strengthen
ed on the inside by cement and well
ventilated and lltwith electricity. There
will be two steel tubes built side by
side crossing the river. The tunnel will
rest on rock or clay.
Fancy dress balls are becoming very
popular in London. At a big one the
other night in Chelsea one married cou
J pie appeared as a pair OF poodles. The
get-up was from Paris and so marvel
ously realistic that report does say that
one animal lover few TO pat the crea
lures and was rewarded by being bit
ten in the smal Of the leg.
The record for getting married and
settled in short order went all tc
smash in Bangor. Me-, recently wher
Frank Reeves, an ex-policeman Of Ma
chias, and Mrs Laura Mace of Ellis
worth bought house, furniture to fur
nish It, were married and ate their frst
meal in their new house inside Of five
hours from the time they arrived ir
Bangor.
A task begun fifty years ago has just
been completed by Miss Susie Stonesi
fer Of Hanover, Pa. In 1855 she begar
making a patch quilt. and after sewing
for half a century she has finished the
household article, which is a model Of
neatness and beauty. It is a nine
square quilt, 6 by Z feet in size, and
contains patches Of fabrics made scores
Of years ago.
New South Wales owns more than 6C
per cent of the entire number Of sheer
pastured in the provinces of Australia
Since 1860 the wool clip has brought tC
! New South Wales alone the enormous
sum Of S1,sS0,O00, 900. Nearly 100000,
600 pounds Of wool are yearly exported
! from New South Wales Angora goats
have also been bred in the colony, and
there are at present nearly 10000 Of
them in the country.
The Minneapolis Tribune tells of 9
family Of nine children, all Of whom
were born previous to 1855 and who's,
ranks were never invaded bv death nm