The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-01-14
News of the Week.

Drivers of automobiles in England who re.
fuse To stop when requested to do so by a per-
son driving horse are fined.
Robert Burns family Bible, containing in,
'tresling family entries. WAS sold at auction
in London few days ago for $3.50. The
purchaser was dealer
Eight persons dead and many collapses
from exposure is the result of the storm of
January "a in New York city, which is said
to be the worst since 1888.
The United States Rubber Company is
credited with the manufacture last year of
$4,000. coo pairs of rubber boots and shoes. or
a daily production of 100, 900 pairs
More than 5000, 600 persons are enrolled
in The Sunday schools of this country. Ia
public schools the enrolment is more than
10000 m0, or only 5000, 600 more.
The exports of raw silk from Shanghai
duug The year ended May 81, 1904, were
-, $50 hales tuSsah silk included), compared
ln i9.i@l bales in the previous year.
Agents of the various beef packing com
panies operating in Montana have been ar
rested on information filed by the attorney
general nj the state charging them with con-
spiracy.
John Erisman. of Lancaster county, Pa,
raised 43 pound turkey. the largest ever
raised in that county. 1t was sent to President
Roosevelt by John McGinnes for his New
Year dinner.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, in spite of his activity
in business and as an inventor devotes lots of
his time in the summer to yachting. That is
really his only pastime, and he is intensely
fond of the sport.
Powerful alcoholic beverages can be dis.
Iilled from bananas, the milk of cocoanut,
rice and peas. The banana produces to the
acre "A times more food than the potato aud
1870 times more than wheat.
W. r. McKeeu. who recently celebrated
his 10Th birthday at Terre Haute, Ind, was
Tor p years president of the Vandalia Rail-
road. la the - years of his presidency the
road never killed a passenger,
Miss Ames, of North Easton, Mass, has the
finest private collection of orchids in Amer
ica. It is worth between $500, 000 and $780,
900. Many of the specimens were brought
direct from Borneo or the Indies.
Geronimo. the old Apache warrior, who was
10 be a feature of the Inauguration parade in
Washington in March, says he is getting too
old for such celebrations and does not like so
many curious people looking at him.
The smallest inhabited island in the world is
that on which Eddystone lighthouse stands,
Tor Al low water u IS ontN oU Ieet IN ulameler.
At high water the base of the lighthouse, which
has diameter of only little over % feet, is
completely covered 10y water
Mary l.. Gibe, IA years old, of Findley.
Ohio. snared herself to death recently. Lets
see which can snore loudest, said her sister.
Thus amusing themselves they fell asleep.
The sister awoke to find Mary dead. Physi
clans say death was due to swelling of the glot.
It's.
Hairpins come from Painswick, village in
the Stroud Valley, England. There is the
greatest hairpin factory in the world. Strange
y enough this factory employs only 300 per-
sons. the machinery used being automatic re-
qnring but little attention, as IL grinds miles
Of wire into tons of hairpins.
Missouri has more live stock farmers than
any other State in the Union. Its live stock
Is worth 500, goo COO While it has only Al
per cent Of the live stock of the country, it
has per cent of the total value of live stock
in the United States, n striking commentary
on the high quality of Missouri live stock.