The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-10-14
FACTS IN FEW LINES

AVA PAGAAOos
The Salvation Army was established
in the United States twenty-five years
ago.
France and England each owns in
Africa an area as large as the United
States.
New York city employs in round
numbers $1,000 teachers in its public
schools.
The largest date palm grove in Eu-
rope is at Elche, Spain. 1t contains
10000 trees.
Insanity IS on the increase in New
York, according to the report of the
state lunacy commission.
Bombs, it is said, were first thrown
March "a, 1880, on the town of Wach-
tendenck, in Cumberland.
1t is some four years since living
specimen of the apteryx could be seen
in captivity, but eleven very fine speci-
mems have arrived at the London zoo.
Absolutely f1reproof scenery is being
introduced in number Of French
theaters. Instead Of wooden frames
with canvas stretched on them gal
vanized iron frames fitted with wire
gauze are used.
An Aberdeen CWash.) inventor claims
to have discovered a process whereby
the so called bland sand deposit at
Damon's Point, on North beach, Gray's
harbor. can be manufactured direct in
to good tool STEEL
The deepest gold mine in the world
is at Bendigo, in Australia. The mine
in question is called the new Chum
Railway mine, and its main shaft is
sunk to the depth Of $500 feet, or only
sixty feet short of quarters Of
mile.
One delegate to the Baltimore Chris
tan Endeavor convention brought
along his wife, three small children
and parrot, the whole party having
Travelled 100 miles, while another dele
gate brought hound attached to him
by a chain.
Numerous post cards inclosed in trans
parent covers, with the address writ
ten upon the Enclosures, have recently
been observed in the British post The
postmaster general has decided that
correspondence sent in such covers is
to be withheld from delivery.
1t has been discovered that fowls can
be rendered immune from the ravages
Of cholera by means of vaccination
with cultures of the cholera bacilli.
The discovery will prove a great boon
to poultry raisers, who often lose
their entire flocks in a few days from
cholera.
The Canadian postofice department
has decided that celluloid is an ex-
plosive and that it cannot be mailed
except il tight tin boxes. The numer-
GUS accidents due to the deflagra ton
or explosion Of celluloid articles when
subjected to heat have led to this pre-
caution
On an open heath near Machiasport,
Me-, hunters happened upon a spot
where the ground had been torn up for
radius OF twenty-five feet, and near
the center Of the circle lay the dead
bodies Of two large buck deer. The
antlers were firmly locked together,
and each carcass was badly cut. The
animals bad been dead about five
weeks.
The chief market for Philadelphia
made gods Is India, where the demand
is for Buddhas and Ganesas. The most
expensive ones are marble Buddhas,
two feet high, which cost $50. The
models must be accurate, for the dev-
otee Of India must have all details
additionally exact, as every band,
every color, every little decoration has
some symbolic meaning.
By crossing the English walnut with
the native California species Luther
Burbank Of Santa Rosa, Cal, has pro-
duced the fastest growing tree In the
world. The discovery Is Of value COM
mercially because it will permit Of
wider use Of what Is now a compare
lively costly lumber. In fact, Mr.. Bur
bank thinks that the cost may 60 so
low as to allow walnut to be burned In
stoves and CRATE fires.
There are specialists Of various sorts
among the New York street merchants
men who sell collar buttons, men
who sell shoe laces and so on-but as
odd specialist as any is the man who
sells small boys knee pants" He dis
plays his wares in a basket on the
edge Of downtown thoroughfare that
leads to a big market and relies for his
trade on mothers passing that way to
do the family marketing.
investigations to ascertain the most
popular books among the boys and
girls of Chicago indicate that Little
Women" is in the greatest favor, with
Uncle Toms Cabin Robinson Cru
soc" and 1.-THE Count Of Monte Cristo"
very evenly matched for second place.
1.-THE Arabian Nights" "Alice In Won
derland," "Grimm's Fairy Tales"
wonder Book" "Huckleberry Finn
"Ivanhoe' and David Copperfeld" re-
ceived frequent mention.
1t surprises most Maine people to
learn that Names largest city is locat
ed in Massachusetts,, and yet this con-
dition of things is figured out by the