Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-11-06
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Greater London contained 924, 143
inhabited houses i'll 1901.
At a dog show to be held in the
Crystal Palace. near London. Oct. 10
to II. the prizes will amount to
$34 800.
King Charles of Portugal has the
reputation of being the stoutest mon
arch alive. He weighs 300 pounds,
yet is wonderfully active.
A partridge shot by sportsman in
a field near cambridge, England, the
other day, dropped into the smoke
stack Of passing locomotive and was
lost.
An English police court comes to
the front with an antiseptic New Tes-
lament for oath-taking purposes. The
covers are guaranteed to be death to
germs.
Texas, in the fiscal years 1906 and
1907. will pay 100000 to Confederate
veterans for pensions besides expend-
ing $1b4, 53S for the support Of the
Confederate home.
]. II. Richardson, Of Anthony
Kan, has discovered that the water
below a dam is much softer than that
above 1t. He claims that falling over
the dam breaks the water.
| The longest-lived trees in northern
Europe are the pines Of Norway and
Sweden, but $40 years is their great
est period. Germany's oldest oaks
live only little more than 800 years
| When an Atlantic steamship has on
board what is called n full mair' she
is carrying about 100000 letters and
800 sacks of newspapers to London
alone, besides large quantities for
other places.
| The head stage carpenter at the
Royal Opera House, Vienna, has been
discharged because, during an excit-
ing storm scene he let heavy thun-
der cloud fall on two actors, severely
injuring them.
| In the village of VerJux, near Cha
lOn-sur-S aOne France. couple. aged
100 and 90. respectively, have just eel
ebrated the seventy fifth anniversary
OF their wedding, which they called
their 'platinum' wedding.
| In their latest annual report, an ex-
haustive document the British lunacy
commissioners say, as result Of their
researches into the relation Of drink
and insanity: ut cannot be denied
that alcohol is brain poison
For revenge on the editor of the
Neuesten Nachrichten, Bamberg, Ger
many, who had published an unappre-
ciative account of their exploits, some
burglars entered his house and smash
ed everything on the premises.
Three railroad signalmen whose
prompt action in an emergency recent
ly prevented great loss Of life on an
English road, are to receive the AL
bert Medal. a priced decoration which
Is given for "acts of heroism perform
ed by civilians on land or sea-"
Judge DickersOn attended roping
| contest at Ardmore, |. T., recently. for
the purpose of satisfying himself as
to the cruelty of the sport. He an
nounces no more exhibitions Of that
kind In his district, and classes the
contests on the same plane as bull
fights.
In some Of the English schools
French is now taught by means of a
photograph. The machine delivers Sc
lect specimens Of French oratory and
songs, and is extremely popular with
| the children, whose accent Is said to
make rapid progress. Government in
spectors approve Of it.
1t Is announced that the Villa Pal
mieri, Florence. is to be sold. The
villa is popularity supposed to have
been the scene of Boccaccios "Deca
meron." Queen Victoria made the
place her residence during two Of her
visits to Florence Its present owner
is the Dowager Lady Crawford.
The famous snail Of Burgundy is 80
greatly reduced in numbers that the
demand for it in the restaurants can
not be adequately supplied. The gen
eral council Of the department of the
Cote dor has therefore asked the pre-
feet to authorize close time for
snails between April IS and July 10.