The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-28


money for Servia.
1t costs on an average $500 to put
out a fire in London and $500 to extin-
guish one in New York.
Galalith, or "milk stone" is being
much used for decorating and promises
10 take the place of marble.
More than twice the number required
for the Australian navy in Victoria
have applied for enrolment.
The cellar in the Bank of France re-
sembles a large warehouse. Silver
coin,,is stored there in 800 barrels.
Mexican mints turn out more silver
money than those Of any other country
in the world Last year Mexico shipped
several million silver dollars to China.
Study of an ancient bridge at Leu
cade has convinced NJ. PHI. Negris that
the level Of the Mediterranean is ten
feet higher than it was 1900 years ago.
Fireworks on the mainland, mistaken
for signals of distress from sea, caused
the lifeboat men Of Totland bay, Isle
of Wight, to spend four hours at sea in
stormy weather. -
The flock masters Of Australia are
now beginning to take an interest in
the Angora, and mohair growing may
yet become an industry of considerable
importance there.
Exposure of the retina to blue light
for three months is claimed by two
Swiss dentists to have given insensi
bility so complete that tooth was ex-
tracted without pain.
An institute for cancer investigation,
to be in the immediate vicinity Of the
Academy hospital at Heidelberg, will
be begun soon, and it's completion is
expected in the spring Of 1906.
Treatment with leprolin, the new &C.
UNI prepared by Captain Rost and
tried in the Indian asylums Of the mis-
sion to lepers, is declared to have re-
suited in a complete cure in three
cases.
During the siege Of Port Arthur 265
per cent Of the garrison were put hors
de combat. This apparently impossible
feat was made possible by the fact that
so many wounded men returned to
duty from the hospitals.
Governor Sparks Of Nevada and some
other wealthy men intend to establish
an oasis in Death valley, seventy-6ve
miles south of Goldfeld, for the benefit
Of travellers. Artesian wells will trans
form it, and it is to be stocked with
game.
When the identification Of the rail-
ways which run underground in Lon
don is completed the traveller will be
able to traverse sixty miles under
ground by electric traction without
running twice over the same piece Of
track.
1t Is stated by the Picking Times that
among the gifts presented to the en-
press Of China on her birthday was a
beautiful diamond" from a high off,
Ger. 1t was examined by the old lady's
experts and turned out the be a piece
Of glass.
On Grand View street, Bennington.
w., living within a radius of a few
rods, and in five different families, are
six young men whose height averages
six feet each. The oldest is about
eighteen years old, the youngest four
teen years.
Wounded at the siege of Lucknow,
retired from the Seventeenth lancers
with a good conduct medal, having al
ways lived an exemplary life, Henry
William Smith has just passed away
at Brighton, England. A grateful coun-
try allowed him to die in the work
house.
While trimming the leaves of an old
Bible that has been in the family for
half century F. S. Rand Of Worces-
ter found a United States bond for
500 issued in 1861. Although $134,-
100000 worth Of bonds were issued at
the same time, the treasury report
shows that the whole issue has been
redeemed with the exception Of 50, 400.
1t is thought that Ireland will yet
become famous as tobacco raising
country. Recent experiments show
that twenty acres yielded $4,000
pounds to the acre Of the best leaf.
This experts pronounce to be re-
markable return for an initial planting
and estimate the yield possible after
the care of the plant is thoroughly I'M
derstood at 10000 per acre.
The following permit was recently
issued in New York: "Commission of
parks, city of New York. Permission
is hereby granted to Maude A. Let's of
q West Ninety-eighth street to take an
Angora cat attached to leash in Cen
trail park, subject to the rules and regu-
lations of the department of parks.
John ]. Pallas, commissioner of parks
for boroughs Of Manhattan and Rich
mond.''
In marked contradistinction to the
phenomenal corn pack of the past year
the quantity of tomatoes packed in
1904 shows a decrease of about Is per