The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-01-26
FACTS IN FCET LINES

An automobile hears" is tie Latest in
The line Of adapting the .,.-..... e u: .,sr
TO everyday uses
\ black lily" new t. sv-c,.-p has
been discovered ut Nucya Ceres. IL
the Philippines.
4 model al mine, the first 81 i,s
kind in Englrnd, is to he inyl-jlcI in
the scientific equipment Of Birning-
ham university.
The exports Of palm seeds from the
Netherlands amounted to J0.4j2.Gn9
pounds, 5249S.G00 pounds AMI 5T.G83,-
800 pounds in 1901. 1892 and 1893 ge-
spectiyely.
The ART treasures ut Windsor castle
are said to he worth over $60.00D.OJ0
| The king has had them rearranged. but
has not been able t. insure them as
yet owing to their great value.
A bill to prohibit juvenile cigarette
smoking has passed its second reading
i'll the South Australian Legislature and
| will probably become law. The age
below which smoking is prohibited is
fixed at sixteen years.
In view Of the notorious laziness Of
! the Russian peasant, writes Il St Pc
tersburg correspondent. it will be inter
esting to watch the effect Of the new
law permitting labor on Sundays and
| festivals
An association in Manchester, Eng
| land, known as the Minnehaha ANA
| teur minstrels has made 4 business for
the past twenty-five years of giving
performances for charity In that time
it has raised $97,f30.
An attempt is to he made by the
British war department to raise sec
| ond battalion of the Irish guards. 1t is
| expected to be successful as the first
| battalion now has several companies in
excess of the establishment
Swedish doctors having found mi
| mute pieces of enamel from granite
ware in cases of appendicitis, it is sur
missed that the common use of this
ware may have something to do with
the prevalence of appendicitis.
OF the 1000 white settlers scattered
among the total population of 100000
| in German Southwest Africa not many
more than 1000 are at present Ger
man. and these are very largely com
| posed of the military and official ele-
ment
There is more smoking of pipes done
in cold weather than at any other
time and, excluding the vacation sea-
son. there are more pipes and smoking
tobacco sold during the cold weather
| than during the temperate and heated
| spells.
Canada is pushing for sales in ia
pan. COnsuls are being appointed with
authority to pay for early statistical
| information. Sample rooms will be at
| tached to the consulates Japanese
| products will be exhibited in CONNER
cial museums in Canada.
For several years the Santa Fc com
| pany has been filing in China basin, in
south San Francisco to make solid
| ground on the bay front there for
freight yards The work is done at
last, having cost the company $3,635,-
| 600. 1t now owns fine site of fifty
| three acres.
In one of the London public schools
teacher asked her class what turf
| was Nobody could tell She next ask
ed what grass was. There was a long
| pause, ana then the smartest scholar
raised hand. ''Well?" asked the
teacher. please, ma'am. it's what you
got to keep off of, was the reply.
A man brought up at st. Adams as
an incorrigible rogue was proved to
have married his aunt His children
are therefore his first cousins, and he
is his own uncle. His grandmother
and his mother-in-law are the same
person. Apparently the judge sympa-
thiZed with him, for he was discharged
A number OF Philadelphia business
men have organized what is to be
known rs the Downtown club, each
member Of which is pledged to war on
tipping. They have become tired of
fleeing walters at noon in order to Sc
cure reasonably quick service, and the
Downtown club is their way of over
coming the nuisance.
A lawyers club of California has
been formed, with branch club in
| every county and headquarters in San
Francisco. Its declared objects are the
reduction of expense to litigants, the
elimination of delay in reaching a final
settlement of cases and the securing
of uniform rules of practice III the va
riouS counties of the state.
Along the international boundary of
the Canadian northwest twenty years
| ago was an acreage of 100000 under
crop, yielding 100000 bushels of
wheat. Now the acreage is over 4,0O0,-
600 and the annual yields 100000
bushels, While population, acreage and
output are augmented at rate no 9th
er country can approach.
By direction of the secretary of war
orders have been issued carrying into
effect the recommendations of the gen
eral staff making changes in the uni
forms Of the army. 1t is also pre-
scribed that no decoration received
from foreign governments shall be
worn by officers and men while on
duty with United States troops.