The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-08-05
FACTS IN FEW LINES

There are 1880 churches in Moscow.
They are the wealthlest churches in the
world.
In Holland persons under eighteen
are prohibited from entering a public
house unless accompanied by an adult.
In 1S4O tee planting in India did not
exist. yet last year it produced 60 per
! cent of the total consumption in Der.
lin.
OF the total income of the United
Kingdom. which is about f1.SOO,OOO.-
600 per anIum, about one-half is en-
joyed by one-tenth of the population.
In recent lecture in London it was
remarked as curious that, though the
| Tibetans had not realized the princi-
| pie of the wheel or arch, they thor
| oughly understand that of the CAN'T
lever and used it in their bridges.
! Feeding the pigeons is favorite pas
| time of the students on the Harvard
| campus. The birds are quite tame, and
| it is not an uncommon sight to see
| some young student with birds perched
on his head and shoulders, feeding
| them with peanuts.
! Hiram Cochran, California pioneer,
| wanting to make sure Of good flu
| neral, willed his estate, consisting of
some town lots and other property, to
an undertaken to whom he had made
known his funeral wishes and who had
promised to carry them out.
A remarkable record of thrift comes
| from MOrrisville, VT, where a young
man has purchased a farm from the
savings Of five years labor in the tan
neries. At no time did he receive over
| $1O.65 week and much of the time
less, yet he laid by $1,000 clear besides
supporting his family.
Sleeping in the open air can only
be practical with safety from arrest
show that they have plenty Of means
and are doing it for experiment. and
/ then only so long as no obstruction is
caused" said the magistrate of a Lon
| don police court the other day.
A Japanese recently applied for leave
to attend the meetings Of the San
Francisco Building Trades council. He
said he wanted to listen to it's delib-
erations and also wanted to ascertain
how to proceed in order that his cOun-
tryInen might be admitted to unions
affiliated with the council. His request
was refused.
An Austrian meteorologist, J. N.
Nowak. who forecasts the weather by
means Of a plant called ''abus precato-
! RUS" discovered by him in Mexico
| weather stations in Vienna and Lon
don Nowak maintains that his fore
casts are obtainable from three to
eight days ahead.
For the first time within living men,
DRY, says the London Mail, child has
been born in the curfew tower of
| Windsor castle She is the daughter
Of Keeper Wellbeiove. The tower was
constructed by Henry III. in the thir-
! teenth century. instruments Of tor
ture still remain there, but now the
grim old prison is a nursery.
LII llSI VI ulCldllucu lcltclS pun
lished by the New York postoffice
few days ago were missives addressed
| to Harry Thaw, the young Pittsburger
whose marriage caused a sensation re-
Gently; Rider Haggard, the English
novelist; Marconi, the wireless tele-
graph man, and Craig Wadsworth, Sec
rotary Of the American embassy in
London.
Scotch fishermen nave introduced
fishing boats driven by motors. Elk
periments have demonstrated the
| great advantages of such boats over
sailing craft in calm weather or when
the wind is unfavorable. The Scotch
/ fishing feet comprises fully 10000
boats working at line and net fishing,
in addition to a hundred or more steam
trawlers
In her latest novel Rita" drew a
yelled portrait Of the Countess Of War
wick At the New Vagabonds' din
DER in London the other night the two
were brought face to face. Some ex-
pected Lady Warwick to cut Rita"
|
the contrary her ladyship was very
| gracious. Rita" is Mrs. Desmond
Humphreys.
Dowie has a rival or imitator in Ha-
vail in the Rev. J. NJ. Ezera, for
oumber of years pastor Of the native
! Congregational church at Eva and
considered. next to the Rev. 5. l..
Desha, the most eloquent and inhu-
entail native pastor in the islands.
Ezera is now the leader of new cult
| or sect, the members Of which look
upon him as a reincarnatiOn Of Elijah.
Nine. Patti Baroness Cederstrom)
has received from President Loubet
| the ribbon Of the Legion of Honor IN
recognition of her charitable work III
/ Paris. In signing the decree comforting
the decoration President Loubet Is said
to have uttered a remark so undiplo-
matte as to make every other French
man blush. II do this" he Is reported
| to have said, with as much pleasure
! as experienced long ago, when had
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