The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-28
FACTS IN FEW LINES

One Of the fads Of ITO was the wear
ing of two watches.
Austria, remarkable for it's large eat
ers, has the highest death rate.
TIE earth's surface covers 1877, 100000
square miles. Three-fourths of this
area is water.
only 14OO Russian pilgrims went to
Jerusalem this year as against the
usual average Of 5000.
Swearing on the Bible was originated
about 500 A. D. and introduced into
judicial proceedings about 900 A. ..
A recent weighing Of dandelion down
has shown that 100000 Of the dainty
Darachutes are needed to make a pound.
Several centuries ago 1t was consid-
cred fashionable to carry silver tooth
picks suspended around the neck by a
chain.
Glass is said to have been in use as
early as 100 years before Christ, and
vet it was not used for windows until
about 300 A. d.
Several rural clergymen at diocesan
conference at Carlisle, England, re-
Gently stated that the reason churches
were kept locked up on weekdays was
to prevent sheep coming in.
Korea was not injured, but greatly
benefited by the Russo-Japanese war.
Both the armies employed labor and
bought provisions, thus bringing IN
millions of dollars of unexpected and
unusual money.
A French farmer who kept num-
Der of dogs and cats constructed in
geniously, In order to protect the lat
ter from the former, a veritable cats
nest, which he placed among the
branches Of stunted oak tree.
In Van Ness avenue, San Francisco,
a long avenue 125 feet wide, asphalted
and without car tracks, the city has
placed an extra number Of electric
lights, so as to make 1t better for the
night drills Of the national guard.
The Leightons Corner correspondent
Of the Carroll County On. H) Pioneer
says, after tWenty-one years of mar
ried life we all congratulate Llewel-
lyn Waldron and wife at the birth of
an eight and one-half pound boy a few
days since"
In Abyssinia 1t is considered a crime
to smoke. The law forbidding tobacco
was at first intended to prevent priests
from smoking In church, but it was TAX
en- too literally, and nowadays even
foreigners have to be careful not to be
seen smoking
Last August Hugh Brown had a
strange arrival at his farmhouse at
Calais, Me. The house is a long dis
lance from brook or pond, but one
hot afternoon a turtle walked into the
yard from the highway and has since
remained about the place.
1t has been decided that the meat Of
animals used for obtaining vaccine Is
not made unfit for food. The carcasses
of many calves that have been vaccinat-
ed are sold in the London market, and
their use as food effects q saving Of
W
In a letter to an English friend a
South African farmer writes: MANY
Of the fighting Beers have told me they
are quite willing to erect statue to
try. They declare he is the only man
who came out to fight them IN a
straightforward manner"
A coon dog tackled a big coon on a
ledge near Pittsford, Vt, and lively
fight ensued. In the struggle the ami
mails rolled over and over for better
than quarter of mile, finally pitch
ing from the edge OF the cliff into Ken
bricks pond. Both, being too much ex-
hausted to swim, were drowned.
The momentum of a swiftly flying
bird is considerable. A partridge flew
against window Of the gymnasium at
Williams college, crashing through the
glass and falling to the floor dead.
The force Of the blow may be judged
from the fact that the glass was triple
thick and not more than 90 by IL inches
in size
Mrs. g. D. Austin of Springfield, VI,
found in book she bid off at an auc-
ton recently curiosity in the shape Of
a three dollar state bank bill. 1t reads:
The president, directors and company
of the Hallowell and Augusta bank
promise to pay to D. Lowell or bearer
3d." The bill, which was issued July Il,
1903, is No. 1876.
A few years ago the best known loco
motive In this country was 900, which
drew the Empire State express The
progress in locomotive manufacture
and the rapidtty with which improve
ments are made have left 800 far be-
hind. She now hauls a. very modest
train, and the f1iers are handled by a
younger generation
Miss Belle Long of Holyoke, Mass,
has an old portable melodeon which in
the early days used to furnish music
in the First Baptist church in that city
The bellows were worked by one arm
and hand, while the other hand was
used to press the keys. The instru-
ment was carried to the church by the
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