Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-04-27

VERSAILLES. \ MISSOURI
In Mexico there is a jail which con.
sists of an oak tree with a chain aud
staple attachment.
Statistics show that criminals gro
nearly always weak physically as well
as mentally.
The English school of wate. color
painters is recognized as the leaders
of the world
One hundred and fifty IF the GO
members of the new house of COM.
mons are total abStaincrs.
Edinburgh has adopted a scheme
for collecting for charity through a
central Office on the lines of the Liver.
pool system.
Russia imported last year 3,106,9 01
long tons of coal, and 574,147 tons OF
coke, both showing a substantial in.
crease as compared with 1903.
There has just beer opened in
Hamburg the first of the schools to
be established in German cities for
The improvement Of domestic ser.
wants.
Fifteen thousand eight hundred and
fOrty.seven police constables are re-
quired to protect London, and for this
protection the citizens pay & 1900, 900
q year.
In Siam the number of rooms in a
house, of windows or doors In a
room. even of rungs on a ladder, must
always be odd. Even numbers are
Considered unlucky.
The outlook for American wood and
wooden ware in the Argentine mar.
ket Is favorable. our control of the
soft-wood lumber trade can hardly be
seriously threatened, and our success
In certain lines Of wOod manufactures
indicates the possibility of other ad.
vances.
For three years a hospital has been
in existence at Bromley, near London,
where only a fruit diet is allowed to
Wv I"t'''''' "hN 'uiih- tiiuS
time there have been only two deaths
among the 500 patients who nave re-
ceiyed treatment. The institution Is
known as the Lady Margaret Fruita.
rian hospital.
The United States Is the wealthiest
nation, with Great Britain second.
The estimated total wealth Of the
former is 500, 900, 00O, 900 and that OF
the latter $5S, 900. 900, 900. The British
total is greatly increased by that Of
her colonies, but not enough to equal
that of the United States.
Buses and cars cease running in
London at 1890 a. m, and one of the
reasons why the labor men in the
house of commons want earlier sit.
tings Is that they have no autos or
broughams and can not afford cabs
and so would have to walk home In
all weathers If the house sat late.
New Jerseys road commissioner re-
ports that the state policy Of high.
way improvement has advanced the
price OF lands, and in some cases $125
an acre. Even the mountain lands
benefited sell for from $25 to $50 an
acre, against the former SIS. On the
improved roads the load is now four
or five tons instead of half a ton.
For naval victories he won, a pen.
sion OF $4,000 a year was granted in
1852 to Lord Rodney and his heirs for.
over. The family has already drawn
ever 81. 200, 000. The present lord
has 5000 acres OF land. with rental
OF $35, 1000. Similar pensions are
drawn by hundreds OF noblemen
amounting to many millions annually.
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Consul Richardson. of Jalapa, re.
ports that the greater part Of the fur.
niture in use In Mexico is handmade,
and consequently very expensive. The
better portion Of the furniture import.
ed from England. but the consul
believes that American manufacturers
could largely extend their trade with
Mexico with proper effort, especially
in Office furniture.
A Russian doctor has spent a great
deal of time finding out what animals
a count. and has found that horses
a count more numbers than any 9th.
ar animals. He states that a parrot
can count four. a cat six, crows ten
and ome few dogs twenty. But he