The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES

| Africa, are eADoClcu W piofC eAS
the most productive in the world.
The offense Of the man who was SEN
fenced recently in Belgrade to seven
| years in prison for leze majesty con-
sisted in saying that King Peter did
not amount to much"
Chrysanthemum smoking is the lat
| est thing in England. Cigarettes made
of chrysanthemum leaves and casca-
rilla bark have been found to give re-
lief in cases of epilepsy, and one doc
tor recommends them as a substitute
for tobacco.
Two little tots in Glenburn, Me-,
! neither of them over five, set fire to
the house while at play. They had
presence of mind to rush upstairs
through the binding smoke, seize two
babies from their cribs and carry them
to a place of safety.
The record for the time in setting up
a telephone exchange for a town is
held by a New England company.
which equipped and fully fitted out an
exchange at Peaks island, Maine, in
three days. 1t was in complete work
ing order at the end Of that time.
The supreme court Of appeal at Ber-
committed by criticising the ancestors
of a living monarch, thus confirming
the sentence of Leipsic editor to six
months in prison for writing an arti-
Gle disrespectful to the ancestors of the
king of SaXOny.
The son of the late Marshal BaZaine
of France is an officer in the Spanish
army. He will soon publish a book,
intended to vindicate his fathers
memory and show that Marshal Ba
zaine did not act as a traitor and
coward in surrendering Metz to the
Germans in 1870.
Several trained Scotch collies have
been used by the Germans in their
southwest African campaign, but, ac
cOrding to reports received in Berlin,
they have proved an utter failure. APP
parently the animals lose their sense
of smell after they have been in the
tropics for a time.
Recent regulations in Turkey aim to
abolish completely the sale within the
empire of foreign lottery tickets. Any
receiver, seller, buyer or holder Of a
foreign lottery ticket is now liable to
prosecution. mourning fine of $40
to $500 for the first Offense and 1920
to $44 for a second conviction.
Henry c. Prick S new home at Pride's
Crossing, Mass, is a marvel of luxury
Among other remarkable things it con-
tainS large swimming pool connected
directly with the Atlantic ocean, so
that the bather merely has to turn
stopcock to obtain the pleasures Of a
swim in the sea without leaving the
house.
In New York state there are 2S,25O
automobiles registered, and it is esti-
mated that for the United States the
number exceeds $4,000. The annual
cost and operation of the New York
automobiles are said to aggregate
$30,O00,O0O, from which it is assumed
that the entire country spends about
$7OO0O,OO0 annually for the delights
of motoring.
a requisitiOn for matches was re-
ceived from Newhaven, England, at
military headquarters, Dover. Dover
wrote to ask whether they could not
be got locally. Newhaven replied in
the negative; expenditure to date
for stamps, 6 cents. Dover then sent
matches worth 3 cents by express, at
a cost of Ga cents; total expenditure
on 3 cents worth of Matches 76 cents.
After making a thorough search for
the past six months for capable head
to the index bureau of the state de-
partment Secretary Root finally ap-
pointed John Il. Beck of Maine to the
place, with the understanding that he is
to bring the methods of that important
bureau into line with the war depart
ment system, as modified by the pc
culiar requirements of the state de-
partment.
TWenty-three years ago June q, r.
w. Manley of Dummerston, Vt, bought
the Morris Lawton farm of 147 acres
III DuIulueISlOll anu sou 1t June - OF
this year to Wilcox & Norwood of
keene n. H. The date of both deeds
was the same. although this was en-
tirely a coincidence. w. J. Ray was
the first man to whom Mr.. Marley
talked after buying the farm in 1888
and was also witness of the present
deed.
The German emperor rises at s
o'clock in the morning and goes to
bed at 1 O'Clock at night, his regular
hours Of sleep being thus reduced to
four. During his long day of twenty
hours there naturally occur intervals
of leisure. He possesses the happy
faculty of being able to fall asleep
anywhere and at any time If he throws
himself in full uniform on a sofa he
can be sound asleep within sixty sec
onds.
Probably one of the largest benevo-
lent requests recorded in any country
in modern times has fallen to the lot
of Hungary by the will of the late
Count A karolyi. The count was