The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-30
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stone anvil, perfect in shape and
weighing 100 pounds.
Quill pens came into use in 553, the
first steel mes in 1920, when the first
gross Of them sold for $36.
Gezer, an ancient city of Palestine,
which has just been visited by archae-
ologists. is about 5000 years old.
In the land of Melukkah, or Median.
are old mines in which mining tools Of
the date 500 B. c. have been found.
The inventor of rose leaf salad has
so far eluded fame by keeping his or
her name a mystery. but the new
culinary triumph is said to be enjoy
ing quite an extensive vogue in Eu-
rope.
Most of the large towns in Che
kiang, China. are establishing cham
bers Of commerce. These are semiofi-
cial bodies, being under the super
vision of the local bureau of agricul-
ture, trade. industry and mines.
For every ton of genuine ivory i'm
| ported into Great Britain there are
! imported three tons of vegetable ivory.
The latter comes chiefly from the re-
public Of Colombia. 1t is obtained
from the seeds of the ivory nut palm.
The wonted calm of st. Paul's cathe-
dral in London was disturbed the 9TH
er day by cries Of "Stop thief" and
the spectacle of a woman pursuing a
man down the aisle. Her purse had
been s%natched, and a great crowd fol-
lowed the nan, who was captured.
The newly appointed government to-
bacco expert for the T%ransvaal, in
South Africa, has informed the Trans
vaal Agricultural union that the colony
can produce as good cigarette. cigar
and pipe tobacco as America and Cuba.
He regards the Industrial prospects as
very bright.
A man in East Concord, n. H, re-
Gently unearthed an apple in a perfect
state of preservation while digging in
his yard. 1t was three Or four feet
under ground and imbedded in some
slaked lime, which was probably
thrown away when the house was
built some years ago.
Consul General George W. Roosevelt
reports that the official report Of the
Brussels pawnshop for 1905 shows a
capital employed Of $685., 1S1 and prof
it's made during the year of only 3d.
066. The amount of loans on pawns
was $1.253,173. In 1904 the amount
loaned exceeded the amount for 1905
by about $96,5OO.
1t is the fate of the heir apparent to
the throne Of Turkey that he must be
kept in ignorance of the happenings in
the world. When, therefore, a doctor
Is to see him the physician must sub
NIT to be searched like a pickpocket,
so that he may not surreptitiously car
~ to the prisoner information which
would enlighten him.
Mohair is likely to become an impor-
tant product in the United States. At
present, however, there are probably
not more han 100000 pounds of the
substance grown here. It comes from
the back of the Angora goat, three or
four pounds being secured from each
animal. The price varies from %
cents to $1.25 a pound.
A Gold Coast journal. describing a
wedding, mentions the subsequent ban
quet and adds: "It is reported that
most of the gentlemen who attended
refreshed themselves avariciOusly, and
the ann in which they acted does
not speak well of their gentlemanly
principles. These gentlemen may
please beware to avoid a repetition on
future occasions"
The natives of certain parts Of India
are in the habit every year., in the sum-
mer. of digging the dry river banks for
fish, which they dig out by hundreds.
just as they would potatoes. The mud
Jumps are broken open, and the fish,
perhaps eight Or ten inches long, will
be found alive and often frisky, as If
just removed from its supposedly ma
tive element, the water.
The custodian of the royal library in
Vienna found the other day in a pile
of unsorted parchment a valuable man i
uscript Of the thirteenth century |
about 300 lines Of a versified transla- |
ton of the Bible into the Bavarian- |
Alemanic dialect. made by Rudolf Won
Ems in Switzerland. Its Importance |
lies in the fact that this vas really the
first Bible version into German.
The fire in the Anchor colliery of
Pottsville. Pa, which started thirty |
seven years ago, is still burning as
fierccly as ever. When the fire got
beyond the control of the firemen in |
the first place the mine was closed and
flooded With water. 1t has remained
filed since that time until recently.
when it was decided to pump it out in
the hope that the fire was extinguish- |
ed, but when the water was taken out
it was found still burning.
Our chief gem productions in this
country in 1905 were: Sapphires. 1925
900; Turquoise. $4,000: tourmalines.
$4,000; periGots and crystal quartzes,
$4,000 each; aGuamarines. $4,000;
kunsite. gold quartz ~chrysoprase, sill