St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1906-02-02
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Relies OF the late Sir Henry Irwin
are bringing fancy prices In London.
The manuscript OF swlnburne's 'Flrs
Book Of Ballads" has been sold 70
$1,000
The census returns show that 5000.
COO and more women are employed II
the nations Industrial life.
All of the houses In a poorer quarte
OF Honduras capital are Of mahogany
which wood costs less than pine there.
Mathew Fnulds. n weaver Of Kllmar
mock. Scotland, has been at his loon
eighty years. lie Is over nlnety-nin'
years old.
The strike on the Russian railways
stopped 10000 geese from making thelI
trip to Germany. That ls the monthly
export to the neghborlng empire.
! Missionaries of the American Meth
odlst church speak no fewer than thlr
ty-scven languages. There are 5000 OF
these workers and 10000 Christians
under them.
The clever cigar rollers OF Seville
have rivals In the insect world. BY the
aid Of It's tiny feet the weevll rolls vine
leaves into n cylindrical shape and
hides Itself inside.
The dead bodies OF prospectors are
found day after day IN Death valley
southern California Always the un
fortunates have discarded all their
clothing In the agonies Of heat and
thirst
The coolest December In eighteen
years at Northheld, VI, was that OF
1890. when the thermometer stood al
o above zero on the average. Tho
wnrmest was 1891, when the average
was 81.
A Seymour Conn mill recently re
celved n consignment OF $4,000 pounds
OF mohair. The best quality OF mohalr
comes from Turkey and Asia Minor
The industry y being fostered In this
country, but the product IL not Of n
very fine grade.
The Nelson centennial called atten.
tion 20 the age Of Nelson's captains nj
Trafalgar. II averaged not quite forty.
Nelson's fng captain was thlrty.slx
One Of the commanders was only TWEEN.
ty. The commander Of one OF the finest
battleships was thirty.one.
When Christmas windows and the
labor Of arranging effective displays II
taken into consideration the palm
should be awarded 10 u iiumford Fails
(Mc) man. who used 5000 pins 20
drnpc $50 yards OF checsecloth In one
window Of the store where he IL ON.
ployed.
The other day thousands Of rats were
seen running along some OF the streets
OF Paris near the Eastern station.
They had been driven from their hnunts
by the destruction OF nn old bridge.
Many were killed by man and bcnst.
hut some Of the attacking cats were
killed by the rats.
A Portland lMc) deputy noticed u
pork barrel with n cock IN II the other
day IN one OF the stores. lie lnvcsti
gated and found n twenty gallon kcg
set Into the barrel IN such n way that
connection was readily had between
the hole IN the pork barrel aud the one
In the kcg. The kcg contained whisky.
The boycott OF British goods IN Ben.
gnl has since the division of the prov.
incc taken more serious form. and
assaults on Europeans are frequent.
particularly IN Calcutta. Tho students
have been warned that II they join In
the political agitation they viii be
barred from government employment
The prize pig story comes FROM Es.
sex Junction, W. John u. Curtis of
that place killed three yenr.old sow
that weighed, dressed. 5lO pounds,
This IN itself IL quite slznble story.
but In the past three years the sow had
raised slxty.four pigs IN litters OF four,
teen. fifteen. seventeen and eighteen.
the survivors OF which have netted Mr.
Curtis $3.50.
Ia Amherst. n. H.. whore Horace
Greeley was born, they point with
pride 10 the house whore Alex Ne.
Lane now lives. because Ia the days
OF Mr., Grceley's boyhood that house
was the local eobbler's shop. The cob.
bier was Henry parkhurst. aud II Is
said that he made the first shoes that
ever separated the feet of the great
editor from mother earth.
During n whopplng cough epidemic
at Wellington. Mo-. one little girl who
had planned 10 give birthday party,
found herself unable 20 do 80 because
OF danger of spreading the distemper
from which she was Just recovering
Finally she decided TO confne her
guests 20 those who had already had
the disease. II was nm ultraexclusive
AFFAIR which excited no envy.
Expressman Reynolds of Putnam,
Conn, owns an old horse which recent.
ly fell In his stall aud was allowed 60
run loose around the yard for Il day
or two, Mr.. Reynolds hltched up his
team. and old Major decided that II
was his duty 20 help. SO he followed 10
the freight depot. where he stood while
the wagon was being loaded and then
followed behind all over the city.
John W. Gates was recently asked for
a Zip on the market and Is said 20 have |
replied as follows; "Nou young fel |
lows had better keep out OF the mar.
ket, as Il will not do you any good |
After you go out the senior member OF |