The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-20
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The drum was the FIRST musical In
strument used by mankind.
Ice forming on telegraph wires some
times increases their weight no less
than 900 per cent.
The use of perfumes is as old as civil
lization. Both ancient Assyrians and
Persans were familiar with them.
One Of the largest match factories In
the world is that at Palma de Mallorca,
in the Balearic isles. 1t is supplied
with all the most recent devices and
machinery.
A striped snake wandered into the
hen yard of Louis Bleau at Bennington,
VT, the other day and hasn't got away
yet. The hens fell upon the unfortunate
reptile, pecking it to pieces.
There has been discovered at Green
ock, England, an old fashioned umbrel-
la with whalebone ribs which must be
quite 120 years old When opened it
affords shelter for whole family.
Finland has larger percentage of
wooded area in comparison withsits to-
tai surface than any other European
country 1t leads with 51.25 per cent,
while Great Britain has the smallest, or
3.6 per cent.
Just after he had discovered the rich
est vein of tungsten ore ever found In
this country George Spratley, veteran
prospector, was killed by an explosion
of dynamite in his claim in Bowlder
county, Colo
Because one of its members has been
transformed from an unreliable drunk
ard into a sober and efficient workman
tinsmiths' union in New York voted a
gift of S. to the Y. M. c. A., since it
was responsible for the change.
George B. Ellis of the Missouri board
Of agriculture is authority for the state
ment that IL two kernels Of corn were
added to each ear of corn grown in the
state last season the value of the crop
would have been increased $500, 1000.
A Maine fisherman affirms that the
loon and the sheldrake are natural enc
mics of the salmon, destroying the eggs
of the fish by feeding on the spawning
beds. He says that he has seen both
kinds Of birds on the beds at Sebago
lake.
Frank Tolford Of Wilton, N. H.. is
the owner of a deed executed in Lon
don in 1764 deciding certain property in
1.-THE town of Chester, province Of New
Hampshire" 1t bears royal seal and
is received, examined and recorded"
in a proper manner.
Korea has a population Of 100000
Seoul, the capital, has $4,000 and is
constantly increasing. Already $4,000
Japanese live in the kingdom. No less
than 100000 has been spent on rail-
ways. The foreign trade was worth
$26.616,4S7 last year.
The garter which has been conferred
on the mikado Is set with diamonds,
and the star of the order is in dia-
monds, and the George, which is pend
ent to the collar of the order, is carried
in onyx and set round with brilliants-
1t cost something well over $1,000.
In response to question as to why
Everybody that amounts to anything
always has but one first name,'' an
Ohio schooImarm thought it over and
was surprised to find how much truth
there was in the child's statement. She
says that it is one of the little things
which are worth looking into
Having been described in the Wash
ington Post as noble red man, Law
yer Robert L. Owen has written let
ter to the editor Il hold as a self evil
dent TRUTH" he says, that man who
is ninety-nine parts Irish and one part
Cherokee Is to all intents and purposes
an Irishman, even II he Is by the stat
utes Of the United States Cherokee
Indian"