The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-05
FACTS IN FEW LINES

" receives now about SlOOO q month
Tor its work.
Fine specimens of cotton fabrics are
often found in Peruvian tombs dating
back to the time Of the Incas.
Many paupers have lived to Be .
hundred years old, but there is not
single record of millionaire attainino
that age.
There was visible in a big mass of
amber dredged up out Of the Baltic sea
recently a email squirrel with claws
teeth and fur intact ~. I, !,
A pair of curtains made Of cham
payne corks still covered with gilt pa
per associated with the brand is Gu
riosity owned by a member of a popu.
lar New York club.
Chinese engineers on Manchuriap
railways get $12 to $45 in gold
month. and Japanese engineers are
seeking positions on the Asiatic cont
nent at these prevailing wages.
The largest industry in Japan is tex
tile, there being some 4.537 factories OF
various sizes engaged in this trade. the
majority being centered in and around
Osaka These are mostly worked by
steam power.
A jocular American once wrote Rud
yard Kipling. Hearing that you are
retailing literature at 81 word, in
close 81 for sample" Mr.. Kipling
sent him the single word Thanks
and kept the dollar.
The city of Odense, where Hans
Christian Andersen was born. April 2,
1905, has purchased his home for the
purpose of Transforming it into an An
dersen house in which may be pre-
served objects associated with Den
marks best known writer.
The sword Of General Robert e. Lex
has been recovered from the ruins OF
Laburnum, the home of Joseph Bryan
of Richmond. Va, which was recently
burned. The sword was the one used
by Lee when captain of the United
States engineers In the war with Mexi
co. $3.50
In presenting Beloit college with the
Ellsworth collection Of aboriginal stone
implements Frank G. Logan has made
it possible to keep in Wisconsin the
most valuable group of it's kind in the
world. The collection contains 1,OO(
Of the heavier stone implements and
weapons of the North American In
dians.,f q.
Liquor drinking is one Of the results
of European penetration into Morocco.
The taste for strong drink. though still
INDUCED comparatively III secret, is
steadily increasing, the practice spread
ing from force of example among the
MOOrs themselves as a result of the
strenuous efforts Of foreigners to in.
culcate this vice.
Nine One-armed men, business men
Of Lock Haven, Pa, gathered at BAH
Quet the other evening. After dinner
they sat back with their cigars and re-
lated in turn how they came to lose
their arms. Railroads were RESPONSE
BILE for three. the thrashlng machine
for three, gun accidents two and wal
one.
While the majority Of the wells in
Vermont are under fifty feet In depth,
there are some which go way down"
for their supplies. The deepest is on
the estate of DR.. w. Seward Webb at
Shelburne. This well is I4OO feet deep.
A 1925 foot well was driven for II.
w. Putnam of Bennington. There are
q number of wells over 200 feet In
depth in the state.
One of the best known houses in
Northamptonshire, England. was de-
signed to represent the days. weeks
and quarters of the year. 1t had four
wings facing the four quarters of the
heavens to represent the four quarters
Of the year. 1855 windows, one for each
day; f1fty-two chimneys, one for each
week, and seven entrances. to repre-
sent the seven days Of the week.
OF all the signatures that come to
the capitol attached to official docu-
ments none covers more than that of
Charles ]. Bonaparte. secretary Of the
navy. Mr.. Bonaparte's signature Is
about Ave inches long, and the great
est height of letters Is over an inch. 1t
makes the famOusly big signature of
JOIN f1duCOCk dlldcueU 10 Iuc DcCld-
ration Of Independence look like
pygmy.
Mr.. Cannon not long ago received
letter from prominent Washington
hostess. who asked him to compel
members of congress to state in their
official biography, which appears annu-
ally in the Congressional Directory,
whether or not they were married.
This hostess complained that she had
been entertaining certain young states
men under the impression that they
were unwed in their home cities. She
thought Mr.. Cannon ought to be held
responsible for such impostors, and
she suggested the remedy.
One effect of tie election Of Norway
into an Independent kingdom has been
to foster nationalist feeling in many
unexpected directions. Just now Ibsen
and Bjornson are being taken to task
severely for having their works pub
lished by Danish instead Of a Nor
wegian firm and thereby sanctioning
oud o<,1o finr, no Cro1linn ~ M