Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-03
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The longest clock pendulum ever
made is that of the EiffeI Tower-377
feet.
A chasm thirty miles in length has
been eXcayated by the waters of the
Grand Falls of Labrador.
The occupants of the Philippines
represent such a variety of races that
thirty-one languages are spoken there.
The most costly tomb in existence il
that which was erected to the mem
DRY of Mahomet. The diamonds and
rubies are valued at 100000.
Steam has by no means made sail
ing vessels obsolete. The total num-
Der of them in the world is still Co.
934, as against only 3O,561 steamers.
An acting model of the human
heart, with every detail, has been
made by a French physician. The
blood can be seen coursing to and
from it through artificial arteries
Naturalists say the smallest tree in
the world is the Greenland birch. This
miniature tree grows to a height of
less than three inches, although it
spreads over a radius of two or three
feet.
Every three years all Chinese domi-
ciled in Siam have to pay a small poll
tax. When this has been paid the col
lectOr ties a string around the mans
left wrist and fastens the knot with
special official seal. The bracelet is
Chinese receipt and must be worn
one month.
Automatic billiard tables have been
invented in Germany to do away with
the services of an attendant and save
the proprietors of cafes the mems
wages. On dropping a small coin
into a slot the balls are produced
automatically and at the end of fifteen
minutes they disappear from the table.
During a recent cold period in Swift
zerland thousands of swallows fell ex-
hausted and half frozen. At Lucerne
and Zurich the birds were collected
and taken care of by the people.
When they had sufficiently recovered
they were shipped by train to Italy
and there set at liberty to continue
the migration southwark.
This country is the greatest con-
sumner of hides and skins in the world.
1t uses in a year 100000 goat skins,
q, 100000 sheep skins, 100000 hides
of all kinds, nine million calf skins,
and two million other skins. 1t i'm
ports all its goat skins, q total amount
of about $25,O00,00O worth, and over
S10,000,000 worth Of hides and over
SIT 100000 worth of other skins, a
total Of over $50,000O00 worth Of
hides and skins. Germany imports
one-third less hides and skins than
does this country, and England and
France each import One-haIf as much.
a formidable list of persons killed
and injured in one month by eating
adulterated food has been compiled
by q current magazine. The list of the
dead include four persons who died
from eating toadstoOls mixed with
mushrooms, three poisoned by candy,
three by wood alcohol contained in
lemon extract, and many by the same
substance in whisky; four infected by
| typhoid fever germs contained in ice
cream, twin babies poisoned by for
| maldehyde used to preserve milk, and
| hundreds Of persons poisoned by beer
manufactured from glucose, in the
| manufacture Of which sulphuric acid,
made from an arsenic bearing mineral
has been used. Many Of these cases
were reported by health officers and
food commissioners of the various
States in which they occurred.