Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-23
FACTS IN FEW LINES

old elm trees In Salem TO save the ex-
pense of cleaning them of the brown
tail and gypsy moths
Ram bows are to be discarded by the
British admiralty for future battle
ships. II. NJ. S. Dreadnought. now I'M
der construction at Portsmouth, vii:
not have a ram.
A hoaing pigeon FIVE months old at
the time was released on the Isle Of
Man in August. 1908. 1t was long ago
given up for lost. At last it has re-
turned to its loft in Liverpool
Turkish soldier goes into battle
without ever having fired rifle in his
life. as not even blank cartridges are
served out to regiments on drill, SO
great is the fear of an uprising.
All Mussulmans over twenty are
amenable to military service and are
only exempt after they have passed the
age of forty, but all inhabitants Of Con
stantinople. even Mussulmans, are ex-
empt from serving in the army.
Mohammed Ben Terna, young
Moorish grandee, has gone mad from
unayailing efforts to keep three wives
together in peace and seclusion in a
fiat in Paris. Mohammed goes to an
asylum and his wives go back to Tan
gier
American locomotives are not q sue
cess in Japan, according to the report
of the japanese railway bureau. 1t is
claimed that the boilers are leaky and
the rivets imperfectly fastened. In
many instances the parts were damag
ed through bad packing.
Few wild animals are left in New
Zealand. The government takes good
care of the remnant and seeks to add
new varieties. Among recent importa-
tons are chamois from the Austrian
Alps, which ought to flourish in the
mountains of New Zealand.
Charles Flint of CANDIDA n H., is the
owner of biscuit which was given his
father as a souvenir of his visit to the
frigate Constitution in 1855 when the
vessel was lying in the harbor a Ports
mouth. The biscuit is oval in shape,
three inches by five, two inches thick.
Palladium. rare substance little
used, is the active agent in automatic
gas lighting devices. Flame is produc-
ed as soon as the Illuminating gas
strikes a pellet of asbestus covered
with a mixture of palladium and finely
divided platinum, known as platinum
| black.
The latest novelty in vegetab les is a
black potato, which has been sent to a
we'll known seed merchant of London
| This eccentric tuber came from the
L &c fo hor
| lent flavor. 1t is especially recon-
| mended for ornamental cookery and in
| salads.
In altering an old hotel in New York
| city it has been found that the beams
| floor boards and woodwork are of solid
mahogany. The structure would prove
| perfect mine of wealth if it could be
| RACED, but the owner refuses to allow
| this to be done under any circum
| stances.
| Jan. 1, 1872, Ebenezer Drake Of Me.
! chanic Falls, Me-, placed $50 in a say.
| ings bank for the benefit of cemetery
| association. The money is not avail
| able until 1t has increased to 100000
1t now amounts to 5000, and it is fig
ured that the association will get the
, money in 2053
| Because of lack Of funds work OF
Lippincott's Dictionary of the English
| Language has ceased. Twenty Ameri
! can scholars, working fourteen years
| representing an outlay of $500 900, have
reached the word dog. J. Bertram Lip
pincOtt, its protector, expected to finisl
the work in five years
Australians different states having
agreed to prohibit the sale and growth
of opium, the commonwealth govern
ment has prohibited the Importation o.
opium except for medicinal purposes
All the states will lose revenue by tn,
prohibition. The loss to Queensland
alone is estimated at $4,000 yearly.
Mount Matutu, on the island of Sa
vail, Samoan group, has covered thirt,
square miles of land around it witt
lava, and a stream twelve miles wild,
Is flowing into the sea. The lava il
thrown up 1000 feet and at latest &C
counts had increased the height of tn,
mountain since Aug. q by 5000 feet.
Ed Poole of Lynn, Mass, has tw,
pets which probably cannot be dupli
Gated in days journey. One is pc
crow which lives in little house in tn,
back yard. The other is the companion
of the crow, big rat. The rat occu
pies quarters in the crows house, ant
they eat from the same dish. Both
too, are largely engaged in avoidin,
cats and dogs.
The height of the great Victoria fall
of the Zambezi river, in South Africa
is much more than double that of Nj
agara falls, but the average volume o
water flowing over the African preci
pice is so much less than that of tn
American river that in horsepower thu
Victoria falls probably average onl!
about Is to 20 per cent as much a
the American cataract.
OFF Gibraltar the British channel fee
has been practicing night firing at ,