The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-11-15
FACTS IN FEW LINES

r1or contains from to 10 per cent
n alcohol.
,srbalt IS found In dried up petro-
elm beds.
London cab drivers earn an aggre-
rq;e of over $4,000 day.
There are about 400 bowling clubs
I, Scotland, twenty three Of which are
IN Glasgow.
Australia exports 24,OG0,OOO rabbit
sgins a year. TO kill this gigantic
lumber costs about $325,0CO
The first English work on angling
MAS The Book of st. Albeen's," pub
Gbel in the fifteenth century.
The court Of appeal at Client has
inst declared invalid an election that
nok place twenty-five years ago. The
pecal incumbent, who is a lawyer by
the way, will now, it is expected, va
cate.
Camels. mules and donkeys exist in
1 Of transportation throughout the whole
Of Morocco Railway trains and even
Il carts have yet to make their appear
alce
Heretofore the only real banner in
use in the Chinese army was the tatu
Of the commanders Of large divisions.
TO no TO
fag, as in the armies of other coun-
tries.
A birds nest containing four eggs
was recently discovered inclosed in the
trunk Of large tree cut down at Ciren-
ceS,eT, England. The sap rings showed
tlatnearly a century had elapsed since
tleeggs were laid.
The city of Rip0n. England, celebrat-
elretenty with procession and vari-
Gus entertainments the one thousand
and twentieth anniversary of it's in
UToFation. Each division in the pro-
ceSSl0n represented a century.
The greatest monument of the mound
builders not only in Ohio, but in the en-
Ire country Is the Serpent mound, in
Adams county. This immense mass Of
srl, probably piled up for purposes
Of worship, has had a curious history
respect 10 changes of ownership in
recent times.
l A peculiar run of skies occurred in
Tie county clerks office of Columbus.
recently. Thomas Albury-you will
-''e SIX letters in each name-drew
in ices on Sept. 6, 1906 The num-
VT 0I the case Oh which the fees were
I1"n was 1866. and it was in dock
." He receipted for it in cash
VOh No. 6, page G6G.
lie steamship Goldmouth recently
.'''d at Rotterdam after steaming
.'Y~ singapore by the route round the
.e Of Good Hope, distance of H.
Va niles, In tifty-two days, without
VI s-'e stopping the engines or checking
II generation Of steam in the main
.,~e'S This performance is believed
oe the largest nonstop run ever
sT I41 W marine machinery. The yes
% was burning liquid fuel.
ot %0Ae OF the stores in the towns of
11.r island are adopting a new
III awnings. The material ugal
,;.n. N VI oelng canvas is heavy fur
Nov ri'll'a or very decorative de
r.s Huge roses growing on tropical
s1,s seem u predominant In the color
r,r. aiy' Ih"Se awnings have tie adj
rr -,~se OF outlasting the ordinary
f,r, ~S ana besides this the colors are
'r, and always appear fresh.
A~,-,| : We.come. the famou.
don '' [ chemist, now living in Lon
rors.n ~'S received from the sudali
geao' -,,,VU' one Of General Gordon's
aen1vS' which he will convert into
pblsb.57 n ~ tie first ever es
D, w',S. and with the assistance of
a,,on,r ,.-.~n Beam. an American. viii,
BIZ -. % make central Africa tabita.
hs ptniae white race by exterminat
Vc,oo, ,'''O1S Of malaria bearing mos
VII, -, named knudson is credited
liquid a'. means of producing
oae ea ar at tie cost Of no more thar
ad t1sa Of the usual price, and it is
ka ra ., HIS Process, which is mechan
nateI t+, r.sI than chemical, will ulti
lot sol put liquid air on the market a,
1se x zo than about . cents a gallon
to sell Ta a invention makes it possible
Which oxygen oxygen at a cent a cubic foot
vide vide ,I promises to bring it into rather a
s,oajssa tourists in Switzerland were
b Ss d, last summer to see fa' VILLAGE, as
Which ,,d Ehone valleT, near Bris 1u.
h,sdea looked Ike as If they had been bonn
i de- deno On inquiry they N found ouna I tha
hoposana00 houses were mostl,
laaas' 'i ~, boarding places s'' for ar'1 tn,
Mos tu muOFers who made the Sim
sss isanel. After their departure ,
we o.-ereC for ca,c G