The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-19
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Football was a crime in ENGLAND
during the reign of Henry VIII.
The first typewriter ever made m.
peared in TIA, the work of Henry
Mills.
The first coins were struck in bross
about 1854 B. G. and in gold and s,,.
yer by Pheldon, tyrant Of Argos. abont
S62 B. C.
Jebel Naiba. mountain near Bona.
in Algiers, is gradually sinking
Around Its base huge depression
grows steadily deeper.
The Methodist Episcopal mission IN
Japan is erecting at Nagasaki a splen.
did brick structure for college build
ing capable OF accommodating 500 SIN.
dents.
1t is estimated that there are 77O,5Oo.-
600 postal cards used annually in the
United States, while Germany uses
1,161, 100000 and Great Britain 613.
100000.
A native doctor In India In certifying
to a death wrote: Il am Of mind that
he died Tor lost his life) for want Of
foodings or on account Of starvation.
Maybe also for other things Of his COM
fortables."
The pope maintains a mosaic factory
In the Vatican. Here the patient art
lists work in a gallery lined with 90
GOO lockers in which repose sticks Of
silica of all the myriad varying shades
required to reproduce the tints from
canvas.
Peanut lovers have noticed that the
nuts are generally very much larger
this year than usual. They are also
said to be much better in flavor,
though there are some connoisseurs
who declare that the small nut is the
sweeter.
Hundreds of roach and jack have
been found floating helpless or life
less in the river Stort at Bishops
Stortford, England, and it is believed
that the fish have been poisoned by
disinfectants used in the street gullies
and exudations from motor cars
Although Spain is on the gold basis,
gold is never seen there, the silver
peseta being worth only about Is
cents, while the gold one Is worth near
~ 20. The silver and paper currency
is ever changing, varying from 126 to
100 for 100 gold pesetas during the last
year.
Newspapers are beginning to flourish
in Italy. The first in circulation and
enterprise is the Evening Courier Of
Milan, with 10000 circulation and an
equipment of American Hoe presses.
The Tribune of Rome is next in circu-
lation and influence, with an output Of
100000 copies daily.
Tne tin mines of Bolivia are destined
to become one Of the worlds chief
sources of supply. The conditions I'M
der which this metal is found show
wide differences, but 1t is found
throughout a wide area, and there
seems to be no limit to its abundance,
but railway and machinery are neces-
sary for its extraction and shipment
King Edward has never followed the
example of Queen Victoria by writing
books, but a biographer who Is about
to publish an account Of his early life
has succeeded in finding drawing
which the king made more than fifty
years ago, and this will be given to the
public, as we'll as some of Queen Vic
toria's infantile efforts. This Is early
Victorian art with a vengeance.
One of the most curious clubs on
record has recently been formed by
society women In Berlin. The princi-
pal condition of membership is that
the applicant must be deaf. The club
has over 100 members, who meet regu-
larly once a week in handsomely fur
nished rooms in the Wilhelmstrasse,
where they converse by means OF ear
trumpets and sign language and drink
tea.
The United States protected cruiser
Raleigh has made remarkable record.
She was built fourteen years ago at
the Norfolk Va) government navy
yard and was only designed to make
IS knots speed In spite of this ana
the fact that ships generally fall on
in speed as they grow old, the Ralelsh
last year made speed trial showing
2O5 knots. 1t is said that on course
in Japanese waters she even made 10
knots.
William Bennett of Gravesend. n. \,
is said to be the only man in the Unit
ed States who has his job laid out TOT
him until he dies. The city OF New
York is compelled to employ him at
$40 q day so long as he lives and per.
forms his duties. He is member u
the Gravesend land fund commission
and was created q commissioner Dy
the city charter-a fact which renders
it impossible for him to lose his posi-
ton until he loses his life.
In China and it's dependencies, Wiw
a population Of 4OO.OOO.OOO, or % per
cent of the total population OF tlie
world, rice is the principal food sup
ply. The same may be said also OF IN
dia, with its population Of 275,OOOov"
and Japan, with its population OF H.,
100000. In addition to these II Is