Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Cotton is the principal line of manu-
facture in Mexico.
1t is said that 1.500 Greeks arrive at
New York each month.
This year Tasmania will export
100000 bushel cases of apples. Most
of them will so to England and Aus
trala.
The exports of Australia in 1904 were
$3.50 or, 0jG, an increase of $3S, 1906
over those of 1901, the banner year pre-
viously.
Professor John c. Olsen Of the Brook
Ign Polytechnic institute reports 4,OOO,-
600 bacteria in one Sample of milk
bought in Brooklyn.
Japan has one OF the largest steam
ship companies in the world, with serv-
ice to the United States and TO Eng
land by way of Suez.
The house of the Capulets, where Jul
liet lived in Verona has been offered
for sale and the municipality intends to
buy it and convert 1t into museum.
The London Academy tells Of an old
woman who walked into shop and
asked to buy circulating library"
Inquiry revealed that she wanted re-
volving bookcase.
The first bullfight in Madrid after the
repeal of the Sunday law was wit
messed by 10000 persons, and $4,000
more waited outside the ring to get
prompt news OF the result.
So fashionable Is appendicitis In
British society circles that, says Lon
don Opinion, many women would rath-
er have 1t than a three-quarter length
photograph in magazine"
An institute for the treatment of suf
ferers from chest complaints, neural
ga, catarrh and other maladies by
means of opium smoking has been
opened by London physicians.
The Hawaiian legislature has passed
over the governors veto a law allow
ing baseball and similar amusements
on Sunday and permitting cigar and
many other stores to remain open on
that day.
The superior board of health OF Mex
leo informs dealers In food products,
especially milk dealers, that the use of
preservatives in food is prohibited and
punishable by the board as food adul-
teration.
A recently discovered manuscript
written by a schoolmate Indicates that
Napoleon |. knew 40 little of the
French language when he was sent to
the military school at Brienne that a
private teacher was cngo ged for him.
A psalter which belonged to Boswell
was sold at Sothebys, in London, re-
Gently for G15. 1t contained the in
scripton: James Boswell, 1853.
bought this for I'd at Greenwich, when
I was working there with Mr. Samuel
Johnson"
The value of shells, tortoise and 9th
ers, gathered in Cuba last year amount
ed to about $4,000 and of sponges
100000. OF the latter the United
States received about 80 per cent and
Europe the remainder, France being
the principal buyer.
DIR. \. D. Nash of Townshend, Vt,
has a pair of shears which were hand
ed down from his great-grandfather
They were made by blacksmith and
used in the war of 1912 to cut the hair
of soldiers. They are much larger and
heavier than those in use nowadays.
Captain Freeman II. Murray of Lynn
has an old cent which he found some
years ago while digging in his garden.
It is an Irish coin, dated 1923 On it's
face it bears the likeness Of King
George l., while on the reverse side Hi
hernia is seen with her harp and dis
taft
Sam White of Riverside, Cal, has a
boy born on Feb. 90 and in addition
has one who was born on Washington's
birthday, one on Inauguration day and
two on All Fools day, April 1 one on
Thanksgiving day and one on Feb. 2,
ground hog day. also three more boys
born on other dates.
Golf Is greatly INDUCED in by the
naval officers and European residents
In China. In consequence the Chinese
boys have gsasped some idea of the
game. and they are frequently seen
amusing themselves with an old stick
converted into a club and real golf
ball which sQTs CATER has lost.