The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-28
FACTS IN FEW ZINES

has lost nearly half its population since
the earthquake.
The university campus at Seattle
! Wash, has been unanimously chosen
| as a site for the Alaska Yukon Pacific.
| exposition.
In England the word city was not
used until after the reformation he
fore which the metropolis was known
as Londonburgh.
| During the recent horse races at To-
| kyO three Of the favorites were ridden
by girls. One came in first. The
other two were placed.
The last refuge for criminals fleeing
from justice were the BONN islands.
! off the Japanese coast, but even in
these criminals are now no longer safe
| from Justice.
Finding that matches and petrol do
not go together very well and that
smoking at high speed is not comfort
| ing, English chauffeurs now use Amer
| lean chewing gum as a solace in place
Of tobacco.
Burglars who recently sacked a house
in Paris left notes behind them saying:
Your clock has stopped Ginning. We
will take it to the matchmaker" For
fear you should be robbed we are re-
moving your jewelry."
According to an officer connected
with the naval observatory at Wash
ington, one of the most remarkable
hot he do INV,
omer was that obtained, quite by acct
dent, of an exploding meteor.
The London Lancet notices the
death Of a woman from a scratch on
the nose, received while smelling a
variety of primrose originally brought
from central China. The Lancet says
it is not the first case of the kind.
Coal as an ornament in jewelry is
being used in Japan. Only the hardest
and most perfect pieces can be used
Workers in coal mines are in the habit
Of collecting coal Of such quality for
the jewelers.. Often not more than two
or three bits are found in a day.
Alarmed by the excited chirping of
her pet canaries, Mrs. Hugh Pinkerton
of Philadelphia descended into the Gel
lar of her house, where the birds were
kept, and found that her gas meter
had exploded, setting fire to some
wood. The birds timely warning
saved serious fire.
A remarkable towage feat was &C
complished by the Australian steamer
A;r1{n d,,r{ from CiDna-i
pore. She lowed $500 ton sailing
vessel to Goode island, a distance Of
$500 miles, in the quick time Of six
teen days. The daily towage ranged
from 15S to 200 miles.
The remittances to China made by
countries is now estimated to reach
$5O,OOO,OOO annually, including $1,000
600 said to be sent home by the in
dentured coolies in the Transvaal
mines. This is one way China meets
her adverse balance of trade.
George Herring. well known mil
lionaire philanthropist Of London, has
given the Salvation Army 100000 to
furnish rural homes for the poor of
London, writes William E. Curtis, Mr..
Herring's object being both to help the
destitute and to increase England's
home production of food supplies.
The farmers in some English districts
say that owing to the dust raised by
motor cars settling upon the grass 1t
now takes a man two days to cut an
acre with scythe, whereas 1t only took
one before motor cars came into ex-
istence. The dust dulls the edge Of the
scythe and necessitates frequent sharp
ening.
A wonderful mountain railway Is
being constructed in the Tyrolese Alps
by Swiss engineer named Strubb of
Clarens, near Montreux. When COM
pleted this line will achieve the Euro
pean record, which has been held up to
now by the Strauserborn railway, for
traversing the steepest mountain slope
in the world.
DR.. Douglas Hyde, who recently tour
ed this country for the purpose OF In
creasing interest in the Gaelic Ian
guage, says that the trip was highly
gratifying to him, but regretfully con-
fesses that there is little likelihood or
any but the English tongue getting
and keeping a permanent hold in the
United States
Daniel Wertman, coal hauler or
Shamokin, Pa, saw q man drop
purse. Wertman picked up the purse
and restored it to the owner. 1t con-
tanned $1,000. The stranger who had
dropped the money, to reward Vert
mans honesty, held up a roll OF bills
ranging from 81 to $1,000, telling Vert
man to close his eyes and draw one.
He extracted 81 bill.
At the Miami university commence
ment at Hamilton, O., Senator Dolllver
of Iowa appeared as the principal
speaker in the academic gown OF
doctor of laws. The senator remarked
that he felt as If he were in bathing
suit and peek boo bonnet When the
audience laughed Senator Dolliver turn
ed to President Benson and said: 1
have said nothing funny. believe the