The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-06-27
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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the Japan Mail says, were established
for gambling purposes only.
The turbine steamer Viking of the
Isle Of Man Steamboat company Is said
to be the fastest passenger steamer in
commission, She averages 24Ia knots
an hour
With silver at GO cents an ounce a
cOunterfeiter can, 1t is said, make five
quarters from every Ounce-quarters
that ring true and have every appear
aTIce of the real thing.
A scheme is on foot to link up by
means of an automobile service the
capital Of the state of Goyaz with Uru-
| quay, the present terminus OF the Mog-
yana railway. in the state of Minas,
| Brazil
Color Sergeant James Campbell, a
Crimean hero, who recently died at
Taunton, England, had seven sons and
four daughters, of whom ten were six
feet high. Six of the sons were In the
British army at the same time. {
The archbishop of Montreal, Mgr.
Bruchesi, has addressed letter Of pro-
test to the city authorities Of Montreal
| against the admission In the public H.
brary Of works that mock at religion
and are menace to Christian morals.
After holding a diamond stud for
| seven years the person who had the |
gem recently returned 1t by mail to E.
n. Hubbard of Middletown, Conn, the
rightful owner. The diamond is worth
about $500 and at the time 1t disap-
peared was advertised extensively.
W. c. Trask of Mechanic Falls, Me-,
has In his possession an old map Of
oxford county OF fifty years ago, on
which is the name Of every man who
lived in Oxford county at that time AS
we'll as the name Of every brook and
every road that was in the town when
the map was made.
Solid gold ornaments" says a Mel
bourne newspaper threaten to be-
come rs extinct as the dodo, while
rolled gold, gold filled, gold plated and
other make believe treasures press in
TO the market, driving the public to
callous cynicism and the legitimate
jeweler to despair"
Joseph NJ. Kellogg recently tore off
the paper in the parlor of his house In
Amherst, Mass. and found the wall
covered with frescoing which was done
in 1898 by Miss Esther Kellogg, daugh-
ter of Daniel Kellogg and grandmother
Of Eugene Field. This Is one of the old
est houses in the town. -
An effort is being made under dIrec.
ton of William Redmond to repeal the
law which prohibits the growing Of
tobacco in Ireland. 1t Is held that soil
and climatic conditions In Ireland are
favorable to the productions OF q good !
quality of tobacco and that its cultiva- |
tion can he made profitable.
DR.. Harvey 7. Wiley, chief Of the bu- |
reau of chemistry of the United States !
department Of agriculture at Washing
ton and leading exponent of the pure !
food movement in this country. has |
accepted the invitation to ofticiate as |
one of the comnittse at the first an
nual worlds fair pure food show, to
take place in the Coliseum, Chicago, in
November. A.
Henry NJ. FlasIer Is winning much |
praise from capitalists and construct |
ors for the way he is pushing through |
the work of linking the Florida keys. |
Thousands Of men are employed, and |
$3O,OOO,OO0 or more will be spent, yet |
there Is no contractor, but Mr.. FlQgler |
directs the enterprise with the assist |
ance Of ]. r. Parrott, the vice presi- |
dent Of the company.
New York city has the largest dia-
mond cross in the world, though 1t is
not recognized as such. Its main line
runs along Maiden lane, with its foot
resting on Broadway, and Its arms ex-
tending north and south along Nassau
street. Here there are 48O men In the
diamond business, and there are more
of the gems there than In the same
space in any other city.
Chartreuse. the liquor of the Carthu-
sian monks, was the invention of an
aged banker. On the expulsion of the
Carthusian fathers from France the
Chartreuse recipe was sold at auction
for $1,750OOO. The French buyers un-
dertook, however, losing business,
for the monks are now making their
liquor In Spain, and epicures prefer 1t
to that of the French firm.
The only stimnlant induIged In by
Vladimir de PachmAnn. the famous pI-
anlst. Is dry shampoo. Should be feel
just trihe "Ofr" an hour before q per
formance he HES him to O barber shop
and INDUCES in his faVOrIte dlsStpa-
tion. He remains there until tHstssbe-
fore the hour for his recital to begin,
when he dashes away to the concert
hall with what he calls re cr-rackle Of
ze ammonia" still tingling in his head.
On the Isle OF Portland, in the south
of England. there are certain quarries
OF limestone which have been worked
for many years, In former times pro-
ducing building stone. In 1924 an Eng
lishman named Joseph ASpdIn Of
Leeds patented process for mixing
and burning lime and clay. The prod
uct looked so much like the Portland
limestone tbat he called 1t Portland
cement" from which the commonly
known name given to nearly all kinds
of hydraulic cement was derived.
Henry Schumaln- HeiRk. q son of the
noted singer, has dOpnsd ovsralls to
learn mechanical engineering 10 Bos-
ton and Is now working in an auto fac
tory for q few dollars g week. He 10
only twenty years Of age and for
awhile worked at Cramps a. q coal
passer. He expects to go to Germany
this year In connection with his work.
He must serve year IN the army or
navy of Germany before he can come
to America to live permanently anA