The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-01
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The Tasmanians brew tea from 1C0
different plants.
India's demand for beer exceeds H.
100000 gallons year.
New York has e7,000,oOo,ooo gallons
Of water stored away In it's mountain
reservoir.
China and Japan produce 12,5C9 tons
of silk annually, but about 60 per cent
Of this is retained for home use
1t is reported that an extensive de-
losit of manganese has been discov-
cred In the Caucaso Chile region.
A lot of turtles in fine condition ar
rived at New York from Jamaica re-
Gently in galvanized tubs provided with
water
"A Fly walking across can of milk
can do more harm than buzzard
trampling over food on dinner ta-
.ble,' says Dr. Irfon, state health officer
of Louisiana
If all the force of the Victoria falls
and Niagara could be used, the result
ing power would be half as great again
as that now produced by all the coal
that is burned
Of all the slang expressions with
which we are afflicted today, observes
the Railroad Mans Magazine, the two
that mean the most are, It's up to
YOU and "On the job"
The throne of Persia, known as the
wonderful peacock throne, is probably
the most costly in the world. 1t is lit
orally covered with jewels and is val,
ued at between $10000,000 and S15,-
100000
Measuring ten feet six inches, an oc-
topus, while being killed at Tooradin,
Victoria, intwined tentacle so firmly
around the foot of one of it's captors
that the membrane had to be cut to
free the man.
According to the Army and Navy
Gazette, the harbor of Valparaiso is
now ten feet less deep than it was be-
fore the earthquake of Aug. 16, 1906
The movement seems to have been
mainly vertical
1t is estimated that 21,0O0,00O acres
are available for rice growing in Lou
isiana and Texas, and the value of
such crop would be $400,OO0,00o
This would make the rice crop fifth
In point of value among the cereals of
this country.
A staircase has been invented which
plays tunes as it is walked up and
down upon. A series of pins depressed
by the feet and plays songs and drums,
while others are connected with col
lapsible chambers, which blow various
instruments.
Some idea of the increase of the
size of ocean going ships may be OBJ
tanned from the following: In 1910
the length of the longest ship In ex-
istence was 200 feet; in 1866, 375 feet;
in 1881, 525 feet; in 1905, SIS feet; in
1907, 1856 feet.
The International College of Herald
~, through Consul General Mason,
has presented to the United States
government a series of documents re-
lating to the genealogy of the Mar
quis de Lafayette and the alliances of
the noble houses of France.
The rare phenomenon Of "snow gar
lands" was first described by Hell
mann in March, 1889. AS seen last
January by DR.. Kassner of Berlin, the
garland is a ropelike roll of melting
snow hanging pendent from the edge
of the roof in the shape of very
fiat U.
After collecting stamps for seven
years Mrs. Sam Long of Monessen.
Pa, succeeded in getting 100000 to-
gether. These she sold recently to ].
B. Williams of Worcester. They were
sent in sugar barrels, and it took five
and a half barrels to get them to Wor-
cester
A 1ne painting by Salvador Rosa
long lost to the knowledge of the art
world has been brought to light in the
house of workman at Lubbock, who
attached no value to his possession I'M
til he had the luck to fall i'll, when his
doctor saw the picture and suggested
means for determining Its value.
In China wages of women operatives
are nearly at the vanishing point. 1t
is said that in the silk mills at Shang-
hal there are 10000 workers, among
whom are children that work at 8
cents a day and women at cents.
The highest paid get &c cents for a
thirteen hour day. In the Shanghai
cotton mills the best women workers
get IA cents day, the poorest )
cents, the hours being from 6 to 9,
with thirty minutes at noon for dinner.
Horbling, near Billingsborough, In
England, has cat of wonderful vi
tality. A fine crossbred Persian mys-
teriously disappeared from It's home
and sixteen days later was found in
an open field firmly secured in rab-
bit trap. Notwithstanding the ami
mails long and painful confinement
and exposure to the heavy rains il
was still alive. 1t was, however, re
duced to mere skeleton and was I'M
able to walk, but under proper treat
ment it recovered.
The cars one and only great-aunt
the Grand Duchess of Alexandra-Jose
fovna of Russia, bought two pairs OF
camels some years ago while on visl
to the Caucasus, and at her lovely pal.
ace outside st. Petersburg she devotes
much of her time each summer to hel
somewhat uncommon pets. She has
now no fewer than seventeen of the
animals, and several geological gar.
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