Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1907-11-01
FACTS IN FEW LINES

". T., a couple won dlemond prise
by dancing 5 hours 40 minutes.
United stntea geological experts who
have Just returned from Alaska say
that the territory u rich la coal de-
posits.
when Andrew Carnegie soid out 10
the steel trust he b said 10 have mads
thlrty-two millioaaires IN Pittsburg In
a. many minutes.
A house was moved from Louisiana
into Texas across tho Sabine rives re-
Gently. but the family did not vaeats
or was the furniture disturbed.
In Joplin. No. miner recently gave
himself up to the court and pleaded
guilty 10 an offense the police hadn't
even heard Of. II cost him 81
AT Enid. Okla. three flve-doliar bills
stuffed In the toe OF stocking went
through q laundering machine and
were used a. currency without protest.
Near lacrosse. VIA. whole families
spend Sundays hunting for pearls In
preference TO going TO church. The
hnd OF a family On Sunday some.
times amounts 10 $40.
"old Elder Chase's meeting house,
Ia one OF the landmarks OF Buckheld.
Mo. II was nrst used as a meeting
house. then as the town hall. but now
Il IL used by the town a. storehouse.
While digging beneath the house Of
William G, Ray of Nantucket work.
men found two jars Of preserved hue.
kieberrles that bad been placed there
nine years before and which were In
perfect condition.
The cat belonging 70 Mrs. WIN Me.
Donald OF Ludlow. n. H.. k a hunter.
Recently she returned home with
blacksnake held In her teeth. the rep
tile. more than three feet In length.
wound around her body.
Two nine pound shots were dug up
BY the workmsn In waterviile. Me-.
recently. II ID thought that thsy were
hred from British warnhips or from
the American batteries across the har.
Dor during the occupancy Of the town
by the English foreea.
A postofiice system has been estab.
lished In AfEhanlstan for ten or fifteen
years. and letters are now delivered
by mail 20 almost any part Of the
country. The system Of registering
letters and forwarding mails 10 mod
eled after the system In use In India.
A man In Kansas City borrowed -
cents from friend. went into res-
taurant and ordered q meal. He put
tho money on the table. and the wait
ress, thinking II was intended a. q tip,
took n. II was necessary 20 pass the
hat around 20 collect another quarter
before the man could leave the restau-
rant.
The production Of condensed milk IN
the United States 10 OF comparatively
recent origin. Only 100000 pounds
were sold In 1910. ny 1850 the sale
had reached i2.O0o. 900 pounds. In 1870
a. much A. sT.00o.000 pounda were
sold The amount sold IN 1900 reached
| fS7. .000. 900 pounds, and at the present
time no doubt the production Is still
larger.
The release OF a prisoner OF the
great Indian mutiny Of 1857 from the
Andamans is reported By 4 Hindoo
newspaper. Moosama Singh was trans
ported in 1850 for taking part In the
mutiny and after forty-eight years In
the Andamans has now been released.
The veteran prisoner viii have to ~
port himself once q month before the
superintendent Of police.
II IL interesting to note. says the
Hebrew Standard, that the secretary
of Kaid MacLean. Raisuii's captive, b
q Jew by the name Of Tsaacs. He is the
brother-in-law Of Michael gherbrooks.
the actor. The real name Of Mr.. Hher.
brooke Is shewxik, and be IL the son
Of the Rev. B. Ehewzik Of London.
Mr.. Sherbrooke was originally trained
for the ministry at Jews college.
New York has twenty-five journals
printed In foreign tongues, including
Chinese, Japanese. Croatian, Finnish.
Eiovak, Lithuanian and Welsh. Chi.
cago comes second, with fourteen. Bos-
ton publishes ave newspapers in Ar
menian, while New Bedford, q Massa-
chusetts seaport. with population
not far exceeding 10000. has con-
stituency for as many as three Jour
mails In Portuguese.
Consul II. A. Conant OF Windsor,
Canada, says in report that the aver
age annual salary for male teachers
In the Dominion II S4s9. while the fs-
male teachers receive $245. The high
est salaries are paid in British Co
lumbia, the males receiving SOFT and
the females s553. The lowest salaries
are paid to the male teachers In the
province OF Prince Edward Island.
where they receive $246. while in the
province Of Quebec the female teach
ers receive the least pay. $13S.
No man has more horror Of being
cartooned than Thomas Fortune Ryan.
the financier. In fact, he ID unusually
sensitive TO criticism In every way.
One cartoon, however, which was
printed in New York paper, which
represented Mr.. Ryan as conjurer
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