The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Potatoes formerly passed as currency
in western ireland.
One-third of the land OF Ireland is in
the hands of 292 persons
Tie eggs of the Algerian locust yield
a rich oil, which burns well
Real estate in New York city is val
ued at S5,S0o, 632, 1872, according to the
figures Of the assessor.
The record of male ostrich in the
possession of II. Oliver of Oudtshoorn,
Cape Colony, shows that the bird has
brought him sum of over $4,000 in
plumage.
1t is said that there are 5000 collect
ors of coins in the United States, Of
which number $500 collect only Amer
lean coins. The rest collect miscellane-
Gus coins.
New York city transportation facili-
ties are as inadequate as they were be-
fore the subways were built, although
those underground highways carried
100000 passengers in 1906.
Mount Everest is 29,002 feet high,
but lately it is believed that two peaks
behind it are actually higher than
Everest, which has been considered the
highest mountain in the world.
Japanese jinrikisha men disapprove
of the advent of the auto. They see in
it dangerous rival. The expression
of their disapproval usually takes the
form of brick or cobblestone.
The house in Leyden in which Rem
brandt, the great artist, was born 300
years ago, was destroyed by fire re
Gently. The house has been used for a
long time as place of pilgrimage for
lovers of art.
Over seventy years blacksmith is
the remarkable record Of Elijah Bun
ker Of Belgrade, Me-, who has just
sold out his establishment there. One
of his sons has worked at the forge for
nearly half a century
A small table that had been many
years in an almshouse at Bristol, Eng
land, was sent recently with other dis
carded furniture to an auction room,
where it was recognized as Chippen-
dale and sold for $36T.50,
The silver quarter dated 1858, with
the suns rays and three arrows, is
worth only face value, but without the
arrows and rays it is worth from So
up. The half dollar of this date is
held at higher premium
Rabbits, assert a naturalist, have
white tails so that the young may dis
tinguish their mother in case of nur-
suit. The natural color of the rabbit is
so like the surrounding ground that
this would be impossible otherwise.
In an old carved box discovered by
Clarence W. Morse at Georgetown Cen
ter, Me, was found a commission from
King George to lothian Groves as. col
lector of taxes in 1928 and bill of
sale of one-quarter interest in the sloop
Adventure in 171S.
An official of the naval observatory
at Washington ventures the somewhat
startling suggestion that the sun is
still getting hotter. The process, how
ever, is too slow to have any but sci
entific interest for the present inhabi-
tants of the earth.
A camphor farm is to be established
near Floresville, Tex, under the aus
pieces of the United States government
1t is believed that the industry has
great possibilities and that Texas is to
be one of the greatest camphor produe-
ing regions Of the world.
Augustus Squire, London, whose
death in his ninety-third year is am
nounced, always burned candles in his
house. He never sent a telegram in his
life, never used the telephone and hard
ly ever rode in a train. travelling by
bus, carriage, cab OF boat