The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-04-11
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The eggs of the Algerian locust yield
a rich oil, which burns we'll
Real estate in New York city is val
ued at $780, 32, 1872, according to the
flgUres of the assessor.
The record of a male ostrich in the
possession Of Ell. Oliver Of Oudtshoorn,
Cape Colony, shows that the bird has
plumage.
1t is said that there are 5000 collect
ors Of coins in the United States, of
which number 1900 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,O02 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 jfnrikisha men disapprove
Of the advent of the auto. They see in
1t 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
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 Ohippen-
dale and sold for $367.5O.
The silver quarter dated 1853, 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 pur-
suit. The natural color Of the rabbit is
so like the surrounding ground that
this would be impossible otherwise.
In all old carved box discovered by
Clarence w. Morse at Georgetown Cen
ter, Me-, was found commission from
King George to lothian Groves as col
lector of taxes in 1923 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
pices 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 produc-
ing regions of the world.
Augustus Squire, London, whose
death in his ninetythird year is an
nounced, always burned candles in his
house. He never sent telegram in his
life, never used the telephone and hard
ly ever rode In train, travelling by
bus, carriage, cab or boat.
Mr.. Negatany, a subject Of the mi
kado, is credited with a scheme for
buying from the Canadian Pacific rail-
way $4,000 acres of land In Alberta
suitable for wheat and sugar beat cul-
ture and settling on the tract colony
of Industrious Japanese farmers.
China has received from Japan ST.
100000 Of the customs collections made
at Newchwang during the Japanese oc-
cupation Of that city and is now seek
ing to recover from Russia the similar
collection made during the Russian Oc-
cupation, amounting to nearly $780,
900.
Mr.. Chatfeld-Taylor while engaged
on his biography of Moliere gathered
together some 500 volumes relating to
the French dramatist. This collection,
which the author has presented to Cor
nell university, is said to have only
one superior in the United States, that
of James Fl. Hyde.
DR. w G. Grace the veteran Eng
lish cricketer, has been the recipient of
many gifts as proof Of his prowess at
the national game, but none SO unique
as that of three young pigs which
Worcestershire farmer sent him in
recognition Of great batting fes.
which he witnessed
A year or two ago Henry Clews, the
New York banker, named the five lead
ing fortunes in the country as being
John D. Rockefellers, estimated at
5000 100000; Andrew Carnegie's, $780,
100000; w. w. Astor's, $20O,O00,0O0;
Gould family's, $150,000,00O, and Mar
shall Fiold'S %100 00O 00O Tho foot