Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-03
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Honey will turn to wax if left un.
/ touched for some time.
Brussels sprout are by far the most
valuable green vegetable food.
In London each day 400 children
are born and 250 enter school for frs,
time.
The first lighthouse had fire oi
wood and coal kindled at the top OF
them.
The British bill for foreign vegeta
bleS now comes to nearly $25, 900, ,00(
year.
Mails were first sent by railway in
1884 between Liverpool and Man
chester.
The smallest bone in the human
body is to be found within the drum
of the ear.
Pawnshops are run by the govern
ment in Italy, and no interest is re-
quired on loans.
Analysts say that butter is the
most nutritious article of diet, and
that bacon comes next.
The forests in India under Govern
ment control bring in a net profit to
the State OF over $3.50, 900.
Germany is able to feed about nine
tenths of her nearly 60, 600, 900 inhab-
itants on the products of her own
soil.
The Japanese lover. instead Of an
engagement ring, may give his future
bride piece of beautiful silk to be
worn as a sash.
Sea weeds do not obtain nourish-
ment from the soil at the bottom of
the sea, but from the matter con-
tanned in sea water.
In France, out of every 1000 in
habitants, 123 are old people of more
than sixty years of age, as against
seventy-nine in Germany.
The Ginnelle Lock on the Seine is
so constructed that one man can open
or shut it by simple touching an cleo
trio button as he sits in his Office.
London employs over 16, 600 police
men to keep order, and most of them
are on night duty. 1t costs nearly
$6, 600, 900 o year to maintain them.
The deepest gold mine in the world
is at Bendigo in Australia. Its main
shaft is sunk to depth of $500 it.,
or only 60 #. short of three-quarters
of o mile.
Lake MOrat, in Switzerland, has
the curious property, every tenth
year, of turning red, owing to the
presence of certain water plants,
which are not found in any other
lake in the world.
A medical man declares that flute
playing is highly beneficial to the
lungs and may prevent consumption.
The strain on the lungs in flute-play-
ing is gentle, yet sufficient to force
air into every cell without over-pres'
sure.
To cure the craving for tobacco 6
time lock for tobacco-bOxes has beer
invented. The lock is set for GER
tain time and refuses to open unit
the right moment. The cure is ef
fected by gradually extending thu
intervals of abstinence.
For several years phosphorus, as {
remedial agent has been growing il
favor. 1t enters into the compost
ton of almost all preparations de
signed to supply excessive waste o
body tissue. Medical knowledge i.
necessary to ensure proper dosage.
The Committee of Cardinals ap
pointed to consider the question O
the finances of the Vatican, which
are not in q very satisfactory condi
ton, has proposed a universal annua
tax of a penny a head. 1t is esti
mated the tax would bring in $50,
600, 600 to 100000.
Graphology, the science of estimat
ing personality from the handwrit
ing, is proving an aid to the physi
clans. Epilepsy, hysteria and othe
nervous disorders have characteristic
effects ON the writing, which in Ger
tain cases may even be the onl.
means of detecting disease.
dead Sea fruit" refers to the fac
that the beautiful yellow fruit com
monty known as the apple of SodOn
flourishes in the neighborhood of tn
Dead Sea. 1t has a peculiarly invit
ing appearance; heightened by tn
dreary nature of its environment, bu
the fruit is extremely bitter.
In Switzerland goods are weighe'
with glass weights. In fact, in Con
tinental Europe generally glass i
taking the place of wood and iron il
many directions, for it can be mad
stronger even than stone, and tn
day is probably not far off whe1
houses will be built entirely of glass.
Women sailors are employed il
Denmark, Norway and Finland, an