The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-03-08
FACTS IN FEW LINES


trade in the Sudan seems doomed.
Tigers appear to he on the increase
In Burma, owing to the restrictions on
the possession and carrying Of arms.
English capitalists are going TO work
the ancient gold mines in the Alps to
which the Romans used to condemn
early Christians.
Probably the oldest OF the many old
clocks In Maine is one owned by Dr..
Coutourier Of Wcstbrook It was made
In London in 1866 and has been in the
doctors family for several generations.
Britain's new record breaking battle
ship, the Dreadnought, is the ninth
vessel OF that name belonging to the
British, navy. The first was launched
about 1872 and was In use as late as
1850.
Denatured alcohol is used in hat
factory at Manchester, England. Tile
manufacturers use the spirit, recover
IL and redistill the product in their own
factory and use It over again until it
Is used up.
Iol small silver cup Of the com
monWcalth period, weighing three
ounces, $3.50 an ounce was paid in Lon
don recently, while a Charles II. tum-
bier, with the York hallmark of 1852,
brought 500 IN ounce.
Very numerous are the patents that
have been issued to women on novel
ties in surniture. One piece, which
appears to be Il school desk, also con
tains an organ, With simple manipu-
lation an innocent looking sofa is con
verified into Il bathtub.
After the Torrey Alexander mission
closed in Philadelphia number OF
Christian 4ncn and women banded
themselves together to hold seven sery-
ices q week. They go about in q Cos
pei wagon, never take up collection,
sing the Torrey-Alexander hymns and
are all personal workers.
Children in Italy are not allowed to
rub their eyes. When an infant bursts
into tears no effort is made to repress
the emotion, but the youngster is al
lowed to have its cry out It Is assert
ed that this beauties the eyes and
makes them clear, while rubbing the
eyes Injuries them In many ways.
A Paris JeWeicr has bought large
number Of stones which have been
found in mines on the cars private
property. Every year stones from these
mines are offered for sale by tender, in
the same way rs the forest lands and
mines belonging to the czar are occa-
sionally sold by the imperial cabinet.
The fact that the Ohio building at
the Jamestown exposition will be q re
production Of Adena, the home Of
Thomas Worthington, governor Of Ohio
from 1914 to 1918, lends new interest
to fine old house. When it was built
1t was the most stately and luxurious
mansion in Il wide region northwest of
Ohio.
Women have patented cigarette ma
chimes, but it would seem that the fem
ininc fancy went too far when il I'm
dert0ok to evolve an Improvement in
cigars by soaking them in an extract
Of pine needles sin order to take away
that nasty tastc.' Yet such in i'm
proycmeIt.' SO called, may be found
In the patent office.
The Canadian commercial agent in
Mexico reports that, although modern
dairying has not reached any high de-
gree Of development i'll that country,
there is an ever increasing number Of
dairios being established, and as the
demand for creamery butter and cheese
increases old methods are being super
seeded in favor Of modern machinery
Conway, England, is sorely troubled
over the fact that the gravestonc in
the churchyard which IS associated
with Wordsworth's poem, I'VE Are
Severn has been seriously damaged
by the enthusiastic tripper. One bit
after smother has been Clipped Off, and
If the destruction is allowed to con
tlnue nothing Of the stone will be left
The cure of Austruwell, small place
near Antwerp, in turning out a lumber
room came upon a large canvas about
five feet by four feet. Having passed
q sponge over the picture, the cure,
struck BY its beauty, transferred it to
his sitting room, where it was soon
declared by experts to be genuine
work by Rubens. The subject IS the
Assumption Of the Virgin"
The late Lord Graulley married the
daughter of an island fisherman. Els
widow, a beautiful, but totally Hitter
ate woman, although she had become
by her marriage an English peeress Of
the realm, survived her husband for
nearly twenty years without ever leay-
ing the island Of Capri, retaining her
peasant dress and habits and living
happily and contented among her kins-
folk.
The Japanese house Of representa-
lives consists of 800 members elected
by ballot, each member receiving q sal
airy. It's house Of peers consists Of
members Of the royal family. princes
and marquises, counts, yiscounts and
barons, elected as representatives Of
thn several orders and narSOpS a1ectad