Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-01
FACTS IN FEW LINES

gallons of water TO the square mile.
The tide Mt Toulon is only four
Inches. This IS about the average for
the Mediterranean.
For keeping II monkey for patrons to
throw rubber balls ut for cigars, VII
liam Dwycr OF Washington, ID. c.. has
been fined $50.
y thrifty young oak tree. IN or
spring Of the charter oak. is growing
In the dooryar,l OF Ebert y. Clnrkc's
house ut Milford, Conn.
Salvatore VALID. the drummer who
beat the Quickstep for the entrance OF
Garlbaldi into Rome recently commit
ted suicide 10y gas In New York.
Police Magistrate House in New York
has made the dictum that there Is no
such crime MS being "a suspicious per
son." and he refuses TO consider such
cases.
a model maker who has been In New
York city for scvcnty-two years snys
that there are ut least si1ty-sevcn men
In the city who nrc working on per
petual motion machines.
The wcttest place on earth Is rcpnted
to be ChcrrupunJi, Indin. and Il recent
fall Of 7i,a inches OF rain In five con-
sccu,lvc days must discourage other
competitors for the record.
The buckingham fnnIly OF Middle
bury. Conn. Ia n good example of the
old New England type. 1t consists of
seven brothers and sisters. all more
than seventy years Of nge.
nrofnac0r Jrndorfot cfor,- 30 .,,c
University of Chicago Is out with Il
statement TINT Methusclah did not live
to be 900 years old, and he Is backed
by others OF the same institution
Black walnut now comes chiefly
from southwestern Missouri. Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Indian Territory The
annual production is about 33,OOO,OOO
feet, most OF which goes to Germany
Not only are locusts catcn us food,
but many other insects also. Among
these are the bugong moth of Austria
lin aud the "gru gru." II fat white grub
found In the palm trees In the West
Indies.
Forty yeSrs ago there was not
single trout In all New Zealand Today
New Zealand trout are famous the
world over for their size and numbers.
aud thousands of fishermen 60 there
every year.
Examining the four vases containing
the embnlmcd internal parts of the
nony or Ramcscs H.. who died In 1858
D. ~ i'oieSsor L"r'et mas FOUND the
icar' as pony oVn' pate requiring II
s"M ~ CUT IT,
New lork cry ms had large rep
RESERVATION III The national house of
representatives. Tor liz years. yet there
mas not been one New York city born
.i'"h hhnons the forty speakers VINO
u" W i''es''''u oNc' ''i' pous'
hinc'!-tWo'year-olu man or Clare
mont rex, hhhed bourne. claims to
nave discovered the elixir OF life. 1t
Is merely clay dissolved In hot water,
hnu ny drinking three giassfuis day
nc hopes 10 at'aih the age OF 5oo.
Ni'u"ie.o,i island IN inc CUR OF Alas
n", hc"r iohs''uue l+o ana NOT inr
iio''' 'ic ei'r"ncc 10 ir''ice "ii'il'h
so""'' - pccoi'i,'is h"o"h "s s"ruch
spo' i''' "''''c' 'ncrc WIS no snow
''nu s''Ss was Green every month";
10 the s'htistics. urinks almost lOO
u.'ts Ms inuc' WIG us ue average
.ls''',''''n' anu rr''icc' "''iiough lne
s'e"','i M'nu P,ou"c,''S co"h'r! III 'he
"o."i' "e'"'''s Imports 'iiorc WINE 'han
w.
henl"ihih rrahklih letter was sold
III LONDON SEVERN Gays ago Tor 500.
WIS ua'ed fhiladc'pliia. June D.
~ ". ~. vas "u",'sseu W H'in.iah
~ " pi'n'e', en'uiis n,il
~. no' oecoi','ns ii" "uthor LOT the
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