Evening journal., 1907-02-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES


Forty years ago artificial teeth were
often made Of hippopotamus ivory.
The average horsepower Of New
York city automobiles is thirty FIVE.
The oldest royal house in Europe is
that Of Mecklenburg. It traces its de-
scent from Genseric, who sacked Rome
In A. d. 455.
Brattice cloth Is a manufacture OF
jute coated with tar or filed with fire.
proof material and used in coal mines.
1t IS made both on the Rhine and at
Paterson, n. J.
During his political mlssionxin Bhu-
tan and Tibet Mr.. Claude White. the
British political agent at Sisklm, was
presented with a takin. an animal half
OK and half antelope
In the hulk Of the schooner George
Savage, which sank to the bottom of
the Piscataqua river eighteen years
ago, a diver recently discovered val
liable cargo of large anchors.
A few Of the wealthy and travelled
natives Of Salvador order their shoes
from America. Foreign shoe importa-
tlons on large scale are practically
debarred by the high import duty.
With an estimated height Of $50 feet
and a width Of about forty feet a gi-
gantic waterspout was witnessed in the
bay Of Biscay from the deck Of the
Union Castle liner Norman on her way
to the cape.
F0rty-four armed men, 112 boys and
an unlimited number Of dogs joined in
a rabbit hunt at Brldgton. Me. recent
ly. When the smoke Of battle had
cleared away two small rabbits were
found IN the game bag.
Airships. a few Of which have been
comparatively successful. are called
new invention But IN 1879 a pam
phlet was written by Francesca Lana
expounding the theory Of ships which
would navigate the air as well as the
sea.
A dove met with a singular death re-
Gently in the yard Of a Rockland (Me)
house. In some way the bird became
entangled IN a piece of twine that had
been used to tie up vine and was dis
covered hanging by 1t, strangled TO
death
A close relation between rainfall and
tree growth has been shown by Pro
fessor e. q. Bogue OF Lansing. Mich.
A fall Of thirty to thirty-five inches OF
rain gave a width OF ring Of IL to 10
inch, and an abnormally large or small
rainfall affected the tree growth Of the
following year
An automobolist Of great experience
suggests that 1t is a good idea for the
driver Of a car to show his companion
on the front seat how to switch off the
ignition current in case the driver sud
denly becomes incapacitated. By this
simple operation the car can quickly
be stopped. and the damage it is liable
to do II It runs wild will be reduced.
The suppression Of alimentary salt in
the diet Of epileptics has a favorable
effect on eplleptic seizures. inasmuch
as 1t reduces their frequency and their
severity. 1t is of the same value in
the treatment Of epilepsy as the strict
observance of dietetlc and hyglenic
rules. Both factors combined aid con-
siderably in reducing and controlling
the seizures.
During Professor Frederick Starrs
recent trip among the pygmies in the
heart of Africa he took more than 700
photographs, which will be developed
and placed in the Walker museum at
the University of Chicago. He also
brought back with him 124 large boxes
containing relics he gathered in the
African country, which will be placed
in the anthropologlcal section Of the
museum.
The horse business has kept right on
developing IN spite of the fact that the
automobile industry has been engaged
IN a similar undertaking. The demand
for horses is still great. The supply Of
some classes Of them is inadequate.
The prices are high. The automobile
may scare the horse into the ditch. but
1t isn't likely to crowd him to the wall
There will always be a field for the
horse. as there will always be a field
for the automobile
over a period Of Eve years the mu-
ncipality OF Tokyo will spend S2,5O0.-
600 to increase and repair the primary
schools of that great city. on May 81
last the children Of school age number
ed 165OsO. Those attending school
numbered $3.50 in the primary schools
and 33,49T IN the secondary schools
To house this great number OF chill
dren in addition to government schools
there are 1i2 schools established by
the municipality. in which the pupils
number 93,Os7.
Governor Hughes first went to New
York city some twenty years ago, car
rying a letter Of recommendation from
a county judge to the head Of "a big
legal firm. Young Hughes wore clothes
which showed no acquaintance with
metropolitan tailors. but be was given
a job at $40 week The head OF the
firm surveyed the young man later and
taid 70 his partner. Try quietly TO
make that young fellow get acquainted
With civilized attire as soon as possi-
bic" Five years later the young fel-
low" married his chief employers
daughter.
English educational authorities wish
to break away from the now meaning
less term grammar school," The words
as used IN England commemorate the
overwhelming Importance attached to
Latin in the Tudor times. when the old
schools We're founded It was Latin
grammar that they were designed 10
teach. though the American grammar