The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-05
FACTS IN FEW LINES

backgammon was invented in Greece
in the year 1924
Mexicans resemble the Japanese in
that the vast majority of them eat no
butter of any kind.
The grand jury of New York county
returns on an average sixty-four in
dictments each day
Bakers of Pompeii made their bread
circular and fat, as appears from
loaves found in the ruins.
In Austria the product of every mar,
garine factory is frequently analysed
by government chemists.
Among the most urgent needs of
Greece is the linking up of it's railway
system with the rest of Europe. Some
progress toward this end was made in
1906.
The bell recently placed in the bel
fry of the Baptist church at Bryant
Pond, Me-, has an interesting and
tragic history. 1t first hung in the
lighthouse on Minot's ledge, near Bos-
ton harbor, which was wrecked in a
great storm April II, 1851.
The Canadian government has passed
"the Dominion reserves act" This act
sets apart twenty-one forest reserves,
with total area of 3,42O,200 acres.
Six Of these reserves are in Manitoba,
three in Alberta, four in Saskatchewan
and eight in British Columbia.
Bridge is said to. have invaded the
nurseries Of the English smart set
Children, seeing their mothers entirely
given up to bridge playing, do their
best to emulate the example SET and
at ten years of age they are quite ca
pable of enjoying and understanding
the game.
The manuscripts of eleven unknown
dances by Beethoven have been discov-
cred at Leipsic. They will shortly be
published. There were composed in
1919 for friends forming a musical So
ciety at Moerding, a suburb of Vienna.
The dances are orchestrated for seven
instruments.
Within a radius of six miles, taking
Hopkins Mills, r. l., as q center, there
live in the township of Foster six peo-
pie whose combined ages make q total
of 56S years. Of these the Oldest is
Mrs. Laura Hopkins, aged ninety-eight,
and the youngest, Mrs. Eliza Bancroft,
is ninety-one.
Garden City, Letchworth, Herts, Eng
land is to have a central cooking hall
for cooks and domestics, all the ten
ants to share the expense, the object
being to save wives the worry and eX-
pense of preparing meals and to give
servants greater freedom and new dig
nifty in their calling.
After being closed for over half a
century the old Newgate Tory prison
in CRANKY, Conn, known as the old
Simsbury copper mine, is being work
ed again. It is over 200 years since it
was first opened This is the mine that
was used as a Tory prison during the
Revolutionary war.
Bailey's Creek, Mo-, has the distinc-
ton Of having a postmaster who has
served longer than any other in the
United States. His name is Frank
Stoner, and he is one of the pioneer
farmers and stock raisers of that part
of the country. Mr.. StOner was aD-
pointed postmaster in 1857, and he has
held the Office ever since.
President Roosevelt has created four
III p1 Il
cific coast This action was taken at
the instance of the National AssOcia-
ton of Audubon Societies, and the pur-
pose is said to be to prevent the exter-
minatiOn of the sea lions and certain
birds which inhabit the small islands
along the Pacific northwest coast.
Three registers of the treasury have
been of African blood. 3. *. Bruce
was succeeded by Judson w Lyons of
Georgia, and Lyons was succeeded by
the present register, William T. Yer
non of Kansas. Vernon is said to be
the best colored orator in the United
States. He also has a reputation as
an educator, being at the head of an
industrial school for colored people at
Quindaro.
instruction in the Japanese language
is to be obligatory hereafter in the
Nicolai academy of the Russian head
quarters staff. The language is to be
taught by professors who have learn
ed it in Japan. The imperial authori-
ties have been surprised at the small
number of Russian officers who can
speak Japanese, while it is said that
every officer on the Japanese head
quarters staff can speak and read Rus
sian.
It is proposed to convert the Eiffel
tower into a gigantic timepiece, and
with that object experiments are now
being made. A huge electric sign has
been placed on the second platform on
the side looking toward Paris. At
night this Illuminated sign shows the
time in gigantic figures, which change
every minute. If found practicable
these figures will be placed on the top
of the tower SO as to be seen from
all sides fo7' many miles.