Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
Quaint and Curious

Until 1906 about twice as many men
committed suicide as women put tna'
year there were nearly three times as
many men and in 1907 there were more
than three times as many, the record
showing S1Ss men and 1884 women suicides
Causes were as follows: Dependency
4O2S; insanity. 1910; domestic ln MEL y,
2172; disappointment In love- AAiH'
health. ISL; liquor 493; business LOSSES
1913; unknown, 1856.
In killing themselves 1917 took poison
and 1851 used revolvers Besides tnese'
1854 used the rope, 974 drowned tneH-
selves. sol cut their threats, 80 threw
Themselves in front of trains, 40 STABBED
themselves, 81 jumped from windows OF
roofs, blew themselves up with dyna-
mite, and starved themselves to death
There were fewer lynchings In 1917 than
in the last twenty years. The total Is 6S'
as comnared with 60 in 1906. The num-
Der of lynchings in the various states and
territories was ae follows: Alabama, d;
Arkansas, 8; Georgia, 8; Iowa, l.; Ken
lucky /; Louisiana, Ii; Maryland, 2; Mis-
sissippi, 10; Nebraska, /; South Carolina
2; Tennessee, 2; Texas, 4; Indian Terri
tory, /, and Oklahoma, 2.
Deaths by all kinds of violence except
suicide and iynehing were S1l2, or 6Ss less
than for 1906 The number of legal exc
cutions in 1907 was 104, or IL less thah the
number in 1906.
Serious automobile accidents were re-
ported in 1862 places, as compared with 1872
places in 1906, showing the rapidly in
creasing use of this kind of vehicle.
There were 1924 killed and 1914 injured, as
compared with 200 killed and S51 injured
the preceding year.
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During the first jubilee of the late
queen a distinguished American was
shown round the courts and heard a
c. C. address the court. II won't say who
1t was" said Lord Alverstone, but
was at the bar then" After about twon-
ty minutes the visitor said: rs that
one of her majestys counsel?" Yes, ;"
was the answer. livelihood save the
queen!'
Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas of Beach
Haven celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary on December II. and the date
called to mind the odd coincidence of
seventeen in their lives.
Each was born on the 18th Of
the month, and they were married on De-
cember II, 1857. Their first child. Firman,
was born on May II; their fifth son,
George, on September II, and their sew
enth son, Benjamin, on October II.
They have at present seventeen grand
children and two great-grandchiidren'
81
The exports of silk from Japan during
ing the season of 1906-1907 aggregated 49,
666 bales. a figure never before attained.
America took Il, $50 bales and Europe a.
a36 This seasons record will apparently
exceed that of any previous season.
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-, ,,o,do.,, of Raroda india a
favorite sport is a fist fight in which the
tighters wear a steel cestus which has
Formidable claws. The combatants, who
have been crazed with drink of liquid
oni,Im mixed with an infusion of hemp,
enter the arena singing. One OF them Is
certain to be killed.
M. and Nine Delporte, who live at Chi
NAV In south Belgium, bought large
number Of pots containing chrysanthe-
NUNS and placed them in the drawing
room. charwoman. who came In an
hour or so later to make up the fire found
the lady dead and her husband seriously
III. Medical examination showed that the
odor Of the flowers in the closed room
had proved fatal.
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Much money is made out of the British
policeman's castoff uniforms. Quantities
are bought by African traders and ex-
norted to various parts of the dark con-
tinent," where they are exchanged for
palm oil, ivory, skins and other merchan-
disc. 1t is by no means an uncommon
sight to see swarthy savage dressed in
the uniform of London policeman and
wearing the regulation helmet of the
force.
Womens hats are both common and
costly, as rule, but a woman in Bruns-
wick, who made no great pretensions to
fashion, holds the record for the highest
price paid for an article of millinery. She
bought a hat with lottery ticket, which
the merhcant accepted in place of tho
money A few weeks later the ticket drew
the great prize of f15,OOO. and. though
the womans husband tried to induce the
merchant to share the results, he only
received e25. That hat cost el4,S75!
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The government printing office uses
each calendar day, tn. year around, forty
tons of paper. and In consumption of this
paper an average of 800 acquisitions are
drawn daily. There is no indication whan
the order is first thrown on the counter
whether II is for one quire of fine writing
naper Or 500 reams of ordinary printing
paper.
with the exception of Britain and
America. there are no two countries in
which the mile is of equal length.