The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-08-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES

In ADvSSln1a the house ana ITS con
tents belong to the wife
The locusts are one of the creates
pests the South African farmers have
to deal with
Lead ore was first discovered in com
mercial quantities in what Is now Wis
consin in l,iSo by Nicholas Perrot.
The remains Of Emanuel Sweden
borg. after resting for 1876 years il,
The capital represented by Grea,
Britain's cotton trade Is $4,000. 600. DOC
year and the profits $3.50. 0OO.0 900 Il
year
Japan is building up quite an export
trade In human hair. This hair Is al
ways black and coarse and consists al
most entirely Of the combings of WON
en- of the lower classes,
The ivory market at Antwerp. or
ganizcd but Il decade ago. has become
the largest one in the world-large,
than the two other great markets
those of London and Liverpool,
The wife of Russell IIulick Of High
town. n. j.. Identified body in the
morgue as that Of her husband Wher
Russell. who is much alive. heard OF it
he went to the u,orgne to see how ht
looked
The London Times says. I'VE feal
there Is no longer any room for donb
that the scarcity prevailing In consid
cradle portions of the Indian empire Is
on the verge Of developing into a seri
Gus famine"
More than 300 umbrellas and sun
shades of all the t.Olors Of the rainbow
forgotten" by patrons Of the Spring
field street railway. were sold by tn,
mana ement of the road recently The,
were the result of two years harvest
ing
In one of the East Indian island.
there is natural soap spring. the wa
ter Of which bubbles up heavily
charged with alkali For n consider
able distance round the spring all vese
tation has been destroyed by thi
chemical.
and implements annually imported b,
Siberia amounts TO about lOOOO.COi
rubles 80, l5D.OOW The imported ar
ticles are chiefly supplied By German
and American manufacturers, bein:
| far superior to those made In Russia
J. c. Pearson. magnetic observer o
| the Carnegie institution Of Washing
ton. formerly on the magnetic surve,
yacht Galilee. has gone abroad to max
magnetic observations III the region
Of Asiatic Turkey and Of Persia, wher
but little data have hitherto been Oh
tanned
| In the town of Wolfboro. n. H., ar
fourteen candy dealers. One Of them
James Welton. sold more than 100
pounds Ii 1907 and nearly as much tn
previous year. II the average Is 500
pounds. 1t will require twenty-five ton
Of candy to supply the demands of tn
townsfolk for one year.
! A Westbrook (Me.) man recently re
ceived a check for $22S45 from
Massachusetts savings bank. He ha
deposited $50 In the bank thirty year
ago and forgotten all about It until tn
bank officials traced him to his Main
home and presented him with a chez
for the capital and Interest
Mr.. WEIGH Of Lyman. Me-. has in hi
shed couple of cords Of wood tha
have been there forty-one years. Th
wood was In the shed when he bougl
the buildings. more than twoscor
years ago, and as he has cut larg
quantity Of wood each year he ha
never meddled with the original pile.
Raisuli. the Morocco bandit. Is sal
to be proud of his newly acquire
British citizenship. which was bestov
ed upon him along with 100000 raj
som upon the release Of Sir Harr
MacLean. Just 100000 Of this sum r,
mains for three years on deposit as
guaranty Of good faith on the part {
Raisuli. and he will meanwhile receiv
only the interest on this sum.
Almost half the population Of Bolivi
live on the central plane. the averae
elevation of which above the sea
12.COO feet. Here vegetab les. fruit
corn and wheat do not flourish. II
staple crops being potatoes. barley an
quinua. a grain resembling rice In a.
pearance. The government Is now a
ranging for the introduction of seeds ,
other crops likely to grow at such q
altitude.
Consul Alfred A. Winslow repor
from Valparaiso that work on the RAJ
way tunnel through the backbone =,
the Andes is making excellent hea
way. about as much having been a
complished during the past six month
as for the previous eighteen month
At the present rate It should be cor
pleted before the winter season Of l9t
sets in. which will be May of tn;
year. The tunnel Is at an altitude
1850 feet and is two and quartz
miles in length.