The Morris County chronicle., 1908-01-14
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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Tasmania grows the largest apple
There are only 1868 postofices in
Chile
A square foot Of Persian rug means
twenty three days work for the weav-
er.
An india rubber tree gatherer in
Brazil averages sixteen pounds of
juice daily.
A kind of wax suitable for soap and
candle making is obtained in South
Africa from the berry Of a shrub (My-
rica cordifolia), which is used for bind
ing drift sands.
There are now fewer household
goods in storage in New York. city
than in five years because there are
more New Workers than ever going
into suburban homes.
An Italian undertaken in New York
bought an automobile hearse last sum.
mer, and it has proved so great sue
cess that he has just ordered two more.
He is the first undertaken to try one.
The age of whales is ascertained by
size and number Of laminae of the
whalebone, which increases yearly.
Ages of 800 and 400 years have been
assigned to whales from these indica-
tions.
Miss Elizabeth e. Zabrislxie at her
marriage at Hackensack, N. j., to Mr.
Edward NJ Bogart received among her
gifts stand and hat rack made from
King Edwards old pleasure yacht, the
Hildegarde
Bishop Moule of mid-China, brother
of the bishop of Durham, has been in
charge of 10O,O00,00O souls for over
twenty-five years No fewer than four
teen of his family are active workers
in the mission field abroad.
President Morales of the republic OF
Santo Domingo has taken steps for the
preservation ''for the glory of the re-
public" Of the archaeological objects Of
that country and for the establishment
of a national museum for that purpose.
A curiosity was found recently on
North island, in Mascoma lake, New
Hampshire, in the shape of big bag
of sand weighing fifty or more pounds,
and the only way it could have got
there is to have been thrown from
| balloon.
An eagle seven feet nine inches from
| tip to tip attacked John Higgins, hunt
ing near Elizabeth, N. j. His clothes
were nearly torn from his body, and he
was gashed in several places. With
the help Of another man the eagle was
captured. n
| A link with Tom Hood has been
broken in the deathNof an old English
architect, William Longmore He was
the nephew of Jane Reynolds, the
dearly beloved wife of the poet, and
he had many pleasant recollections of
his visits to that uncle and aunt.
Tied to wharf at Boothbay Harbor,
Me-, her last resting place this side of
the junk dealers scrap heap, is the
schooner yacht Atlanta, which was
built thirty-four years ago for William
| Waldorf Astor. Since 1876, when Mr..
Astor sold her, she has had a dozen or
more owners.
| Iue MClAtuley uOtucStetiu III DcIIy,
N. H., built 200 years ago, is occupied
| by George w. McKenney, a represent
ative OF the third generation born in
the old house. He has lived In it sew
enty-eight years except for the time of
the civil war service, and in it his chill
dren We're born.
Suitable eyeglasses are reported to
have recently cured a victim of severe
epileptic attacks after he had under
gone two surgical operations with no
relief The patients own conviction
that his eyes had something to do with
his trouble was entirely disregarded as
quite contrary to all previous expert
ence.
One of the wealthiest men In the
state of Wyoming, besides being Its
governor, is Bryant Butler Brooks.
AS young man he knocked about
working as farm hand and cow
puncher and putting In a winter as
trapper and hunter in Wyoming. In
the spring Of that year he brought the
furs to Chicago Then he went back
to Wyoming and settled on government
land under the homestead act Now
he lives on a ranch of 100000 acres,
where he has 10000 sheep, thousands
Of horned cattle and several hundred
horsea.