Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
FACTS IN FEW LINE

Grafton last year IN the Russian en-
pire was 2TS.
The deposits in the government saw
ings banks in Australia represent
$500 per head of the total population.
Twenty years ago Il German taught
the Japanese how to make shell but
tons. Now Japan is exporting shell
buttons TO Germany, France and other
countries.
IN expedition is being equipped I'M
der the auspices of the Russian min
lstry Of marine with the object of dis
covering a northeast passage between
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
DoN Indians in Canada are TO be
made wealthy 10y the sale of their pine
lands. The total revenue from the
sale of the lands will approximate
$1,00O000 ana some families viii re-
ceiye rs much aS $4,000.
Owners of even the smallest toy
manufacturing establishments i'm the
Nuremberg district Germany. cater to
the foreign trade Factories employ
ing from six to twenty people are no
exception to this rule.
In the annual report Just issued by
the prison commissioners for Scotland
it is stated that no female has re-
ceiyed a sentence of penal seryitude
during the past year. This is the first
time this has happened.
Superstitious people have been flock
ing to Duttapuker, India. to view
dot,
five feet, which stands erect i'm the
daytime. but with the decline of the
sun bends so far down that its leaves
touch the ground
In certain districts of Australia
where the ground is permanently COW
cred with grass or fine sand the horses
are shod with leather instead of iron.
The superior advantages claimed for
the leather shoes are lightncss ana
ease Of application.
The coal supply of the Philippines
has been found to be much larger than
was anticipated and of uniformly
good character. 1t is stated that a
large vein crosses the entire group Of
islands, and it has been clearly traced
in one vicinity for twenty-five miles
During the last two decades France
has expended $4O,OOOOOO on railways
in east Africa, and the brigand chiefs
who ruled that vast territory now oc-
cupy civil and military positions and
are amCnabIe to the authority of off
cials appointed by the home govern
ment.
Owing to the irritation many men
manifest when being measured by
taiIOrs, the leading sartorial artists in
Paris have adopted new method
Instead of measuring Il customer they
photograph him against screen bear
ing lines similar to those on billiard
charts.
Chicago recently launched tireboat
which the city roudly believes to be
the most up TO date craft of its kind
in the world. She is the first floating
fire fighter to be propelled by cleo
tricity and is to be equipped with tur-
bine pumps capable of throwing $1,000
gallons a minute.
The Paris mint in 1907 issued Co.
100000 coins of an average value Of
about Z francs 80 centimes This in
Guided coinage for France. Tunisia. In
dO-China and also for Bolivia, which
ordered 100000 nickel coins For
France the twenty franc pieces were
easily in the lead.
The leading areas Of yellow pine pro-
duction in the United States are no
longer in the south Atlantic states,
but have boon shifted to the south
west. The states of Louisiana, Texas,
Mississippi ana Arkansas each pro
ducod 10 per cent or more of the total
cut yellow pine last year.
The international congress on tuber-
cuIosis viii be held in Washington
next September. \ great exhibition il
Illustrative OF what is being done the
world around in the fight against the
disease will be held in connection with
the congress, ald the two viii con
tinue from Sept p to oct. -,
Charolles, a sm@il town thirty miles
from Macon, ii rance, has recently
been visited by a shower of sulphur
The roofs, gardens, fields Vineyards,
rivers and ponds were covered with a
yellow dust and for some time the
peasants in the fields were troubled by
a sulphurOus biting Odor which made
breathing difficult
All American flags made for the gov
hereafter will contain forty
six stars, the baby star having been
added for the state Of Oklahoma. The
stars in the new flag, some Of which
have already been placed on sale, are
according to orders from
the government, in six rows, Of which
the first, third, fourth and sixth have
eight stars each and the second and
fifth rows seven stars each.
In connection with the death Of Gro
yer Cleveland it is interesting to note
that only twice before in the history
Of the nation has the United States
been without a living eX-presidcnt.
George Washington died in 1900. when
John Adams the 5ecoad president, was
IN Office '4Ifcw Johnson. Mt The
Tine the only surviving ex-chief exec
ltivo. passed way IN 1879, two years
before General Grant retired to pri-