The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-15
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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1t is estimated that 10000 deer were
killed in Wisconsin during the past
season.
| The largest quantity OF Christmas
mail ever received in India was that OF
1907. the number of sacks being 100
The deficiency in the area under
wheat this season In India is 3i.4 per
cent, according TO the government fore
cast
| When q man with peg leg and one
arm In q sling was arrested in Nc
PhersOn Kan. for vagrancy he pulled
out . wallet containing $1.5On.
The Great Eastern. which made her
maiden trip half a century ago. was
| not a financial success until she be
came cable repair vessel several
years after.
Detective Charles f. Adams OF Pitts
burg in fit during his sleep bit his
tongue. and the blood. running down
his throat and filling the stomach.
caused his death.
Large beds of oysters have been dis
covered in the Uhmlatusi lagoon. on
the Zululand coast. and II Johannes
burg syndicate has been formed 10 de-
velop the industry. II is proposed to
export the oysters to London.
One Fashionable woman in Paris who
has set up millinery shop started a
fad for perfuming the blossoms of the
new flower toques with the scent Of
the natural flowers She is selling
bottle of perfume with each hat.
G. l.. Fowler of Lowell. Mass. while
tearing down an old mill has removed
several timbers sixty feet in length
and - by IA in size. They are of north
ern hard pine. were hewn by hand and
were found in perfectly sound cond'-
ton.
4 maddened hull startled the people
in Camden. \. j.. by ing a pole to
which was attached United States
mail box. The box w;lS caught on the
animals horns. and il ran several
blocks with it. letters falling In the
street
An ancient volume. entitled Life Of
Martin Van Buren, was recently pre-
sented to President Roosevelt by Rep
rrsentative Gardner of Massachusetts
The book was written by David Crock
EFT during the bitter political campaign
Of 1886
Lloyd's Register Ia its statistical ia
bles for 1907 shows that the total addi-
tiOn of steam tonnage during the year
was l.249,5l5 tons and OF sailing ton
mage 2S5sS tons. IL total of l.27S.1l4
tons. Over 80 per cent consisted of
vessels built in the United Kingdom.
Thomas Garrison. Il farmer near Pen
sauken. y. j.. has turtle that has
been in the family eighty-six years. 1t
was captured by his grandfather when
a hov and the date Of the capture cary.
The First Poor Laws.
Until well within the nineteenth CEN
fury the poor men depended almost
entirely upon private benevolence. BY
statute of Edward I'LL, 1349. it was en-
acted that none should give aims to \
beggar able to work. BY the common
law beggars were to he sustained by
parsons, rectors of churches and pa
rishioners, so that none should die for
default of sustenance," and by Richard
III. proprietors were obliged to dis
tribute yearly sum to the poor. The
origin Of the present poor law in Eng
land is referred to the time of Eliza
beth, 1901.
The Richmond Thsatsr Tragedy.
The Richmond theater tragedy, In
which over seventy persons lost their
lives, was the first fatal fire in a play.
house in this country and naturally
caused almost national mourning. Not
only was 1t a blow to theatricals in the
United States at the time, but TOR half
4 century its history served as a text
for those who contended against the
theater generally as being a place Of
vice and immortality. A deep and last
Ing impression was made upon the ma
ton by this horrible event, and for
long time. for a season at least, the
calamity had the effect Of keeping
from the playhouses many persons
who were In mortal fear Of a repetition
Of the fatality.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Saved b" a Laugh.
A professional nurse at Leeds,
England, was remarkably successful
in the care of patients suffering
from smallpox, diphtheria or pneu-
monia. In fact, she had never lost
a patient with one of these com
plants. Not long ago, however, she
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