The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-10
INTERESTING FACTS.

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INTERESTING FACTS:
Battle Creek has set aside a cliff
and certain streets for boys coasting.
The recent visit of continental roy
atty to London cost King Edward
$500
Gold fish originally came from
China and the first were sent to Eng
land in 1851. .- # e
Mrs. Arson Jones, widew of the last
president Of the republic of Texas, is
still alive at Austin.
Walter Scott liked venison better
than any other meat, and potatoes
better than any other vegetable.
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According to the observations of a
New York barber Sc per cent Of the
adult male population wear boards.
"Uncle Dam Whipple Of Traverse
City, Mich, has had his soldiers pen
sion increased to $40 a month. He is
108. &
Five thousand buildings in Havana
are being renovated or built and
quantities Of sanitary goods are need
ed.
OF the 100000 pounds Of cacao
imported in the last fiscal year 8 9,000,-
900 pounds came from the West In
dies.
The Japs have ordered from Ger
many new guns and ammunition
worth $4,000, 900; also 10 war bal.
looms.
Between them the Emperor of
China and the viceroy of India govern
more than half the population of the
world.
In a Paris church a gramopnone in
the chancel makes the customary re-
sponses for mass and also sings the
canticles.
A law recently passed forbids auto.
mobilists in Havana the use OF big
bicarbide ~ref1ectors and restricts them
to oil lamps.
There is a successful fox farm on
Prince Edward Island. Skins in their
green condition are valued at from
5000 to $3.50 each, n or two reach.
ing $3.50.
Harrison Davenport, who was ferry
man across the Muskegon river al
Bridgeton, Mich, for Is years, is dead
and the celebrated ferry will be dis
continued.
Thirty-six thousand dollars has been
~expended by the national and city gov
ernments to reconstruct the sautc
Theater in Matanzas, which is owned
by the municipality.
Pineapple culture is one Of the best
established fruit industries on the is
land Of Cuba. The annual crop varies
from 100000 to over 10000 0 crates
and is steadily increasing.
The latest development in concrete
telephone poles is a hollow concrete
pole, the object OF this form OF con
J struction being to secure ~requisit.
strength with a minimum weight.
1t appears that, excluding warships
there are 45O vessels Of 1,O80,087 tom
gross under construction in the United
Kingdom at the close Of the quartz,
ended September 80 last.
"A watch, frozen into a cake Of lc,
for 12 hours, during which time 1t Re
corded accurately the fieeting seconds
is one OF the latest wrinkles in tewelr.
advertising.
Engineers declare that consump
tives employed in, caissons used II
tunnel construction are benefited re
markably by the compressed air
Eminent physicians are testing tn
truth OF the assertion.
An electric company has completed
q huge reinforced concrete tower IL
feet high. It will carry 16 transmits
sion cables across the Monongahel'
River at Brownsville, Pa.
The hundredth anniversary Of III
birth Of Dr.. L. D. de Ia Loza, an emf
nent physician and chemist in Mexls
during the last century, was celebra1
cd BY omcialS decree with due honor