The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-05-12
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Switzerland has three official Ian
guages-G German, French and Italian.
Southern Rhodesia increased it's white
population from 1856 in 1904 to A.
10S in 1907.
China strictly prohibits the holding
of mass meetings for political purposes
in all parts of the empire.
Sixty eight letters written by Michel
angelo to Giorgio Vasari have been
found in the archives of Count Ras-
poni-Spinelli.
The Bangkok Times understands that
a gold coinage law is being drafted for
Siam and that the measure may be-
come law within the year.
1t Is said that guano deposits Of some
Importance have been found in two
small islands, names unknown, off the
gulf coast Of Matamoras.
The new telephone exchange recently
installed at johannesburg will accom-
modate $4,000 lines. There are now
about $500 entering the building
There are IN this country eighty
four societies of the National City
Evangelization union, their annual ex-
/ pendituress being upward of $780, 900. z
+ Dr. H. Campbell Thomson of Eng
Bland has beensmaking use of the cine
matograph In nervous diseases TAX
ing pictures lat, the rate, Of sixteen to
the second showing the movements 10y nsPqf Of
the patients, 49,, ~ - 80 e
Huse Brown, an Oklahoma farmer
| living near Fort Gibson, buried last
| fall 300 bushels Of potatoes and forgot
/ the location. In blowing this spring
| he struck the place and found the po-
tatoes in good condition. suGij9si9
Ships a Thousand feet long are prom
Used within al few years. ga firm of
\ Irish shipbuilders is making prepara-
tons to lay" thea keel of such vessel
next year The biggest ships dnow
1 afioat are less, than 800 feet long.g j.
4H A 0reeent visitor to the philippines
ISsays0 that the, only strong minded wo-
splen in Manila are the upper class, Fiji
Pine women, that, they have clubs
much like our own, woman's clubs and
I are strong advocates of woman suf-
frage. sco SV'~Y ,ol'F' 100 -
ta6ST G0ssS@ .9Hfi1 drfU0M NN%&f X
James Douglas, vice president, of the
| American Institute Of Mining 'Engi-
neers, gave tile historic land on the New
York Palisades Which the government
has accepted through an actiCo con.
gress. Thea1propertysfisC said to be
worth $35,0o0.d1' as9i yldGI9btsno3 +
Whitman area of 100000 square miles
rich in minerall aud agricultural re-
sources, a population of a little over
! 100000, and a present foreign trade
Of but about $23,O00,0O0 per annum,
Colombia Is necessarily country of
great possibilities. 20
Frank McAllister Of Stoneham, Me-,
shot large owl in a curious way re-
Gently. The owl came during the
night, captured cat and was trying
to make away with it when discov-
cred. While Mrs. McAllister held a
lamp Mr.. McAllister shot the bird.
On exhibition in a Brockton (Mass.)
store recently was a ladies' outer gar
ment which is claimed to be CIT years
old and to have been made by the nee
dleworkers of Shah Lang Temour of
Persia. 1t is of broadcloth, with gold
and silver threads worked into figures.
DR.. Istvan Bacu of Temesvar, Hun
gary, has discovered that almost all
modern ailments are due to the habit
of sitting. He suggests that clerks
and typewriters should stand at their
work, but should recline at full length
on the floor for few minutes every
two hours.
The editor of Milan paper organ
lied competition and announced that
valuable prize would be awarded.
Not until the competition was closed
did he state that the prize was him
self. AS the winner proved to be a
married woman, some difficulty has
now arisen.
One of the startling facts developed
by the public service commission of
New York city is that over 200 per-
sons are killed or seriously injured ev-
cry month by the urban railways I'M
der the commissions jurisdiction. The
annual toll of deaths in accidents is
between 500 and GOO.
Postmaster General Meyer recently
issued an order permitting the perfora-
ton of United States postage stamps
for the purpose of Identification only.
1t Is aimed to protect large users of
stamps against theft Certain restric-
tons as to size and method of perfora-
ton are contained in tho ordar