Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-27
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.


1 IL IACANSO AhACO
above the crack.
Berlin firemen wear water Jackets,
which are filed from the hose and at
ford a great protection from the flames.
For the convenience of motorists,
complete Photographic outfits are fur
nished, with all the essential chemicals,
in tabloid form.
Even in Chicago they are interested
in airships, and the aluminium aeronaut,
invented by a Chinese, embodies some
remarkable features.
One never sees a boisterously drunk
person in a Swiss town, except in the
tourist season, and then the offender
invariably proves to be foreigner.
Niagara Falls is so beautiful under
strong illumination that a permanent
installation of series Of batteries cost
ing $4,000 is to be effected, says Popu-
lar Mechanics.
The proposed Henry Hudson memo
rial bridge will be the largest span Of
concrete or stone in the world. 1t Will
be 7O3 feet in the clear. There are
some larger spans Of metal.
A serious problem for the people OF
Canada to solve is the fuel supply Of
the future No coal of any kind has
ever been discovered in Ontario. In the
older part of the province the timber is
practically exhausted.
In boring for oil at Mobile, Ala,
three years ago, salt water and natural
gas were struck at a depth Of 400 feet.
All attempts to shut off the well have
been unsuccessful and 400 acres Of farm
land have been ruined by it.
{ A beautiful Celtic cross, twenty feet
high, has been erected at Rangihoua,
Bay of Islands, where ninety-three
years ago Samuel Marsden, the "Apos-
tie of New Zealand" landed to hold the
first Christian service in that section.
In one of the East Indian islands
there is a natural soap spring, the
water of which bubbles up heavily
charged with alkali. For a considera
BILE distance round the spring all vege-
tation has been destroyed by this chemt-
cal.
A well-known Washington architect
who has just returned from Boston says
that in the reading-room of one of the
most exclusive clubs in the Hub there
is a sign that reads: "Only Low Con-
versation Permitted Here. The Argo-
naut
Experiments have recently been made
with an infiammable paste on bullets.
When the bullet leaves the muzzle, the
paste ignites, leaving a stream of smoke
behind it, and enabling the marksman
to watch its course and, if necessary,
correct his aim for the next shot.
The Chinese government intends to
purchase, Immediately, forty torpedo
boats and four gunboats. For the re-
organization Of the navy and the pur-
chase Of new ships and guns various
nationals actively competed, and the re-
port states that the orders will proba-
bly, be divided among representatives
from Great Britain, Germany and
Japan.
Russia is contemplating the construc-
L
ton Of a huge new waterway across
Siberia, nearly parallel with the course
Of the transsiberian railway. 1t is pro-
posed to connect five great Siberian riv
ers-the Tobol, Ishim, Irish, Oh and
Yeniessei-and other less important
streams, by canals or light railways,
and with a view Of this the Russian
government has ordered extensive sur
veys to be taken.
Few of our statesmen have received
as much as 100000 in official salaries,
says London Tit-Bits. Mr.. Gladstone's
total receipts from Office came to lit
tie over 100000; Lord Salisbury's fell
Just short of 100000; the Duke Of Dew
onshire received approximately f64 1000;
Lord Cross, f74,OOO; Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, Ell 1000; Lord Goshen, 10000,
and Lord George Hamilton, f6S,000,
while Lord Halsbury throws all these
into the shade with total Of well over
100000.
The British Admiralty has given at
tention to the question of ear protec-
ton during heavy gun firing, and 1t has
been decided to use plasticine, with the
addition of cotton wool, but the form OF
ear protection to be used is to be left
to the individual choice Of officers and
men. Plasticine may be supplied 10
ships and gunnery schools If specially
demanded. The addition Of fifty to six.
ty grains of cotton wool has been rec
commended to insure perfect safety. It
is pointed out that the cost OF the ma
terial is very small, and it's use is often
desirable.
Senate and Lords.