The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-10
FACTS IN FEW LINES

succeeded In finding serum which
cures ptomaine poisoning.
While the great geological garden Of
London has 1921 birds, there are 2,530
in the New York Bronx geological
park.
The greater portion of the telegraph
and telephone poles Of this country
come from the northern peninsula Of
Michigan.
Berlin opened rink on Sept / for
Ice skating all the year round. This
makes the fourth permanent ice rink
In Europe, others being operated in
London, Paris and Munich.
A New York tradesman of long ex-
perience says that the hardest persons
to collect bills from are those who
have no money and those who have a
great deal Of money.
The discussion Of observations on
rainfall, made first by Sir John Muir
ray and later by Bruckner and
Fritsche, permits an estimation to be
made Of the mean rainfall on CONT
nents, which is found to be about
thirty inches year.
Under the supervision Of the govern
ment tobacco has been successfully
grown in Ireland this year, but as the
crop has not yet been marketed the
financial result of the experiment will
not be known for some time.
AS protectionist measure the olive
growers of Andalusia are petitioning
the central government to prohibit the
sale in Spain of all foreign oils, wheth-
err produced from oleaginous seeds or
otherwise, likewise the sale Of all oils
mixed with olive oil.
The bedbug has been found by two
late investigators to be the most dan
gerous of all bloodsucking insects In
spreading disease, or, at any rate, in
disseminating plague. In it's body the
germs live and multiply retaining viru-
lence for many days, while the bedbug
itself seems to suffer no Inconvenience.
In the window of store In Bur-
lington, VT, is displayed scythe
blade firmly imbedded In the branches
of a tree. The scythe, which was
found In Shelburne, was evidently
hung on the tree and left there for
many years, for it had penetrated
three limbs, which were messy with
age.
At the commencement of this year
the number of pensioners in the Off
cial insurance of the German empire
for invalids, old age and sickness
amounted to 97S,960, of whom Sal, 1892
were invalid pensioners, 20,081 sick
pensioners and 116,SS7 old age PEN
sioners. The total amount paid out
to pensioners in 1907 is estimated at
172,O00,o00 marks.
Miss Ruby Abrams, who was recent
ly graduated at the head of the art
class in Cooper institute, New York, Is
deaf and until few years ago was
also dumb. She has been an art stu
dent ever since she was graduated at
the head Of her class six years ago at
the Institute For the Improved In
struction of Deaf Mutes and has the
record of having won four prizes dur
ing her art courses.
koOLuc IllSllSA SuIBeOnS AuN6 IcCClf-
ed permission from the Egyptian gov
eminent to make Investigations among
the mummies and other things in the
Cairo museums in order that some
thing may be learned of the almost
prehistoric surgery. 1t is known that
the early Egyptians were adopts in
performing certain operations which
are even now considered difficult.
Sometimes Italian courts work with
painful slowness. A man named Pie
tri, who has been In prison In Italy
awaiting trial on a charge of murder
since September, 1870, is about to face
the jury. The first hearing Of the case
was interrupted by the founding of
the kingdom of Italy Then the pre-
siding magistrate and two of the prin-
cipal witnesses died, and the matter
dropped out Of official notice.
Much establishment was caused by
the fact that when the pillage of the
palace of Abdul Aziz, the sultan Of
Morocco, took place the invaders
found therein twelve automobiles and
a hundred bicycles. 1t seems that
when the sultan wished to obtain
motor car or bicycle he was inform
ed that IN Europe 1t was customary TO
sell cars only by the dozen and bicycles
by the hundred
Physicians have been in the habit
Of laughing at the popular custom of
burning sugar In sickrooms as a dis.
t,,foo+opt A oojaptic% ~, tbo Docta1Ir
institute, Paris, has, however, recent
ly discovered that burning sugar de-
velops acetylene hydrogen, one Of the
most powerful antiseptic gases known.
If sugar is burnt In a closed vessel
containing putrefed meat or the con-
tents of rotten eggs the offensive odor
disappears at once.
Johann Martin Schleyer invented
Volapuk in a fash of inspiration one
sleepless night Devotion to the origi-
nal Volapuk is still paid by publica-
ton printed in Gratz, the capital Of
Syria, Austria, entitled Volapukabled
Lezendonik and at present edited by
the aged Bishop Schleyer himself, who
took up the work on the retirement of
the previous editor eighteen months
ago. Bishop Schleyer is now seventy
six years old.
Prince Henry Of Prussia, the kaiser's
brother, is a keen automobilist and
has taken out patent for an inven-
ton In the interest Of chauffeurs. Two
movable bands of rubber are placed
on zach side Of tho tylacc that rrO-