The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-12-03

1t Emsley, Ala.
The city of Niagara Falls is rapidly
increasing in population, owing to the
'apid industrial expansion of that Sec
ion of the country.
The consumption of gasoline in En-
gland grew from 10000 tons in 1901 To
100000 sons in 1907, and is expected to
each 10000 tons this year.
\ 1.000-horsepOwer vertical gas en-
CINE, said to be the largest OF its kind,
vas recently put into operation at Run
:orn, England, driving an electric gen
rator.-Milwaukee Free Press.
The proposed American exposition to
Oe held In London next year has been
thoroughly organized and special efforts
ire being made to secure exhibits from
he western part Of this country.
Although there are only eighteen flags
lsed in the international code of sig
lals which is used by warships and
merchant ships all over the world. they
AN be made to represent TO fewer than
10000 distinct signals.
The Welland canal, which connects
lake Erie and Lake Ontario, is twenty
seven miles long. 1t was begun ia 1874
md completed in 1888. Its original ,li-
nensions have been greatly enlarged,
md there Is now depth Of fourteen
'eet.
Prof. Frederick Starr, anthropologist
1t the University. of Chicago has been
made an officer of public instruction
lnder the French government: The con-
sui explained that this was one of the
highest honors in recognition of his
work In Mexico.
The winter of 165S was hard one
in Europe. Charles y. of Sweden
crossed on the ice the Little Belt, the
strait between Funen and the Peninsula
IF Jutland, with his whole army-foot,
horse, baggage and artillery. The riv-
9rs in Italy bore heavy carriages.
According to the accepted authorities
there are 3,424 spoken languages in the
world to-day; or, perhaps, it would be
more accurate to say dialects OF this
number 931 are Asiatic, 5ST European,
2T6 African and 1,G24 American. BY
far the greatest number of these be-
long TO savage and semi-Savage tribes
md nations.
Frances Society for the Prevention
l g (rttslfr IA Animals IfaS fal..p o.ffn,
against cinematograph company for
an act of unprecedented brutality to a
horse. In Il series of pictures called
The Lovers Revenge" carriage
drawn by horse was seen to rush over
the edge of a cliff and be dashed TO
pieces. The pictures had not been
faxed. On old blind horse harnessed
to a carriage was really driven over
the edge of the cliffs near Boulogne to
obtain them.
Tie work of compiling a great tech
nical dictionary, which was begun I'M
der the auspices of the Association of
German Engineers, has been abandoned
on account of the great cost, which,. il
was discovered, would be four times
greater than originally contemplated
There is great need of just such n die
tionary as was proposed in all the arts
sciences and crafts, and the decision OF
the German engineer will be heard with
regret by workers all over the world
The Journal of the American Medi-
| ral N
Modern civilization furnishes no bet
ter example than this of the possible
victory over pestilence end disease
when the warfare is carried on in tho
light of modern scientific knowledge
The building of the Panama canal and
the sanitary record of the japanese in
their war with Russia are the two great
object lessons OF recent years, demon
| strating that men can neither work MOI
fight to the best advantage unless pro
tected from infection and preventablo
diseases"
One of the great railroads to the Pa
cific coast is perfecting plans for for
est of eucalyptus trees In San Dlegr
county, Calf, from which to obtain 9
steady supply of cr0SStics. A ranch Of
5000 acres has been purcha sed for this
purpose, and as a start GOO acres vii
be planted. 1t is estimated that IL
eighteen years the company will be abl,
to harvest from six to eight ties to {
tree, and keep up the harvest thereafter
continually. At present the system
uses about 100000 ties annually. III
eighteen years the company thinks Il
will be able to obtain from its forest
100000 annually.
Money circulates in Mexico from
pocket to pocket. Almost every MeNi
can in professional or business life car
ries on his person anywhere from $20t
TO $500. Even the poor Indian in his
blanket can more than likely produce
A greater sum than the average travel
er. 1t was but a few days ago, accord
ing to observers, that one Mexican oil
the middle class asked another in cas-
BILL The other pulled out wallet
from his inside pocket and counted on
nearly $4,000 Time after time this
happens, and it is regarded rs no un
common thing for Mexican Of the
middle class to carry between 1000 anC
1000 pesos on his person.
What DR.. Sven Uedin regards as the
greatest achievement of his recent eX
plorations in India is the discovery Of
that continuous mountain chain which
taken as a whole, is the most massive
range on the crust of the earth, its av
erage height above sea level being
greater than that of the lIamal3y vas
It's peaks are 1000 feet to 5000 fee
lower than Everest, but its passci az
erage 5000 feet higher than the lima
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