The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-30
FACTS IN FEW LINES


Silicon le now used in Germany TO
obtain q pure copper cast and copper
allegation.
Manchuria's coinage system is 20 he
revised with the silver dollar MS the
standard
American II nufncturers OF well
drilling machinery have n practical
monopoly Of the business throughout
the world
Ii has been decided thnt q congress
uf the chumhers Of commerce of the
British empire win meet in Australia
during the year 1909
Nearly all medical men in the West
Indies advise the wearing OF thin
wooden and not cotton underwear.
Many persons wear cholera belts" Of
flannel.
Occasional shipments are now being
made from Africa 10 the United States
OF the mahogany nut, the kernel Of
which is sweet and resembles the aim
ond In favor.
Consul John Z. Jones Of Winnipeg
says that fully 90 per cent Of al the
great business enterprises Of that sec
tiuu Of Canada have American capt.
talists interested In them.
The annual output of beer in the
United States Is between 100000
aud G0.oOu.00O barrels. At its present
price, about SO n barrel. this would lie
worth between $342. .oo0. 600 and $780,
100000.
Indin's exports Of lac exceed S11. .Oo0.-
600 a year. Lac Is a reslnous incrustA-
ton produced Ivy scale insect which
sucks and Cxcretcs the sap of n tree
From the crude article shellac is man-
ufactured
Tradcl Osterwnl. one Of the many
Russian refugees In Paris, committed
suicide by shooting himself with n re
yolver. In his room wRs found n card
on which he had scribhled. 'Pleasc in
form my mother that I leave for
eternity today"
A novel Will has been unenrthed NJ
| Rlnghnmton, y Y. dated Teh. 2. 1TIA.
| II H. n long document and WINS made lly
! 1ncoh INncl, woll. transferring 20 his
/ heirs the property known ms Black
woil's islnnd. He also bcquenthed a
farm where Long Island City IL now
situated.
In the country ut large about one
third Of the single women between the
ngcs Of fifteen md twenty -five are en-
gagged In occupations outside OF their
homes md In the cities nbout 70 per
cent so that very nearly half Of all
the women In the country are at work.
Between the ages Of twenty-five and
thirty y-flvc about one-fifth Of the num-
her are So engaged.
There l. no nation in the world that
gives greater encouragement and op-
portunity 10 It's people 10 become skill
cd artisans than Germany. Municipal
state and the federal government MI
contribute TO the establishment md
support OF technical and Industrial
schools. aul there Is scarcely Il city OF
town of any Importance where one Of
these splendid institutions is not found
The eminent philologist, Professor
Skcat. Is counted among the new con
vcrts TO Esperanto. He took his first
lesson Mt p. m. and that evening was
able to appear before IN Esperanto so
ciety and translate into English a sto
ry written In the new language. Blu,
Professor Skeat is an expert linguist
The average learner probably could
not hope TO master Esperanto in sC
summary Il fashion
Natives of India have held for cen
turtles that the waters of the rlvel
Ganges are blessed and healing to thos,
who hathc therein A scientist says
81 have discovered that the water q
the GanGeS and the Jumna is hostIl,
10 the growth Of the cholera microbe
not only owing 10 the absence Of foot
materials, hut also owing to the actua
presence of an antiscptic that has thu
power of destroying this microbe."
There are about 32O,O00 people In tn,
District of Columbia. Over G0,000 O
them live outside Of the old city o
Washington (Which now has no leGa
existence, being merged In the Distric
Of Columbia), in large number O
small towns and villages scattered
over the hills and valleys Of the terri
tory. About one-thlrd Of the popula
ton Is colored the largest number O
colored people gathered In any plac
In the world.
Professor Felix Adler Of New Yorl
will fill the Roosevelt chair for 1903 a
the Berlin university, and the GermaI
scholar who comes to Columbia
Max Terworn Of the University o
Goettingen. For 100S-10 the America
professors selected 10 go abroad ar
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler O
the University Of California and Prt
fcssor William Morris Davis of Hal
ward. DIR. Ncrworn is one of the mos
distinguished OF living psychologists.
Taxicabs in London, as In New Yori
are a marked success, and the hanson
Is being crowded out, reports say. A
though scarcely year has nnsBe
since these swift moving carriages NJ
peared, the capital already invested 1
London taxicabs Is S10,Gs0.O00, Thei
Hrc IJS taXicubs on the streets, 2,00
taXicahs on order and 1,7O0 license
drivers. There arc eight London tax
cab companies, the average day
earnings Of a cab being $11.20 tn
average cost is $1,703.
Camille illumination. the astronome
declares thnt from actual figures n
Gently obtained he has become certn
that the Temperature Of Europe ha
been falling. France has been suffe
ing for long time from an excess {
cold weather, the temperature NJ PAR
having been one degree below the no
mai. Other readings show even LEI
favorable results. The fall is more n
ticcable IN the spring than Mt oth'
periods Of the year. Similar cond
lions are recorded In England, BE
rIum, Spain, 1tGly. Austria und Ge
iunuy.