The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-12-24
FACTS IN FEW LINES


The total number Of sailing vessels
in the world is double that of steam
ers.
Bosnia has not been an Independent
state since 1889. when the Turks con-
quered it.
Distress in India is still decreasing.
The number now in receipt of state re-
lief is only 100000.
OF the lC5 counties of Kansas 100
have some Of their boys and girls at
tending Kansas university.
Following a practical demonstration
of its value in that field, the govern
ment will use concrete buildings In
which to store explosives in the canal
zone.
A New York law has gone into ef-
feet fOrbidding boys and girls under
fourteen years of age to sell newspa-
pers on the streets between 10 p IN.
and 6 a. Ii.
As a proof Of the lasting qualities of
cypress a coffin recently was exca-
waited at New Orleans which had been
buried since 1868, yet the wood was as
sound as when new.
Lava from the volcano of Savaii, in
the Samoan Islands. which has been in
constant eruption for over three years.
has formed Il river eight miles wide
flowing into the ocean.
According to the federal fish com
mission which has been making tests,
the meat of the small shark, common
ly known as dogtish. is palatable and
more nutritious than beef
In recent race in a Canadian town
third place was won by a jockey 103
years old Since he began his racing
career at the age of eighteen he has
ridden in more than G.O0O races
The equipment of the big buildings
Of New York city with telephones
makes great demand for wire. In
five buildings alone the telephone
wires total length of 2,3GO miles
Nearly 100000 pounds of hog bris-
ties were exported from Shanghai last
year. They were valued at $1,S5S, 800.
1t takes hundred coolies to sort and
bundle about fifty pounds of bristles
| day.
That there will be no more Spanish
| women tOreadors is said to be due to
the influence of Queen Victoria, who
dislikes bulltights very much, but King
| Alfonso must go very slow in combat
ing the pride of the Spaniards in their
national game.
Schenectady is the only city of New
York state in which grade crossings
have been entirely abolished. Since
the public service commission was or
| ganized only 2JO have been done away
with, and there still remain S,733 on
steam roads alone.
| 1t is known that Alaska has yielded
great wealth to the fur industry. but
| the extent cannot be stated with any
certainty, as it has been the policy Of
the fur trader to conceal his operations,
and the conditions of the trade are
such that he is able to do so.
AT n cost of nearly $5,O0O,000 the
British admiralty will construct line
of huge concrete blocks at Spithead
to force vessels to use Il defined chan
mel Naval maneuverS have shown
that it is possible for small craft to
creep up to the shore at night.
According to the last census. there
are 233,J9S,001 chickens Of laying age
in the United States. These are val
ued at $70,00000O. and the eggs they
lay would If divided allow 2O3 eggs
annually to every person-man. woman
and child--in the United States.
The newest thing In freak photogra-
ply in Egypt is posing for photo
graphs In cardboard sphinx molds and
mummy cases. A hole is left where
the face of the sphinx should be- and
English and American faces peer out
from this vantage upon the photogra-
pher.
Albert Card of Searsport, Me-, has q
novel watch charm. 1t looks like an
ordinary silver locket of rectangular
shape but opens to disclose a tiny
English dictionary. One inch long
three-quarters Of an inch wide and
one-quarter of an inch thick, the little
book contains about 1900 words with
their definitions.
A forgotten picture by Frans Halls
the famous Dutch master has been
discovered in country house neal
Dublin and sold to the British nationa
gallery for f25.OO0. Hardly half cen
fury has elapsed since the very best
examples of Halls work were thought
dear enough at $4,000. and the poorer
ones would not fetch more than titht
of the sum.
A French cuirassier, Joseph Bideau
deserted and made round of village!
in his uniform, declaring that he hat
been sent to make arrangements TO
the reception Of two CuiraSsier regi
ments. Preparations of all kinds wer,
made, and Bideau lived on the fat O
: the land of Burgundy. In the end
) however, his festivities were rudely in
Il terrupted by the arrival Of gendarmes
Il Food can be preserved without un
= dergoing decomposition for muc
longer period in a cOntainer fron
= which the air has been nearly exhaust
n ed than in the customary refrigerator
u In nearly absolute vacuum milk. ifs
and meat have been preserved 70
months unchanged without further eS
. pense than that of Withdrawing tn
air originally present in the receipts
- Gle.
d Edward Cecil Guinness of the fl
nous Irish firm of brewers was mad
/. q baronet IN recognition Of his gift {
W $1,250,000 for the rebuilding of th
n slums Of Dublin. The work occupie
six years, and when successfully al
st compllshed King Edward raised tt
- | haronat tO tho naaro tra with thh tit