The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
FACTS IN FEW LINES

poles In parts OF Java.
New Caledonia owns one solitary
mile Of submarine cable.
Navigation In the Suez canal II often
Interrupted by sand storms.
An Indian stream, the river Kistnah,
600 feet wide. has the longest span Of
telegraph wire in the world.
In St Petersburg is the LARGEST
bronze statue In existence, that OF Pc
ter the Great, which weighs 1000 tons.
Outside Of Europe the largest six
cities in the world are New York, Chi
rago, Philadelphia. Calcutta, Pekin
and Shanghai
An electric railroad Is being built up
the Zugspitze, the highest peak OF the
Bavarian Alps. A hotel is to be built
on the 1000 foot level.
Furniture is as yet luxury in Bra
I'll. Consul General Anderson says.
Outside the cities the tables, etc., in
use are homemade and very primitive.
Eugene E. Stafford Of Canterbury,
Conn, has cow with peculiar tastes.
On recent Sunday the animal made
way with part Of her masters coat and
later ate Safford's hat with evident
! relish.
No wonder that 80 many shops in
New York city sell shoes and that so
many shops sell nothing but shoes, for
1t Is estimated that the pedestrians of
the city wear out 22,8O0 pairs of shoes
each day.
The nut trees Of the world could, it Is
calculated, provide food all the year
round for the population of the globe.
Brazil nuts grow in such profusion that
thousands Of tons Of them are wasted
every year.
The cuttings in Uncle Sans wood lot
during 1907 were the most severe ON
record They were Z per cent more
than the cut reported in 1906 and
amounted to considerably over 10000
0OO, 900 board feet
| A woman Of Wahr1ng, Bohemia, and
her two daughters attempted to COM
nit suicide because the local newspa-
per had limited not only that they were
exravagant In dress, but that they
dressed with bad taste.
Records Of the treasury department
| show that the port Of New York dur
ing the fiscal year 1908 has a larger
balance of trade in its favor than ever
before. For the entire United States
the balance Is $666, 457, 1O3. which ex-
ceeds by 100000 the largest year
| hofoy>o oh 1On0
1t Is an unwritten law in Japan that
on the empress birthday all the school
| girls shall listen to the reading Of the
imperial rescript on education and sing
the national hymn. These observa-
tons were omitted at a Presbyte
school In Nagoya this year. and in con-
sequence the head master, Christian
Japanese, has been dismissed.
Modern brick buildings Of ten and
| twelve stories are being taken down
and replaced by steel frame structures
Of greater height on Broadway, New
original skyscrapers are strong enough
| to sustain additions above, there is
enough saving Of space in the new
plan of thinner walls to make the
change profitable.
The island of Yezo or Hokkaido Is
resources of any part Of the possession
Of Japan. Its area Is more than $4,000
square miles and its coast 1.600 miles,
exclusive of the various dependent
islands, which have an area of $500
square miles. Mokkaido is the second
largest island in Japan. Its population
In 1906 was 1892, 1894.
An extraordinary commission has
been created in Paris to Investigate the
affairs of the order of the Legion Of
Honor, created by Napoleon as a sig
nal mark of merit for distinguished
service rendered to the state This
original purpose Of its founder has
been gradually subverted. and the
cross has been bestowed for rather or
binary causes, frequently political.
An annual profit Of $3.50 per acre can
be cleared in Mexico by the cultivation
Of the zapupe plant, the fiber of which
Is used for many purposes. From it Is
| udAuAdStuACO, dAOAS OAACA LILO
finest cordage and rope, which will
neither mold nor kink and which Is
unaffected by climatic cond tons of
any kind. AS animals do not touch
this plant, fencing in the crops, an ex-
pensive thing In Mexico, is unneces-
sary.
German educators are now introduc-
ing picture post cards into the schools.
Within the last few months cards
have been put on the market illustrat-
Ing natural history, political history
md even giving instructions In the
German language. These cards have
been approved by professors and teach
ers of reputation, and at recent meet
Ing Of the German Geographical socie-
| ty it was proposed for the first time to