The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-03
FACTS IN FEW LINES

miles before they enter Chinese terri
tory.
st. Petersburg will hold an interna-
tional exposition Of the latest inven-
tions in the spring.
Last years death rate from tigers in
India numbers 698 human beings and
nearly 10000 head of cattle.
Glass and cement are both used as
substitutes for wooden poles where
the latter are attacked by insects or
climate.
The proposal to hold an information
al aeroplane competition in Russia
next summer has been abandoned on
account of lack of funds.
To prevent the theft of electric light
bulbs socket is now made which
locks with key, so that removal is
impossible without the key.
A recent hurricane in Nicaragua
drove the water from the river against
the houses in the town Of Prinztpoica
with such force that most Of them
were destroyed.
A British shipbuilding firm is max
ing a speciality of light draft vessels
with a bow rudder, which may be
more easily steered when going astern
In shallow water.
General Botha has presented to the
Transvaal museum the Boer flag
which waved above the government
buildings at Pretoria until the capital
was occupied by Lord Roberts.
quarters of the houses in Vien-
na are now without water. The city
IL suffering from a water famine, due
to the almost unprecedentedly dry
weather Of the last five months.
A prospector for gold in Alaska
found hot spring but 125 miles south
OF the arctic circle and has made a
fortune by raising fresh vegetables on
probably the most northerly truck
farm in the world.
Major David E. Proctor Of Wilton,
N. H., lays claim to possessing the
oldest" newspaper in existence. Prop
erly the date of the paper is 1889, but
by q typographical error 1t was made
to read March 15, 1884," or 103 years
before Columbus.
1t is an old trick Of the people in
Caracas to pull down the statues and
destroy the monuments erected to him
self by dictator. That was what
they did for Guzman Blanco, who
went away with $25,O00,O 900 or more to
end his days in Paris.
The traction facilities Of Europe are
far behind those of this country. With
in radius Of fifty miles Of Liverpool
there Is a population of 100000, the
most thickly populated country in the
world and not a trolley line in ex-
istence for their accommodation.
King Edward has ordered a thorough
examination to be made Of every room
and apartment in Windsor castle. A
castle with history Of over 700 years
is worth exploring. Windsor is nc
doubt a much greater treasure house
than was imagined up to quite recent
ly.
Foodstuns have advanced during the
last two years in India at least easily
40 per cent and rents from 30 to 60 pei
cent. There is complaining in Calcutta
among all classes, except the very
well to do, that it is almost impossible
to live becomingly on present salaries
and daily wages.
Luminous paint is being used in sew
eral of the Belgian trains with a view
to Illuminating the carriages that are
not in the ordinary way supplied witt
lamps while they are passing through
tunnels in the daytime. The whole o1
the upper part Of the interior of the
car is covered and emits enough light
to make reading a possibility.
A joint monument of heroic size, tC
be placed on the Bloody Angle" bat
tleground in Spottyslvania county, Va.
to commemorate the military fame an6
glory of General Robert e. Lee an6
General Ulysses S. Grant, which shal
be erected with funds raised in the
north and south, has been suggested
by patriotic citizens Of Richmond.
DR.. Paul Haupt, professor of Semitic
languages at Johns Hopkins univer
sity, has just celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary of his acceptance o1
the chair. Professor Haupt was called
to Johns Hopkins by the late Presi
dent Daniel G. Gilman after serving
as member of the faculty of Coffin
gen. He was graduated from the Uni
versity of Leipzig in 1878 with the
degree of doctor of philosophy.
Simplified spelling has its advocates
in France, for the minister of public
instruction has lately ordered that the
public schools shall teach the spelling
Of q number Of words in the form rec
commended by the French academy
The reforms include the suppression
of the IN" in words like "rhinoceros'
and the substitution of '1' for ~" II
such words as "analyze" and of "f' fol
''ph" in phenomenon" and similar
terms.
A valuable gift which has been made
to the University of Michigan is 1906
acres Of land in Cheboygan county
presented by Colonel and Mrs. Charles
@. Bogardus to provide a permanent
site for the summer camp of the engi