Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-24
FACTS IN FEW LINES

] Ten acres OF ground have been given
by the city Of HARLEM for the great
flower show to be held In that Dutch
city next year.
! The Ceylon government In the esti,
mates for 1910 proposes to include pro
! vision for wireless telegrnphy between
Colombo and Minicov.
Elder Amasa Morse of Putnam,
Conn. recently celebrated his ninety
fifth birthday anniversary Elder
Morse Is the oldest active Adventist
! minister in New England.
As a substitute for the baby carriage
a French inventor has brought out II
portable hammock In which an infant
can be carried between two persons 10y
straps from their shoulders,
In Morocco there are about 10000.
600 people, the bulk OF whose material
for clothing is imported. The area of
the country Is 2l0,000 square miles. II
is fertile aud rich In minerals.
The Cossacks reputation for horse
manship having begun to wanc, the
Russian government is resortinG to
/ special prizes to restore this body of
! daring soldiers to its former high level.
! Owing to the great scarcity of draft
animals In the Philippines, II Is pro
posed to present bin to the assembly
authorizing the importation of Gle
plants from Ceylon To work I'm the
lumber camps.
/ The latest improvement I'm windmlls
comes from South Africa. 1t consists
of two toothed pinions, which. with
the aid of a sufficiently long cylinder,
supply double the usual quantity of
water per stroke.
The Limerick chamber of commerce
has approved Of resolution making
Greenwich time the standard for the
entire United Kingdom. At the pres
ent time Ireland Is twenty four min
utcs behind London.
Japanese army officer students are
allowed 81, $50 year while learning
the English language. Others get from
$1,000 to $1,000 u year while learning
Russian. S1.O50 for French. $3.50 for
German and ST00 for Chinese.
From Frontera Consul A. j. Lespi.
nasse writes that the corOzo tree
abounds throughout the Mexican state
of Tabasco. being most abundant in
and humidity to develop favorably.
Battleship maintenance cost during
the last year. found by averaging the
cost of current repairs on seventeen
United States battleships during 1908
$4,000 per year per ship. This does
not include the more extensive repairs
or overhauling. .. ...
High above the street, I'm u crows
nest built in the steeple Of st. Agatha'S
church. in philadelphia. n eve dollar
gold piece was found by two steeple-
jacks. The money was tightly wedged
In the nest and had evidently been
there some time.
At Waltsburg. Wash. some growing
wheat was cut down. thrashed, sack
ed. conveyed two miles In an automo-
bile. ground into -four. made and
baked into biscuits. all in twenty-five
minutes, No special mac hinery was
erected for the test, -
Members of the BARRIERS union on
Chicago are denouncing the tipping
system. but not out of consideration
for their customers. They wish gratui-
ties abolished because of their effect
on wages, which In some shops are
now near the vanishing point.
Japan makes 10000 to 10000 bicycles
yearly and also imports 10000. besides
separate parts enough to make 10000.
The country now has 100000 In use.
mostly for business purposes. The
demand for tires il 200 pairs daily.
two-thirds OF which are imported.
UnoccuDied places I'm the Chicago
stockyards are to be made to bloom.
Instead Of uDattractive lanes and pens
and roadways and great bare build
ings the yards are to present stretches
Of flower beds, with here and there
buildings surrounded with shribbery
The committee formed to arrange
FOR n memorial to Grover Cleveland In
Chicago has decided that n statue will
be the most appropriate memorial
The committee will try to raise $780,.
900, 1t Is expected that the statue
will be placed In Grant park. on the
lake front
The Geological society OF London
has awarded the Victoria research
medal to Professor Alexander Agassiz
Of Cambridge, Mass The society has
also awarded n special medal to Lieu
tenant Ernest FL. Shnckleton. who re-
Gently returned from an expedition to
the south pole.
1t Is proposed to connect the chief
groups of the Pacific islands by means
Of wireless telegraphy. The plan is
proposed by capitalists interested in
some of the islands of the Gilbert
Eroup. but government aid is expected
from all nations having possessions IN
The south Pacific.
A novel, sentence was imposed the
other day I'm Windsor, Ont. The gov
ernor of the Sandwich jail. having
come into conflict with judge. was
declared guilty Of contempt of court
and was ordered confined In his own
prison for ten days The sentence
ought not to prove irksome under the
circumstances.
Adres Osuna. director of public edu-
cation, has asked the state govern
ment of Coahuila, Mexico, to enact an
order prohibiting schoolteachers and
children from attending bullights
Senior Osuna believes that witnessing
n.