The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-07-31
FACTS IN FEW LINES


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r Chinese astronomical records 90
back to 23c6 b. O.
The taxes on food are higher In Ger
many than 10 any other European
country.
For three years no salary has been
received BY diplomatic representatives
Of Persia abroad.
Arctic explorers seldom return to
their natural climate without suffering
Immediately from colds. =.
An effort made In Russia to fern a
| gigantic steel corporation on the lines
OF the one existing In this country has
failed.
Three pounds OF maple sugar 70
tree is considered a good yield. This
years yield in Canada was below the
average.
A Turkish women's paper with
woman as editor and with women as
contributors has been In existence for
several years.
The per capita consumption Of to-
bacco Is lower in Italy than In any
other European country. being only
trihe over a pound.
Importations OF Holsters into the
United States In 1908 amounted 10
S,212.945 pounds. valued at $1,4Ol,449,
and nearly all from Canada.
The building of New York city's Cats
Kill water system Will require 5S,OO0.-
600 cubic yards OF excavation, 23,OOO.-
600 more than the Panama canal.
Fifty thousand tons of SCOT are taken
from the chimneys OF London every
year. The SCOT is worth 100000. 1t is
used as fertilizer, half a ton 10 an
acre.
A recent hurricane in Nicaragua
drove the water from the river against
the houses in the town OF Prinzapolca
with such force that most were de-
stroyed.
Judge Hoyt IN special sessions court
at New York announces that hereafter
dealers convicted OF selling impure
milk will be sent 10 prison instead of
being fined.
A mad bulldog jumped out Of a
fourth story window in New York the
other day. allghting on a mans back.
without being bitten. the man went
mad too. Policemen shot the dog.
To raise money for a start I'm house
keeping Frederick Horn and Mary
Omarley OF Des Moines charged q
ten cent admission fee TO their wed
ding, and the receipts amounted 70
5000
A wife in New York who got a de
cree OF separation In 1901 with $40 q
week alimony told the court the other
day that Il has cost her nearly SO
every week since that time TO collect
the 500
Hereafter no placard or poster which
plctorially represents the commission
OF crime may be publicly exhibited In
the District OF Columbia. The District
: authorities have recently promulgated
an order TO that effect.
IL is said that seventy years ago 4
, was the custom for a man in hirlnl
out mt Calais. Me-. 10 have IL stipu
lated in the agreement that he should
not be compelled TO eat salmon more
7 than twice a week.
Q The range OF impressions which W.
D get from lifting an object is exceeding
' ly small An ordinary chemists bal
/ ance Is some million times as sensi
/, tive and weights down the two-hun
dredth part Of milligram.
Japan holds second rank as a sill
producing country, China standing
first, Italy third and France a yer,
bad fourth. No country. however, ha
shown such phenomenal progress
within recent years as Japan.
In n recent speech Sir Robert Har
called attention 10 a remark made &
him years ago by the Chinese prim
minister. Wen Hsiang: "You had bet
:, ter let us sleep on. IL you will awak
!, en- us wen go farther and faster thai
i you'll like"
). Accidents at sea are costly. Dam
!, ages TO the amount OF over $l2S,0O
were claimed by the owners OF tb
st. Paul, In collision with which th
A British Gladiator was sunk last year
The British admiralty registrar award
h cd about 500. 700
e Cases OF cure OF ulcers and Of epithC
!. Iona by exposure 20 the sun and 0
laryngeal tuberculosis by the rays 0
the sun reflected on the larynx by
layngeal mirror have been recorde
y by German writer's. This treatmen
% seems TO have been carried out In a
y cases at sanitariums situated at big
n attitudes. where sunlight Is very pow
J. erful
Ie AT one OF the hotels of Burlington
!. VT, the chef has been employed twer
n ty-nine years, one waitress twent,
j seven years. the head pastry COO
nineteen years, the steward sevcntee
years two other employees twent
o years each. while several waitresse
n chambermaids and others have bee
with the hotel more than ten year
each.
How huge is the cost Of undergroun