The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-17
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cubic miles of salt.
 The Sultan of Turkey is the proprie- tor of fine geological garden.
 The top of the Philadelphia city hall tower. which is over 5OO feet above the street, probably will be utilized as a wireless telegraph station, to be controlled by the municipality.
 About 500 patents are granted each year to British women upon inventions ranging from articles distinctly femin- inc in nature to motors, railroad cars, l flying machines and wireless telegra- phy.
 The government tests at Washington samples of the chain to be used on the 1 gear of the Panama canal locks with stood tensile tests of 153.0OO pounds to l the square inch before the metal parted.
 It is announced that with the remoy- al of a row of frame buildings not far from Blackfriar's bridge, the last wooden buildings within the metropol l itan district of London will shortly disappear
 France Is about to amend its pres ent law to provide that a patent shall lapse if its holder shall fail to exercise his right in France or in the colonies of France for a period of three years from its granting.
 In New York city last year the fire loss amounted to S7,25O.OOO, while the maintenance of the fire department cost S7,OO0OO0. In St. Louis these figures were respectively, S1,29S,OoO and S1,01S,OOO. In the case of Rome, Italy, where the fire losses last year were S56,OO0, the cost of the fire de partment was SJ0,000.
 Twelve hours, with two hours rest, is the legal laboring day at Odessa, Russia. Workers under seventeen must go to school for three hours daily. Christians are not required to work on Sundays or feast days, nor Hebrews and Mohammedans on their religious holidays. Those who have to work on Sundays have the next day for rest.
 Wagner's little admonition to the nut sicians was most characteristic and worthy to be noted by many an orches- tra of this day. "Gentlemen." he said, T beg of you not to take my fortis. simo too seriously, Where you see If make a 'fp' of it, and for piano play pianissimO. Remember how many of h,r b1 one poor single human throat up here alone on the stage. e."-Neumann' Per. i sonal RecollectiOns."
 As the result of special efforts in the hatchery work during the year the output of fish and eggs in 1908 was greater than ever before in the history of the national bureau. reaching q to- tai of 2.S71 ,456,2SO Of this number 2,413, ,S09225 were young fish distribut- ed for the stocking and restocking of i public and private waters, and the re- maining 457,647,o55 were eggs deliy- cred to state and foreign hatcheries. 1 The output of young fish exceeds the l greatest previous record for any one year by 376,OOO,O0O.
 B. s. Straus, NJ. P, has elirited l from tha Home Secretary the state ment that in 1908 as many of 2925 i taxicabs were licensed to ply for hire l in the streets of London, an increase of 22O2 upon 1907 In the same twelve months the number of hanson cabs l licensed decreased by 1,205. Hansoms l have in a few years declined by 2,752 while In the same time motor cabs have increased by 2924. More strik- l ing still, nearly the whole of the change has been accomplished in the last three years.-London News. pr. Philip Schldrowitz, analytical chemist. London, said in answer to Dr. Adeney that there was a general idea that the word brandy was derived 1 from the German. The English word however, was as old as its Continental equivalents. It was formerly spelled "brandywine" and then "brand-wine.' The prefix, which was common to all the Teutonic words for brandy, meant thing burning or that had been burnt. Therefore the word meant burnt wine" Taking 1t as an English word, brandy night be defined as a spirit de- rived by distillation of the fermented juice of any fruit.-London Post
 The ancient silver mines at Frei- berg. Saxony. where a number of the a1aor ,,tntr. apDioaaro oP tbis oouptry