The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-01-22
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.

Inc total number of sailing vessels
N the world is double that of stean,-
ers.
Inc average number of deaths
through railway accidents in Holland
is one year.
The city of Milwaukee has almost
abolished the use of horses in all mn
nicipai departments.
Tattooed portraits Of the last six
French presidents were found on the
skin of burglar named Bertin arrest.
ed in Paris.
Two million dollars will be spent in
improvements on the great steel plant
OF the United States Steel Corporation
at Emsley, Ala.
A 1,000-horsepower vertical gas en-
glne, said to be the largest of its kind,
was recently put into operation at Rum
corn, England, driving an electric gen
era tor. Milwaukee Free Press.
The proposed American exposition to
be held In London next year has been
thoroughly organized and special efforts
are being made to secure exhibits from
the western part of this country.
Although there are only eighteen flags
used In the international code Of sig.
nails which Is used by warships and
merchant ships all over the world. thew
can be made to represent no fewer than
10000 distinct signals.
The Welland canal, which connects
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, is twenty
seven miles long. 1t was begun In 1874
and completed in 1889. Its original di-
mensions have been greatly enlarged,
and there is now depth of fourteen
feet.
Prof. Frederick Starr, anthropologist
at the University Of Chicago, has been
made an officer of public instruction
under the French government. The con-
sui explained that this was one of the
highest honors in recognition of his
work In Mexico.
The winter of 1868 was a hard one
In Europe. Charles X. of Sweden
crossed on the fee the Little Belt, the
strait between Funen and the Peninsula
of Jrtland, with his whole army-foot,
horse, baggage and artillery. The riv-
ers in Italy bore heavy carriages
According to the accepted authorities
there are 3,424 spoken languages in the
world to-day; or, perhaps, it would be
more accurate to say dialects. OF this
number 937 are Asiatic, 587 European,
276 African and 1,624 American. BY
far the greatest number of these be-
long to savage and semi-savage tribes
and nations
Frances Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals has taken action
against cinematograph company for
an act of unprecedented brutality to
horse. In series of pictures called
"The Lovers Revenge" carriage
drawn by horse Yves seen to rush over
the edge of cliff and be dashed to
pieces. The pictures had not been
faxed. On old blind horse harnessed
to carriage was really driven over
the edge of the cliffs near Boulogne to
obtain them.
The work of compiling great tech
'nical dictionary, which was begun I'M
der the auspices Of the Association of
German Engineers has been abandoned
on account of the great cost, which, 1t
was discovered, would be four times
greater than originally contemplated.
There is great need Of just such die
tfonary as was proposed in all the arts,
sciences and crafts, and the decision of
the German engineer will be heard with
regret by workers all over the world.
The Journal of the American Medl-
cal Association has the following:
"Modern civilization furnishes no bet
ter example than this of the possible
victory over pestilence and disease,
when the warfare is carried on In the
light of modern scientific knowledge.
The building of the Panama canal and
the sanitary record of the japanese in
their war with Russia are the two great
object lessons of recent years, demon
strating that men can neither work nor
fight to the best advantage unless pro-
tected from infection and preyentable
diseases"
One Of the great railroads to the Pa
cific coast is perfecting plans for for
est of eucalyptus trees in San Diego
county, Calf, from which to obtain a
steady supply Of crossties. A ranch Of
5000 acres has been purchased for this
nurpose. and as start 600 acres will
be planted. 1t is estimated that in
eighteen years the company will be able
to harvest from six to eight ties to a
tree. and keep up the harvest thereafter
continually. at present the system
uses about 100000 ties annually. In
eighteen years the company thinks it
win be able to obtain from its forest
100000 annually.
Money circulates in Mexico from
rocket to pocket. Almost every Mexi-
can in professional or business life car
ries ON his person anywhere from 500
TO $500. Even the poor Indian In bis
blanket can more than likely produce
greater sum than the average travel
er. It was but a few days ago, accord