The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19
THINGS YOU NAY NOT KNOW
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to twelve years.
The United States ranks third in -.
production of barley.
OF the 100000 of Russia's non,
lation 10O,OOO,oOO are peasants.
Out Of every million letters that mas.
through the postoffice it is calculates
that only one goes astray.
The book having the largest circu,.
ton Is the telephone directory of tbo
city Of New York. An edition Of LON.
600 copies is printed twice every yea,
to meet the demands of subscribers 70 .
10000 telephones which are in use IN
that city and it's suburbs.
In nine months Of the current Yea,
10000 aliens came to this country and
$4,000 foreign-born people went back
to Europe. During the similar period
of last year there arrived in America
1,135,OOO aliens, while those who do.
parted from these shores numbered
only 100000.
A curious insect has arrived from
Brazil lat the South Kensington Mn.
scum, in London. It is beetle. At
it's head CLEANS red ruby lamp, and
eleven green lights glow forth from
each side Of the little creature. These
peculiarities have earned it the name
Of the railway beetle"
Last year New York City spent $685..
100000 on it's public schools; Chicago
$23,OOO,0OO; Boston more than So.
100000; Philadelphia little more
than 100000. Though Philadelphia
is the third city in population in the
United States, it stood thirty-fourth in
per capita expenditure ON schools.
Of the total Oil production Of the
world in 1907, the United States is cred
tied with over GO per cent. Russia pro-
duced 231a per cent and all countries
combined outside Of these about 81 per
cent The total production Of the world
was estimated at 262,2123OO barrels
in 1907. The production Of the United
States was 166,O95, 1886 and Of Russia
81 $50, 1874 barrels.
The Indian population Of New York
State is as follows, the figures being
for the year 1905, the latest obtainable,
taken by the several reservations: Al.
legheny, S66; Cattaraugus, 1,472; Onei.
da, 1O4; Onondaga, 523; st. Regis
1,2O6; Tonawanda, SOB; Tuscarora, 1884.
The total Of 5000 is but four less than
was shown by the Indian census Of
1892.
During the last season the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad Company set out 3O3,.
O3O trees, including pines, larches
spruce and hardwoods. In its nursery
it set out $4,000 forest seedlings for
future transplanting and planted 222
bushels of red oak acorns, from which
100000 seedlings are now growing. 1t
also planted large quantity Of black
walnut, chestnut and hickory, prac
tically all Of which have given COM
plete termination.
The pear is really more hardy thai
the apple, and needs less cossetins
There are trees still standing near
Monroe, in the State Of Michigan
which were planted by the French SET
tiers before Penn founded Philadelphia
Pear trees can be kept in good and
bearing condition for 800 years, and
apples for at least $50 years. 1 have
one apple tree 115 years old, and Its
annual fruitage is as perfect as it was
sixty years ago.-E. P. Powell, in Out
ing.
Represented graphically, the United
States now consumes yearly roll OF
white paper $50 feet high and 377 feet
in diameter. From the top of such
roll of paper one can peer down in i'm
agination on the tower Of the new
Singer building in New York. 1t would
weigh, all told, about 100000 TONS
and to produce It would have required
some $S,SOO.OOO worth of rags, some
$7,4OO,OOO worth Of old or waste paper
and some $2O,8OO,O0O worth of wood
pulp, to say nothing of other essentials
Boston Transcript.
Collins said that after the publica'
ton of 1.-The Woman in White lady
came to him and said: 1.-THE great
failure of your book is your villain
Excuse me If I say you do not really
know a villain. Your Count Fosc0
a very poor one, and when next you
want character Of that description
trust that you will not disdain to come
to me. know villain; the man
alive and constantly under my gaze
In fact, he Is my own husband" Inc
lady was the wife of Edward Bulwer
Lytton.-From Hall Gaines my
Story"
According to Messrs. Henriet anu
Bonyssy ozone is produced by the ultra
violet rays Of the sun in the upper
atmosphere and the amount cOntalneo
in the air near the ground increases
when air currents descend. from the
upper regions Sometimes, also, 1t III
creases during rains. It has been op
served that there is reduction OF tne
proportion Of carbonic acid in the az