The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-29
FACTS IN TABLOID 70
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The first submarine boat was tried In
Plymouth Harbor, England, in 1774.
The postal business Of the world IL
increasing at the rate of per cent per
annum.
The British railways in 1907 are re-
ported to have had q total length Of
%, 1O1 miles
Substantially one-third Of the entire
Industrial capital of Brazil is invested
in cotton mills.
Efforts are being made in Brazil to
stimulate the consumption in Europe.
and America Of Paraguayan tea, known
also as yerba mate.
A lighthouse of bamboo, which ID In
use In Japan, is said to have great
power Of resisting the waves, and does
not rot like ordinary wood.
According to Sir william Crookes,
the noted English scientist, by 1881 the
worlds supply Of wheat will be unequal
to the increase in population.
The National Council of French
Women. which has a membership Of
more than $4,000, has been circulating
a monster petition in favor Of woman
suffrage.
By Japanese florist there has been
discovered a marvellous rose. The color
Is delicate pink when the plant 10 In
the shade, but becomes crimson when
exposed to the sun.
1t is a not unusual sight in England
to see motor bus belonging to one
city running with load Of excursion
lists around the streets Of another town
twenty or thirty miles distant.
In proportion to the population, the
little kingdom of Belgium probably can
claim the greatest number of organiza-
lions advocating woman suffrage. At
the last count they numbered 1913.
Miss Clara M. Howard has been an
pointed to the international fellowship
founded by the Society Of American
Women in London. She is instructor
In rhetoric and composition at Welles.
ley College.
An Austrian Journal tells of a plant
called Parkid biglobosa, recently dis.
covered in Africa, which produces a
fruit containing 20 per cent reducing
sugar, which puts it in the first rank
of sugar-producing plants.
One Of the papers handed in at tho
examination Of students trainlnE- for
employment as teachers described OH.
yer Cromwell as "a man with coarse
features and having a large, red nose
with deep religious convictions be.
meath"
The Queen Of Swaziland, in Africa.
when last seen by white people, was
clad in a regal robe of OK hide, rather
the worse for wear. To this simple
garment were added bangles for her
wrists and ankles. She sat on the pal
ace noor and took snuff continually.
wrapping around her shoulders an
opera cloak Of bright green and purple.
the diplomatic gift of an English no.
bleman.
The Oldest structure in the world
originally built for a railway station
Is the now disused L. & N. depot in
Lexington. 1t was begun in 1888. From
the northwest corner Of the building
the first passenger railway car west Of
the Alleghenies started on its daily run
to Frankfort. 1t has been used for
almost three-quarters of century. and
stands as landmark to remind the
present generation of the old order 81
things In Lexington and central Ken.
tucky-Lexington (Ky.) Herald,
The case Of the cure of Leonie IA.
vogue at the shrine Of Lourdes has been
published in Italy with the sworn med.
ical certiflcates. Mile. Leveaue ia A
school teacher and, according to the
announcement, had suffered from an
liberation for fifteen months. growing
weaker after each surgical treatment.
She was finally taken to Lourdes. when
too weak for further medical expert.
mentlng and, when alone in her room
at the hotel, was suddenly cured. Mile.
Leveque has returned to her school
teaching.
An italian journalist is said to have
discovered the Bible which was used
by the Emperor Napoleon during his
exile on the island of Elba. 1t is of a
common type, illustrated with large
wood engravings, and bears on the back
the latter IN" surmounted by the i'm
perial crown. 1t was found in tbe
Chapel Of the Madonna, on the island
of Elba, and near which the Emperor
stayed for seventeen days at the BEGIN
ming Of his exile. 1t possesses interest
from the fact that the Emperor has un.
derlined many passages bearing on hin
state Of mind at the time.
Every family in England possesses al
least one "weak-minded" member-this
Is the opinion Of an editorial writer
In the Hospital, London medical mae.
azine. The remark is elected by a re-
cent report Of the commissioners in
lunacy, which shows that, although the
number Of insane patients In British
hospitals continues to Increase yearly,
the rate of Increase Is now less than for