The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-10-08
FACTS IN FEW LINES

About 100000 IL the estimated pop
uluiiOn of Morocco.
Members Of the Russian doumn ar,
elected for i've years
. Nearly nll Of orcgons copper comes
FROM n slnglc mine IN Josephine coun
~.
Tbrcc.punrtcrs OF the total populn.
tion of Spain nre engaged IN agricul.
fure.
Arabia stili contains one OF the most
considerable areas OF unknown land IN
existence
Australian boomerungs aud nolsclcss
guns are both now seen IN the same
New York shop window.
Italy every yenr uses 500 tons OF
orange blossoms aud 1000 tons OF
roses In the manufacture a perfum.
cry.
Nerve troubles are on the Increase
In the great cities of the world owing
10 the strenuous business aud social
life.
The suggestion that the north pole
might be reached by balloon was made
as long ago M is1J by Dr. Mclasel Of
Kicl.
A vanilla bean kept IN the sugar box
will Impnrt u delicious flavor To the
sugar This ~ n bit Of advice from
/ French chef.
In nearly every street IN Japanese
cIiirs IL n public oven. where Tor
slnnll Zee housewives nny have their
dinners aud supIers cooked for thcm.
France hns produced u Mary Niue.
lean. Her name IN Jeanne Ncis. She
wriicu personal revelations not IN hrc.
tic prose. but IN smooth ana beautiful
verse.
The largest known species OF orhid
grows IN Ceylon. The leaves measure
up 10 ten feet IN length. aud u single
plant viii hive ms many ns 5000 bios,
SONS IN one year.
IN the villages of Cornwall. Devon
shire and Lancashire ENGLAND. Moth
crs' day has been rvogniled instiiu
iiOn for generations. u IN celebrated
an mil.Ieni Snndsy.
"The total yearly drain upon oui
forests. moi counting losses from fires
Norns nnd Insects. u some 20UA.OOO.
UOO cubic feet" says u. \. Kellogg.
assistant forester In charge of the Of
hce ~ foresi statistics.
Iinrnn GuiO. the japanese minister
Of communications. II Investigating the
adyisnbillty or transporting mall by
automobiles In the principal cities Of
Japan and also possibly 10 distant |
points where railway traffic II not yet
opened.
An English hunter hns come across
Wild cnmels In spain. They live In
ihe swnmps between the Cote de Oma-
na und the Guadnllulvlr river ana are
very SHY. They are descendants of
camels Imported Ia 1870 from the Ca
nary islands.
Venus always turns the same face
toward the sun. So the planet has no |
day. nnd the lack OF moon deprlvea !
II OF month. Finally. II has no ycar, |
for It's axis OF rotation Is perpendlcu'
lar 10 the plane OF It's Orbit. and the
latter IN almost circular
Tho governor at the central prison |
IN Mndrld was deposed some Time ago |
for his excessive lenlency. lie allowed |
the prisoners 10 have almost anything !
they wanted. Including weekly news
paper. written aud printed lay them
selves. One Of them sold liquors.
For eighteen years Mrs Amos Clea'
yer OF Reading. Pa. hns been winding |
string into IA ball until II now weighs !
tweniy-slx pounds aud has n circuni-
terence Of Iwenty-nlne inches, Mrs. |
Cleayer's purpose IL to show children
what may be accomplished by saving
what Otherwise would lie thrown away |
ms useless.
The Compressed Air Workers union
Of New York has drawn up the fol
lowing scale of wages for days |
work: For work done under 22 pounds
air pressure or less, $3.50 day; under
90 TO 80 pounds pressure. S3i5 for six
hours; under 80 to 80 pounds. 81 for
four hours; 35 to 40 pounds. Si.a5 for
three hours: 40 10 40 pounds, $3.50 for
one hour aud twenty minutes.
Mrs. Taft has received an edition de
luxe OF the memoirs OF the elder Count
Bernstorff. who was lbismarck's frst
ambassador In London after Prussia
had been absorbed iD the German eni-
pIre. lie made several complimentary
illusions TO Alphonso Taft. whom he
knew personally. and this Is the reason
for the gift. Count Bernstorn is the
German ambassador In Washington.
Francis Eek. better known as Jack
Eek. Is the trusted engineman OF the
Queen OF the Valley. the Headings
hier between Allentown and Jersey
City. He has retired and holds the
record for fast running. having piloted
his train from Easton 10 Jersey City
on Jan. 81. 1905 distance of seventy
two miles. In sixty-six minutes. max
lug up nineteen minutes OF lost time.
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