Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-11-29
FACTS IN FEW LINES

women of Italy.
The first stone of st. Petersburg
was laid in 1903.
Tientsin has Il medical college for
women, the only one in China.
Germany produces 100000 bottles
of champagne Il year. She imports
100000 from France.
The density of population in Guate-
mala is greater than it is in Louisiana.
1t now has nearly 100000 inhab-
itants.
When completed the new White
ahoat. being 500 feet long over all by
% feet beam.
Women OF British birth residing in
this country have recently organized
a society to be known as the Daugh-
tiers of the Empire.
MIX costs Il, least 10 cents quart
in Mexico ana butter 80 cents Il pound.
The demand for poultry is always
greater than the supply.
The first electric smelling plant in
the world in which pig iron will be
produced on commercial scale is
about to be- installed in Norway.
One Of New York city's old churches.
built l19 years ago and known rs the
Rock Of MethCtsm," is now a vaude-
vile theater. 1t is at 6 Forsyth street.
Very thin cuttings of manganese
steel are not lifted by a strong magnet.
but If these cuttings are hammered
into very thin foil the magnet will lift
them.
Professor Herkomcr maintains that
the leading trait among modern paint
ers is no longer love of their art, but
pride ut the price paid for their pic
lures.
In Egypt the telephone operators are
all men, and they are required to be
expert linguists, speaking English.
French. Italian. modern Greek and
Arabic.
If the number of people daily enter
ing London were to be dispatched
from any given station by rail 1877
trains, each conveying 600 persons.
would be required.
Because of the scarcity of wood in
Manitoba the farmers are welcoming
the invention of Il Winnipeg man who
manufactures fenceposts of stamped
iron with a concrete filling.
The dirt in American grain shipped
abroad seldom amounts to more than
| per cent. In grain from Caucasian
districts the foreign substances often
amount to 10 or y per cent.
The Oberammergau Passion plays
will be given next year from May 1
to Sept. 25. and the burgomaster has
issued a notice reminding the men that
they must now let their hair grow
long.
Baecarat is now prohibited in Rus
STA, even in private houses. by Il
ukase of the car. For first offensc
| the punishment will be q heavy fine.
for IL second Il long term of impriSon-
ment.
More than 100000 fruit trees will
be planted in the Yakima valley, in
central Washington, west of Spokane.
this fall and next spring. according to
estimates made by expert horticul-
turists.
In the new prison that is being built
in Buenos Aires each cell will be well
ventilated and lighted by electricity
and will contain bed. table, a chair
two wooden shelves and wash basin
of white porcelain.
A II NOT 1nrp nI in
Mexico must bear revenue stamps. and
all papers executed in the United
States or other countries must bear
these stamps before legal action can be
commenced in Mexico.
An autodray, the first in Santos. Bra
I'll, has recently been put into service.
The experiment is very doubtful
one, as the streets of Santos are quite
rough and narrow. One automobile
only is in use in the city.
The government of Greece is CEN
tered in one chamber-the bule-which
consists of 235 paid members. who are
elected by adult manhood suffrage for
| four years. These members must be
at least thirty years Of age.
Arson is the safest crime in New
York city, according to the records,
for only six persons out of each 100
accused are found guilty. Homicide
comes next. with only seven convic-
tons out Of 100 accusations.
The Paris Gaulos in a recent num-
Der described new monthly period
ical which is edited by girl Of four
teen. The contributors are without
exception little girls who not alone
write the articles. but draw the pic
lures with which they are illustrated.
Major General Greedy in his Hand.
book Of Alaska" considers that by the
end of this century the population Of
Alaska will be as great as that of Nor
way (2,OOO.OOO). The conditions are
similar. only the natural advantages
of Alaska exceed those Of Norway and
the climate of the southern half Of
Alaska Is better.
1t Is now declared that the Aleutian
islands. which stretch in long chain
out from the Alaskan coast. are ad-
mirably adapted for grazing purposes
Grass Is abundant and the climate so