The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-07-09
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

SAeSp horns.
turkey holds the record for the num-
oer OF aged persons in proportion to the
population.
some OF the screws made for the use
OF watchmakers are so tiny 100000
could be placed in an ordinary thimble
There is an average Of seven car col
lislons day on the steam, subway, ele-
waited and surface railways of New
York.
During the summer season the Dor
ough OF Richmond, New York City, dou-
bles it's population on every pleasant
sunday, but only for that one day.
Several German firms Gin Eibenstock
and Zwickau) have purchased large
forest sections in the vicinity of Chiojd-
nj, Roumanfa, where they. propose to
erect sawmills and ship from there au-
nually about 10000 cubic meters OF
lumber to Italy, France and Germany.
Negotiations among the German man.
ufacturers Of wall paper have finally
led to the organization of a trust. The
seven leading manufacturers who have
already joined have combined annual
production Of about $2,62O,OOO. The
total output of wall paper in Germany
is estimated at 100000 per annum.
Miss Jean Gordon, who has won &,
national reputation by her work in be-
half Of women and children, done as
factory Inspector in Louisiana, is not
to be reelected to her Office. It is as
serted that she has incurred the enmity
Of the manufacturers and the politi-
clans and in spite Of the protests of the
women of the State she will be turned
out of office.
The blood Of the rhinoceros is very
highly esteemed by Burmese and Chi
nese as medicine for all kinds Of all
ments. Whenever a party Of hunters
are successful in shooting a rhinoceros
they are less numerous than they
used to be-the native beaters carefully
draw off the blood and bring it to Ran
COON stored in hollow bamboos. The
precious liquid is worth it's weight in
silver.-London Standard.
The sheath skirt is not new in Bur
nah, where the women wear a garment
split to the waist, NOW concealing, now
revealing" The men wear the same
sarong, unsplit. In Cochin and Travan-
core, India, the reputable native wom-
en- wear nothing above the waist except
noserings and earrings; the Syrian
Christians wear jacket and a comcal
little Cochin TAIL" something like the
obi Of Nippon, on their skirts-New
York Press.
Pear-shaped balloons are the fashion
in Belgium. The point is upward, the
base of the balloon is spherical. It is
claimed that balloons Of this shape
pierce the air vertically with far great
er speed than the ordinary spherical
balloon. Consequently they are stead
Ter. Also the upper pointed end pre-.
vents the accumulation Of moisture OF
snow on the surface, which frequently
power to rise.
Though Russia has much coal and
iron, her industries are quite undevel.
oped. Her Industrial backwardness may
be gagged from the fact that with a
territory and a population twice as
large as those of the United States
Russia produces only one-tenth Of the
quantity Of iron produced in the Uni
ted States, and that she raises only
one-twentieth Of the quantity of coal
Alphabetically and industrially, Russia
is medieval country-New York.
Evening Post.
DR.. H. C. Stevens, Of Seattle, reports
recent experiments which show that
objects seen by indirect vision ordi-
narily appear larger in the right half
Of the field of vision than in the left.
With a smaller number Of persons this
is reversed. From these facts he de-
duces a possible origin Of right and
left-handedness. Right-handedness, or
its reverse, develops at about the age
OF seven mOuLuS. LII. StcFCuS SuSSColS
that they may be due to the phenomena
Of vision just described. BY a reflex
effect the infant reaches after the OBJ
ject best seen with the arm nearest to
them.
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer,, super
visor Of the reading course for farmers
wives conducted by the Agricultural
College of Cornell University, believes
that there should be woman judge In
juvenile courts where girls are tried.
She bases her opinion on personal OBJ
servation Of various Juvenile courts,
notably those In New York city. She
believes that there are many questions
which girls would answer truthfully If
there was a woman on the bench, but
which they now invariably lie about
when questioned by man. This Is
one Of the very few instances in which
Miss Van Rensselaer, believes segrega-
ton Of the two sexes would be bene6
cial.