The Western news., 1909-03-10
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by rams, ricks, etc, than the old wood
en- bottoms.
The largest quantity Of ostrich feath-
ers ever sold in London at once was
the 10000 pounds disposed Of at a re-
cent auction sale.
The cost of the Simplon tunnel was
$15,O00,0O0, and 1t is regarded as being
one Of the greatest engineering achieve
ments Of the age.
The Simplon tunnel was begun No
vember 13, 1898, and the Swiss and
italian boring parties met at 20
a. m, February "a, 1905.
A German travelling in Brazil says
that there are kinds Of coffee there
which, as prepared by the natives, are
as superior to ordinary coffee as cham
payne is to ordinary wine.
Immigration from Europe is turning
TO Chile quite strongly. Scarcely
steamship arrives without q number of
immigrants. The italian steamship
Chile brought 1887 on its last voyage.
Overwhelmed by the quantity Of wine
pressed last fall, an agriculturist of
Emilia, Italy, has sealed up one Of the
rooms of his house and converted 1t
into vat for lack of enough butts.
Elm bark, cloves, ollbanum, putchuck,
sandalwood dust, garoo, laka, anise
seed, musk, orange peel, galango. dried
ginger, sapanwood, rhubarb, myrrh.
cassia and camphor enter into the COM
position Of Chinese incense.
One Of the newly elected members Of
the Oregon Legislature announces his
intention Of introducing at the next
session a bill making it crime to
shoot any person under the belief that
such person is q deer or a canvas-back
duck.
When the Simplon tunnel was made
in Switzerland the old road over the
pass was no longer kept free Of snow
in winter. This, however, resulted In
80 much inconvenience that 1t has been
decided to keep the road open all the
year.
The name "blue laws was given to
the first collection of laws framed for
.he government of the New Haven col
ony. They were published in collective
bluo cover, which gave rise to the name
that has chung to the laws ever since.
Magdeburg, Germany. has bought
from an inventor sand-strewing
hroc h11ff nf xUu
Wagon, to be used for strewing frozen
streets with a coating Of sand. The
scheme Is unusually effective on asphalt
streets, where horses have hard time
10 mainain a footing In cold weather.
The Government has been taking a
census Of the horses Of the country, and
reports that there are over 2OOO0,0OC
horses and nearly 100000 mules ir
the United States. This is greater
number of horses by several hundred
thousand than were reported previous
iy. The "horseless age" is evidently
not yet in sight.
The estimated total wealth OF the
United Stats Is nearly twice that Of
England. According to the latest estl-
mates obtainable the rating is as fol-
lows: United States, $116,OO0,OOO 900
Great Britain and Ireland, $50, 200, ,0OO,-
600: France, $40, 800, 900, 900; Germany
$4,000, 100000: Russia, $35, ,O00,o 100000
Austria Hungary. S20,0OOOO0,000.
1t Is announced that remarkably In
teresting discovery has been made in
the catacombs Of Priscilla at Rome in
the form of the following inscription
"Yn isto loco Petrus fuit." Sgnor
Marucchi, the erainent archmoogist, is
convinced. after careful study Of cir
cumstances, that the Petrus is none
other than the Apostle st. Peter.
The latest figures Of the old age pen
sion scheme in Ireland show that 210,
600 claims have been made. OF these
80 per cent have been approved by the
commissioners, as against 81 per cent
IN England, 93 per cent in Scotland AND
90 per cent In Wales. 1t Is estimated
q correspondent of the Chicago Daily
News writes, that the total amount q
money that will 60 to ireland unde,
the law will closely approximate $40,
100000 yearly.
An interesting discovery has beer
made near La Battle Montsalien, tn,
ancient Mons SelencuA 1t Is a Roman
oil Jar measuring Just thirteen feet II
circumference, and hooped with iron
Near by were found some stele, ant
the Able Guillaume, the department
archivist, is engaged in deciphering tn,
Latin inscriptions. The Jar has beer
placed in the museum at Gap to enricf
the hne collection Of Roman antiquitie.
housed there.
One of the contractors In Panaml
was very much annoyed by the exceed
ing laziness of the native workmen un
der him. He resolved to make then
ashamed of their Incidence, so one day
when they were all lined up, he said
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