Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW


country in Africa, but the government
discourages it. Owing to the extreme
conservatism in these districts the task
is difficult.
The Department of Agriculture and
Commerce in Japan is being prevailed
upon to grant sparrow destroying sub
sidy, as in some parts of this district
the English sparrow Is becoming "A pest,
having devoured the rice crop.
A variety Of verses Of improved quail
ity reached the Municipal Suffrage
League Of Chicago, in the 500 prize
contest offered for the best battle
hymn" to be used in the woman's
cause. A feature Of the offering is a
preponderance of women writers.
Fire in Chicago barn has ruined
collection Of $4,000 negatives of news
boys with whom the owner nad won
several gold medals. The owner had
spent many years gathering the news
boy negatives, the types being those Of
newsboys Of almost every country In
the world.
Prominent actors and musicians in
Berlin have been engaged for the ''shad-
ow theater" which will soon be opened
in that city. 1t will be conducted, ac-
cording to the prospectus that has been
printed, as the Schattenspieltheate in
Munich, and a similar place of amuse.
ment in Paris.
At meeting of the Mendelsham
Sparrow Club it was stated that during
this year 1913 old birds, 2.SO7 young
bird and 3,9l4 eggs had been destroyed,
a total of 1859 The local farmers
pay voluntary rate based on acreage,
from which payments are made for
birds and eggs destroyed.-London
Standard.
Long before womens newspapers
were started, and fashion plates in
their modern form were thought Of,
women derived their knowledge Of the
fashions from dolls dressed in modern
costumes, which were sent from one
country to another, more especially
from Paris. then. as now. the leading
center or the mode.
In a paper read before the Society Of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Henry Penton states that the oldest
iron ship in the world is the United
States warship Michigan, the material
for whose construction was dragged
across the mountains from PHtSburg to
Lake Erie" where the ship was built,
as long as sixty-six years ago.
Whether warts spread by contact has
been much discussed. A Glasgow physi-
elan mentions that a maid with many
warts on hands and arms was employed
in a certain family. and warts soon APP
peared on the hands of the three chill
dren. The youngest. Il boy of Eve, with
a habit of biting the fingers, developed
two warts on the lily and one in the
mouth.
The announcement that the Japanese
are about to open the railway which
they have built in Formosa is the lat
est evidence of the good work which
they are doing in the island which was
war with China. At the time of the
transfer, siXty-two miles of the road
inc was completed. 1t now covers
otal of 334 miles, and Japan has built
the additional 272 miles at nearly
100000 less than the estimates.
Dante is held responsible for the ex-
preston. painting the town ed In
lis Divine Comedy" Dante, led by Vir-
I'll, comes to the cavernous depths OF
he place, swept by a mighty wind,
where those are confined who have been
he prey of their passions Two faces
lrise from the mist-the faces Of Fran
.esca and paolo. "Who are yci' cries
Dante in alarm, and Francesca replies
sadly, 1--WE are those who have painted
he world red with our sins"
Massachusetts State Board of Health
las issued a bulletin on cOld-storage
poultry in which this advice Is given
o housekeepers in order to avoid
obtaining water logged and frozen
owls the consumer should demand the
rozen bird and thaw it himself. II
hawed quickly by immersion III buck
t of hot water, it may he eaten with
and with relish he same day
t is purchased: or. if hung overnight
t room temperature, it may be ready
or use the day following
Farrants liquor. for the prcserva>
ion of vegetable organisms, consists Of
hirty-five parts or distilled water. in
which, while boiling. 0.1 part of white
rsenic is dissolved. The cooled fluid
5 mixed with an equal part, by weight,
I glycerine, and in this is dissolved
he same quantity. by weight of gum
rabic. In this fluid the most delicate
liant organisms are preserved admir-
bly,, and in addition, it is not liable to
which, in hot countries,
of great value. 1t is poisonous, of
curse.
In the singular experience reported
. Paris medical society by Drs.
hauffard and Vidal, man and his
rife were taken with pneumonia within
few hours of each other, and the dis
ase ran an almost identical course in
ach case. Their Illness began on
ay in June, following one IN which
ley drank much cold water from
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