The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-08

OF the 1907 travellers engaged in
selling their wares in Switzerland in
1908 only four were from the United
States and one from Russia.
Dogfsh are becoming so destructive
on the coast of Great Britain that the
southern and western coasts are rapid
ly being depleted by their activity.
Probably the oldest derricks still in
use are the two built at Trier, in Ger
many, in the year 1413 and the one
built in 1854 at Andernach, also in
Germany.
The use of wheeled vehicles and the
existence of requisite roads therefor in
Japan are matters of the last fifty
years. The former method was car
rage by pack horses.
Because of the enormous damage
caused last year by locusts in northern
Syria the Turkish government requires
every native to deliver fifty-five pounds
of locust eggs, under penalty of a fine.
Consul H. Albert Johnson of Liege
writes that, while coal is mined at a
greater depth in Belgium than in most
countries, the number Of miners killed
in accidents Is less In that country
than in any other mining locality.
About forty different kinds Of cotton
seeds from British possessions have
been tried in test fields In Turkestan
and the Transcaspian territories with
the view of their acclimatization.
American varieties are also to be tried
The Chinese authorities are propos-
ing to establish an observatory some
where in Canton and to engage an
astronomer. Plans are being prepared
for its construction, and funds are
being collected for the purchase of the
necessary apparatus.
The departments at Washington en-
gagged in checking up Uncle Sans re-
sources have sent out letters by the
million asking for information. They
have already learned that the nation
uses annually for fuel, fenceposts and
rails on farms something like 100000
900 cords of wood.
When members of the English
house Of lords wear their robes their
various ranks are indicated thus: A
baron's robe has two rows of ermine,
that of a viscount two and a half
rows, an earl's has three rows, a mar !,
quis' three and half and a dukes
robe four complete rows.
Anticipated laws prohibiting women
from forming political associations
seem to exert depressing effect on
suffragettes in Austria They are
forced to confne their agitation to a
series of mild lectures, and even these
are attended by police official, who
sees that the speakers keep within the
bounds of moderation.
1t has been discovered that the in
gradients of peat can be found out by
boiling a specimen in solution con-
tanning a third of its bulk of concen-
trated or dehydrated soda for several
hours. This loosens the mass. In one
sample nearly 300 specimens of moss,
seeds and insects We're picked out In a
fit state to be determined.
The RAT club" at Westwell, near
Ashford, England, has been the means
of destroying nearly 10000 of thesr
pests. Last year alone 4,20S were &C
counted for, one member having bag
of 1,463 and another 1,341. Prizes are
given to those who kill the most, and
in this way the village Is slowly but
surely being cleared of the rodents.
A clay model Of the first statue of
Confederate officer to be erected at the
National Military park, vicksburg, has
been finished at the studio of Henry
Hudson Kitson at Quincy, suburb of
Boston. 1t represents Lieutenant Gen
eral Stephen Din Lee, @. S. A., as he
stood at critical moment of the siege
of Vicksburg in the eventful summer
of 1863.
AT Woolwich, England, very prac-
teal measures have been adopted at
the instance of the war office to enable
soldiers, young and old, to acquire or
increase their knowledge of trade
which will help them to living on
leaving the colors. The extensive ord
nance college workshops are now be-
ing used for the instruction Of soldiers
In various trades.