The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23
FACTS IN few LINES


The Chinese pupil reciting his lesson
turns his back to the teacher.
Twice as many widows as widowers
died In New York state iA190S.
Holland has few dependent paupers.
Work is provided for all who apply for
relief.
AS many as 36S new rocks and
shoals dangerous to navigation were
discovered last year.
Weather forecasts by wireless tele-
graph are furnished vessels in the At
lantic by the British bureau.
OF the public lands still owned by
the federal government 1t is estimated
that S0,000,OO0 acres are underlaid with
coal.
The spring the location Of which de-
termined the site on which the city Of
Rome was founded recently was re-
discovered.
The known petroleum areas Of the
! United States include $3.50 square
miles and the natural gas areas 10,055
square miles.
A Milanese engineer has Just COM
pleted a hydroplane which, it is said,
will skim the water at the rate of 1875
miles an hour.
The italian government has refused
to pension the surviving soldiers who
fought under Garibaldi 10000 Of
whom still survive.
The prince regent Of China wants
government newspaper to find out the
opinion Of the public on the policy of
the government from time to time"
Four Of the recruits who entered the
Russian army last year were more
than six feet and FIVE inches tall, and
about 1000 were more than six feet
and an inch.
Traffic between the eastern and west
ern coasts Of the United States by
way Of isthmus railways and steam
ship lines amounted to $40,OO0,O00 in
value in 1908, marked increase over
any earlier year.
What Is thought to be the largest
chestnut tree in ConneSscut is ON the
farm of Cyrus Coe of Middlefeld. The
tree is thirty-one feet in circumfer-
ence, the height being unknown. The
tree has been landmark in that
town for several generations.
A novelty in church hymnals is re-
ported from Chicago. An enterprising
advertising concern has started sup
plying poor churches with hymn books
free of charge, the company getting it's
return from many pages of advertise
ments sprinkled through the books.
No matter how greatly other ex-
penses may have changed in Japan,
the allowance for the imperial house
hold remains, as it has been for years,
100000 yen $1,5OO,O0O, a modest
amount compared with the imperial
or royal allowances of other countries
Henry Savage Landor, the famous
explorer, has arrived in London. after
completing thorough investigation of
the work being done in the Panama
canal zone. He is enthusiastic in
praise of the engineers in charge of
operations there and says that they
have few equals in ability and energy
In order to ascertain whether post
cards were being read by the postoffice
officials a girl in Wolgast, Prussia
sent one to a friend, saying that Count
Zeppelin would arrive on certain
day on his airship at Wolgast. On
that day 300 persons arrived at VOL.
CAST from the surrounding districts to
witness the fight.
1t IS said that only one statue has
ever been erected to woman in Mexi.
co. that in honor of Josefa Ortiz de
Dominguez, at whose house in Quere-
taro the patriots often met a century
ago to plan means Of throwing off the
yoke Of Spain. The statue stands in
the City Of Mexico and faces the hand
soonest of the government buildings.
Canadian opinion as to the wisdom
Of cooperating with the mother coun
try in the maintenance of the British
fleet is not unanimous. The opposition
is voiced mainly by the French press
Of Quebec and Manitoba, which was
conspicuous in opposing the contribu
tion Of a Canadian contingent to the
British army in South Africa during
the Boer war.
At meeting Of the Academy Of Sci
ences in Paris it was established re-
Gently that ultra violet rays passed
through milk will completely sterilizt
the liquid and effectually rid it of all
microbes. The fluid is sterilized with
out heating or the use of chemicals
and, what is most important Of all
without the loss of any essential char
acter Of the milk.
In the City of Mexico today one Of
the trying questions before the public
is that Of the scarcity, quality ant
dearness Of milk and its sanitary con
dition as well as the methods Of its
production and sale. Interior cities
are sometimes somewhat better off
but only in the smaller towns, villages
and ranches or haciendas is the mill
supply actually adequate.
Among the cases shown at the thir
ty-eighth congress Of German surgeons
in Berlin was patient who is undel
treatment by a Koenigsberg doctor
Altbouoh both la0c ond both arTo,