The Holbrook news., 1909-12-17
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
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Fully 80 per cent of the income of Yucatan is derived from sisal fiber
 Germany's imports of palm and pal tons year.
 The city of Prague harbors an archi- tect who rejoices in a name disfgured by no vowels, viz, Rtkrz.
 composition of wax and pitch is now being used instead of glue in the making of organs for tropical coun- tries, where the damp climate causes glue to peel off
 Belgium has more than 1900 agri- cultural associations, such as farmers clubs. apiarian societies. horticultural and avicultural associations. syndi- cates for the improvement of cattle, goats, swine, rabbits. etc.
 In the number of cotton spindles, Great Britain, with nearly 52.O0O,OOO, and the United States. with 27,000,OO0, are far ahead of other countries. Ger many comes next, with 9.592.S55, fol- lowed by France, with 7006,42S.
 Trading on the coasts of Madagas-
  G. Carter, our consul at Tamatave, says he thinks some keen Yankee could go over there and do a good business fitting those busy craft with motors.
 The first Bible printed from nov able metal types was issued by Guten- berg at Mainz in 1452. It is sometimes called the ''Mazarin Bible" because the copy that first attracted the atten- ton of photographers was found some three hundred years later among the books of Cardinal Mazarin. It was dis covered by Depure a hundred years after the death of Mazarin, which oc- cured in 1861.
 According to the latest statistics. the total peat bogs of Sweden would be capable of producing 10.000,000,000 tons of air-dried peat. suitable for fuel. This quantity, as compared with the present import of coal, would be sufh- cient for period of fifteen hundred years. More exact examinations of the geological character of the peat bogs will soon be started by the Swedish Geological Society.
 Lifting magnets have demonstrated their value in certain special lines of work and are now in daily use in many places. An aggregate weight of fifteen tons of rails is handled by mag nets at the works of the United States steel plant at Gary. Ind. This com prises the flock section" of pile of rails which consists of a-layer of track with alternate rails inverted so that the mass will hold together.
 The original languages of the Bible are Hebrew, Aramaic and Hellenistic Greek. Hebrew Is the Semitic dialect | of the inhabitants of Canaan adopted by the Israelites when they entered that territory. It has no expressive conjunctions or participles. This rem ders it impossible to express in He brew delicate shades of logical or philosophical thought. However. its idioms are most picturesque and paint vivid mental pictures.
 It is said of Lord Kitchener that. on his own confession. he has never met the woman for whom he cared to step | aside from his work. Queen Victoria | once -Sked him if 1t were true that he did not care for any woman Tt Is | true with one exception" said the tactful "K'' And who is that?" ask ed the queen. Your majesty" said | Kitchener They say he is woman hater, but I have not found him so." Queen Victoria said afterward.-Lon- don Opinion.
 The period in which the Old Testa- ment was being written covers one thousand years, while the period of the composition of the New Testament covers about one hundred years. The oldest poems in the Old Testament date back to about the year B. C. 1900, while some of the Psalms and Book of Daniel are placed at the year B.. c. 200 The earliest part of the New Testament was written about the year A. D. 50 and the latest part about A. D. 15O
 The proprietor of large downtown barber shop has found 1t necessary to double his force of manicures. and says that at the present rate of busi- ness increase he will soon be compel led to put another booth in his place. He said that this did not show any increased desire on the part of his customers to keep their nails in good form, but rather the development of the manicure habit. Il would go right back to one nail doctor in a week." he said, and that would eventually be- come a poor business. if l sent the girls away and took men in their stead. Our girls make from S15 to $2O a week. A man just as capable could not earn one-half that amount. That's the manicure business. New York Tribune.
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