The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-17
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np nfue or COW "elSnS dDOuI lnlE- ty-fiys pounds, but that of horse is about half that amount.
 Since their incorporation the Kim berley mines have produced twelve tons of diamonds, valued at S5.0OO,OOO,00O,
 It is anticipated that the anti-opium crusade In China will be the means of opening up a new market for Ameri- can tobacco.
 Protection afforded to the seal and the salmon has for the time being made serious deficiency in the value of the fish product of Canada.
 On Jan. Canada was sheltering s. 25s Orientals. including 17.239 Chinese, 15,4S4 Japanese, and 5,lTl Indians. Canada has made British subjects of 7,442 Orientals.
 An automatic burglar alarm has just been invented In Russia by Lieutenant Colonel Tufiaev and Mr. Domanov- sky. The signal consists of 200 shots fired automatically.
 In some years the total coffee. tea and cocoa imports into this country is considerably more than SlOO,WO,Ooo. Coffee imports alone have on certain occasions approxmated S10O,O0O,000 In value.
 In a recent lecture delivered before the Royal Society of Arts, Leon Caster advances the opinion that ultraviolet rays from indoor electric lamps are in- furious to health. He advises the use of bulbs which obstruct these rays
 The French Governments project to pension servants of the state railways has been completed. and presented to a parliamentary commission. It provides for the retiring of engineers and fire men over fifty years of age who have been twenty-five years fin the service on half pay, and 1t gives pensions to disabled men who have had fifteen years of service.
 A new test for ascertaininS the hard hess of metals has been proposed by W. I. Ballentlne. A disk of metal Is attached to the lower side of drop weight, which falls on an anvil. The anvil carries a pin on its upper side, which rests in contact with the piece of metal to be tested. The dmInution In thickness of the disk is the measure of hardness
 Some citizens Of Buffalo have pro posed a new branch of the municipal government, a sort of bloom bureau to do in an official way work which the Chamber of Commerce now does. bill offered in the Legislature by Sen ator Hill of Erie County to carry into effect the suggestion would establish municipal department of commerce and industry One of the schemes to boost the city If the bill becomes a law is to expend S5OO,c0O in five equal annual installments In advertising the special advantages of Buffalo.
 "On a recent Sunday morning con Gucted service in an asylum. On my way to the institution wondered whether my fluffy fearless chorister of last winter, a robin. would attend. l had missed him hitherto. and feared some mischance had befalen. To my delight. there he WAS on the upper bar of the window sash, just little down from the top; and as we began to sing down he darted to the floor in front of the reading desk and poured forth his silver treble with thrObbing joy. On the giving out of the text he re- turned to his perch, and remained si- lent till the parting paraphrase brought him back once more to render with full heart his gladsome song. The Scots man.
 One of the most curious instances of longevity is found in Miss Louisa Coutenay's Notes of an OctOgenarian." 4 witness in a will case in which Bel enden-ker, the great English convey ancer. was engaged, WAS asked If he had any brothers or sisters. He re piled that he had had one brother who died 150 years ago. The court ex- pressed incredulity. and documentary evidence was produced in support of the statement. This showed that the the age of 19, had son who died in infancy. The father married again at the age of 75, and had son who lived to appear in the witness box at the age of 94. and made the above start ling statement
 An expedition left Landudno. De ganwy. and Penmaenmawr yesterday