The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-10
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Indigo furnishes nearly fifty sindcs
Of blue.
There are sixteen cables across the
north Atlantic ocean.
There are over lO.500 members of
the Royal Irish constabulary.
The chief ownership of the electric
lines In Buenos Aires Is IN the United
States.
An official estimate places the mum
Der of dairy cows In the United States
at 2l.0O0,00O
Roumanin's population Is only G,500,-
900, yet II could place Gj00O0 men In
the field II war came.
Lime cartridges are used instead of
some parts of Europe.
At Kolshikawa the japanese gov.
ernment arsenal turns out 200 rifles
and 100000 cartridges day.
In England the average reading of
the barometer is one-lifth OF nm inch
lower than IN North America
| 1t Is announced that for 81 Germans
will soon he able TO take nirshlp eX-
cursions from Berlin to Potsdam
When James II. Pickereil. an arm
less man. got license at Terre IIautc
TO wed Nora Hare he picked up Il pen
with his teeth and signed his name.
After being at liberty for ten days
canary belonging to II. Kirk of II
verton, England. returned to its cage
with another bird of the same species.
Solitary confinement still exists as u
punishment In Italy, although humani.
tartan observers declare that capital
punishment would be far more hu-
name.
The diamond industry is very limit
ed and Is carried on In southern In.
dia. the northern part of the Indian
peninsula and in the central prov
inces.
Professor Shipley of the British AS
sociatlon For the Advancement of Sci
ence declares animal species are dis.
appearing from the globe at n greater
rate than ever.
The chief minerals of Greece are
iron. lead, zinc and silver. The mines
are found chiefly on the eastern shores
of the peninsula and in the islands of
the Aegean sea.
In his first years In America Caruso
would not eat chickens and ducks
from the butcher shop. but stall fed
and fattened Italian fowls in the base
ment Of his residence.
The Princess Christian humming bird
of Cuba is the smallest species of
humming bird in the world. 1t is a
beautiful little bird. not quite two and
one half inches long. with forked
crimson gorget.
When ones foot is s<ghtly injured
and the bedclothes add to the dscom-
fort a small hatbOX placed In the bed
is found useful. The foot can be slip
ped into it. and the box supports the
weight of the covers.
The one hundredth anniversary of
the first movement on the part of the
people of Ecuador to secure their in
dependence from Spain was observed
throughout the republic on Aug. 10
with much enthusiasm.
Packing house products are rather
a risky commodity to haul. because
fresh meats hung from hooks IN a re-
frigerator car may get to swinging
violently when the train is moving
rapidly and throw cars from the
tracks.
The most spectacular fire ever wit
messed in the oil industry was at one
Of the Dos Bocas wells, in Mexico.
About 10000 barrels of oil were burn
ed up daily for nearly two months.
The flames rose to heights Of 800 to
1,4O0 feet.
1t is claimed for Morris Il. Sterne,
for many years member of the board
of education in New York city. who
died recently, that he was the origina-
tor of the system of the fire drills for
school children that is now in use
throughout this country and in Eu-
rope.
Four years only have elapsed since
Of the Dreadnought became known.
and now seventy ships. representing in
varying degree the adoption of the all
big gun principle. are either built.
building or about Immediately to be
authorized for the worlds navies
In Cologne the Salvation Army works
with the police during the night hours.
Members Of the army go around with
an ambulance wagon. in which they
place the drunken persons found and
either take them home or remove them
to a special shelter. where they re.
ceive first physical and then moral
treatment.
The Korean grass used In the manu-
facture Of grass cloth is grown very
thickly and is usually cut the. second
or third year after planting the roots.
The grass reaches a height of four to
five feet and with a proper start and
under favorable conditions yields. 1t is
roughly estimated, about 5000 pounds
to an area corresponding to an acre.