The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-01-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES


The old convent of La MERGED, at
Cartagena, Colombia, is being restored
and converted into theater
q The Calcutta constable, or 'parawal-
lah,'' as he is called, has an apparatus
attached to his shoulders to support an
umbrella over his head.
To prevent the theft of electric light
aulbs a socket is now made which
locks with key, so that removal is
impossible without the key.
| Acetylene exploded by an electric
spark is being used for blasting in
Germany. 1t does not scatter the shat
tered rock as much as dynamite.
| The cinematograph can be used for
recording every step in surgical opera
lions and for showing the whole
process to large class of students.
BY European process -four is COM
pressed into blocks for preservation.
The treatment kills all form of larval
life and prevents ravages of insects
There were recently exhibited in
North Hampton, N. H., bills and re-
lcelplS Will LIE Qdle 1901 duu UcdIluS
the signature of Sir Edmund Andres.
Wheat flour is growing in favor in
Manchuria in place of the millet and
other cereal foods which in former
times constituted their principal items
of food.
Veterans of the Mexican war have
not the homesteading privileges grant
ed the veterans of other wars, and of
course their children have not these
privileges.
A naturalist in Bogota is said to
have discovered in the forests Of Co
lombia new. textile plant the fiber Of
which is particularly suited for the
manufacture of curtains.
BY placing small cylinders contain
ing compressed carbon dioXide with
fuse plugs melting at 200 degrees in
coal bunkers spontaneous combustion,
1t is said, will be prevented.
To save time in restaurants Phila-
delphian has patented spigot for cof
fee and tea urns which opens q valve
and allows the contents to run opt
when cup is pressed up against it.
The statistics of life insurance peo-
pie show that in the last twenty-five
years the average length of mans
life has Increased per cent, or two
whole years, from 41.9 to 1879 years.
A bronze tablet Of Major General
John Sullivan, commander of the
American forces at the battle of Rhode
Island, Aug. 20, 177S, has been placed
in a niche in the statehouse at Provi-
dence.
i That railroad companies in New York
state must observe the injunction
This Side Up" placed on a freight
package, has been decided by the New
York court of appeals in Pennsylva-
MIA railroad case.
There, are about 5000 New York per-
sons who have not been In the city on
an average two months in a. year In
the last decade. Europe, the south,
seashore and mountains have them for
the other ten months. IA
The District of Columbia. has great
er population per square mile than any,
state or territory Of the United States.
Its average per square mile is $3.50,
while in Alaska there is only one per-
son to ten square miles.
A. j. Curtis of Monroe, Me-, boasts
a cook stove that has been in constant
use for forty-three years and which
bakes now as well as ever. The only
repairs it has had in all that time
were made by Mr.. Curtis himself.
The demand for cigarettes in China
today is exceeded only by that for
kerosene The introduction of this
habit dates back only few years, and
now not only the men, but the women,
smoke. Four cigaterres can be bought
for a cent.
The Women's club Of Magnolia,
Mass, is said to be the only one of its
kind In existence. 1t has member
ship of something more than 800, all
women employed as workers in the
hotels boarding houses and residences
Of the summer population Of that re-
sort.
Although there are large forests in
Brazil, trees suitable for numbering are
seldom located close enough together
for profitable work. For this and other
reasons it is held that the Importation
of North American lumber, even in the
face of the duty Of $27 per 1000 feet,
is almost unavoidable indefinitely in
the future.
Miss Mari Ruef Hofer Is taking up
the work of trying to revive the folk
dances in this country among the chill
dren of the European immigrants. This
is in part to correct the notion so COM
mon among the children of the re-
Gently landed that all the old world
notions and customs are to be cast
aside and despised.
In order that men of the Forty Sec
ond French infantry regiment may be-
come proficient in the art Of cookery.
the commander Of the regiment, Colo
mel Dufour. has made arrangements
with twelve of the leading restaurants
at Belfort for number of his soldiers
to attend the kitchens every day to re-
ceive instructions.