Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-02-19
FACTS IN FEW LINES

ivory uouDleS III price every rev
years.
There are about 5000 men in the
Portuguese navy.
China has as many different dialects
as Europe has languages.
Italy will eXpend S20,OO0.o0O to de-
velop its first naval base on the Adri-
attic at Ancona.
There is about 70 per cent more gold
money in the world now than there
was ten years ago.
The government of Guatemala has
placed a bronze bust Of Robert Fulton
In one of the parks of the city of Qua
temala.
complete library OF Italian and
foreign newspapers from the earliest
times Is to be instituted in Rome. and
more than 100000 collections have al
ready been secured.
memorial to the late Lieutenant
General Corbin is to be placed in Cor
bin hall, as the officers club on Gov
errors island is now known. 1t will be
a bronze bust to cost about $4,000.
The wages of female employees in
the toy factories of Nuremberg are
about cents an hour. The men make
twice as much. The working day is
nine and one-half hours. on Satuadry
eight and one-half.
When the postoffice was first opened
at Kaifeng. China. the clerks had a
fight with some men who bought
stamps and refused to go away until
the stamps were licked and stuck on
their envelopes for them.
A custom which was In vogue more
than 100 years ago has been revived at
Motifs, England. A number Of four
pound loaves of bread, each contain
ing a coin. were distributed from a
tombstone to the poor of Selston par
ish.
There is a bridge over. brook at
East Killingly, Conn.,, composed OF but
one large stone and the supports. The
stone is fourteen feet long, seven feet
wide and fourteen inches thick. II has
held up traffic for more than seventy
five years.
1t is a matter of grave concern to
the missionaries and other permanent
residents of China to observe from
year to year the increasing cost of liv-
ing. which. of course. includes every
item Of household expense. Double
and treble the prices are asked that
were pad ten years ago.
The two chief scourges of Greece
are malarial fever and tuberculosis.
An annual average of 1000 persons
die each year from the former. while
in epidemic years. due to excessive
rains. the number exceeds 5000, which
was the. case In 1905. The population
OF Greece is only 2.433,SO
The city Of Hobart. Tasmania, has
one of the finest harbors In the world,
and many of the people live In suburbs
on the opposite side of the harbor,
which they are obliged to cross at
least twice a day. The river Derwent,
which flows into this harbor, Is nav
igable for small excursion boats for
thirty miles up the stream.
Sadie Fretchel of New York city
threw $50 in cash and a diamond ring
worth $125 into the ash can. She
frantically telephoned to Street Com
missioner Edwards. and the driver for
that section Of the city was ordered
to sift all his ashes when he reached
the dump. Mrs. Fretchel's property
was found and returned to her.
Near Wamberg. Bohe mia. the people
in twenty-five surrounding villages are
engaged In making handmade lace,
and 5000 families work at the cush-
ious every winter. the work beginning
as soon as cold weather sets In and
no further work can be done In the
fields. Boys and men work at the
lacemaking as well as women and
girls.
Complaint has been made to the Fps
witch (EnglandI guardians that in
mates of the workhouse infirmary
were washed as early as 3 o'clock In
the morning. and a member protested
against 1t. especially in the cases OF
the older folk. The reply was mad,
that It would be impossible to begin,
later unless more nurses were EN-
ployed.
The English courts are taking acton
to catch and send up rascally bird
dealers who for years have been sys-
dramatically binding song birds. which
they put on the market under the pop
ular impression that blind birds sing
best. Such birds look and behave like
other birds and can find their water
and seed In their cages after recovery
from pain.
Captain John G. Bartlett OF Kenne-
bunk. Me-. has q large silver watch
which he bought in Chinese pawn.
shop on the island Of Sumatra In 1850
The watch was made In London In
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