The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
FACTS IN FEW LINES
Buckles were first made in 1850.


Verochio in 1410.
The total net debt Of Canada at the
end Of last month was 1921. 727.S16.
The movement of the drifting ice of
the far north is about two miles a day.
Brazil has thirty telephone sys.
TENS. supplying less than 10000 sub
Scribers.
The number of postoftices in opera
ton in Canada during the fiscal year
ended March 81, 1909, was 12,479.
An additional tax on cigarette paper
has enabled Russia to meet all ordi.
nary requirements with it's budget.
Ten years ago the Standard Oil com
pany refined 80 per cent Of the oil pro-
duced; now it retines only 80 per cent.
New York has followed the example
of Philadelphia and esta blished a free
permanent exhibition of building mate
rails
In four years British Columbia has
produced $8,990,857 worth of lead, ST.
S94,446 worth of silver and SO, 758, O18
worth Of gold.
The province of Quebec has sent as
much as 100000 pounds Of butter, or
it's equivalent in cream, to the United
States in one month.
The foreign debt Of Chile is $99,22O..
$50 United States gold, and the inter-
nal debt is $15, 1877 $50, making total
per capita debt Of $3.50
+cooe,,no ,f On0 oOO
on the bottom of the sea in two safes
in cabin OF the Birkenhead, sunk off
the African coast over fifty years ago.
A curious sign this in the window of
house in New York Boarding For
the Deaf and Dumb" Inquiry reveal
ed the fact that there are several such
boarding houses in the city
q Chile has decided to spend $2OOOO,-
600 for 10000 ton battieship, two
ocean going destroyers and several
submarines. Tenders for construction
are being invited in London
Saccharin is considered a medical
product in Spain, and the importation
of foods containing it is strictly pro
hibted. 1t can be sold only by drug
gists on physicians prescriptions
The government OF New Zealand
proposes to make loans to settlers.
wOrkmen. local bodies and mining
companies. The total advances are not
to exceed $40, 125,0OO in any one year.
On account Of its great strength
drawn glass is being widely resorted
to for MANY purposes 1t withstands
sudden changes Of temperature, resists
fire to a great extent and is very
strong.
New Zealand's death rate is the low
est ia the world. Her wealth per
capita is the greatest in the world
Her wheat yield comes up to sixty
bushels To the acre and oats up to
ninety bushels
Five daughters have been born at
one time 10 the wife Of a peasant
named Cara near Serres in Macedo-
lila. They were distinguished at the
christening by ribbons Of different col
ors tied round their necks.
At recent convention Of waiter
efforts should be made TO emancipate
themselves from the fee system by
insisting on minimum wages in hotels
and taverns Of IS cents to 81 day.
No person has the right to act as
driver OF an automobile in Vienna un-
to his capabilities before municipal
board, which meets once every week
to examine candidates for the ''auto-
mobile privilege
1t is stated in a consular report that
provincial Persia is practically unciv-
ilized and that even the greater mobiles
have no special bedrooms, while all
sleep on mattresses on the ground.
Beds are ornaments purchased occa-
sionally and placed in the drawing
room
Thirteen grams Of radium chloride
have been produced at the imperial
Austrian radium factory located at st.
Joachimsthal 1t is estimated that this
mineral has value Of $45, 600 to $780,
0uO a gram, or more than 100000 for
the entire amount Pure metallic ra-
dunn is never seen, but is always in
combination.
The pure food laws Of many coun-
tries now prohibit the sale Of mixed
olive oil under the name Of pure olive
oil, so the people look not to the source
Of supply to judge the purity Of the
oil, but to their own government to
protect them. An adulteration Of less
than l per cent Of cottonseed oil in
olive oil is detachable.
Among the clocks at Versailles is one
of great interest historically, for 1t
belonged to Marie Antoinette, the hap
less consort Of Louis XVI. 1t is
musical clock. For many years it has
been out Of order, but on the initiative
Of Comte de Beauchamp it has been
restored by NJ. Leroy, descendant OF
the constructor Of the timepiece.
A we'll known Kansas City manu-
facturer remembering his early strug-
giles as an inventor has announced his
intention Of building and equipping