The Holbrook news., 1910-06-17
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 1he Honduras monetary commission -f1,onImends the adoption of the gold
 etndard. Practically no gold is cir cuated at present, but much is sX-
 prted.
 A motor boat invented by a Wiscon-
 sn man. and found practicable, is
 nounted. catamaran fashion, in two nArrow hulls. which are kept filled Bith air.
 Hood shaped headgear has been de- .fised for torpedo boat crews, affording irotection for the eyes and shielding lh4 ears from the wind caused by the tohi1h speed.
 ...,t Fifteen American consulates in France report $133 100000 worth of hipments to the United States in 1909, 1ae sainst $91,OOO,OOO worth in 1908. Paris leads with S66,O0O,OOO.
 It is now asserted that Leon Dele zrange lost his life when his aero ILAne shot to the ground because he |R @ecame confused and excited while he Ras flying low and about to turn.
 In France a spinster is not allowed to put money in the bank or have q check book. However, once married or a widow she can do business with bankers as far as her means and mind go.
 When improvements now under way on the Trans-Siberian railroad are con- pleted the distance from Paris to Pekin will be $500 miles. instead of 7,500 miles, over the present line through Harbin and Mukden.
 Tte photographic liberties that are taken with the good, old-fashioned name of Catherine-or Catharine-are increasing. Among the earlier ones was the spelling of the name with a K" Then came others. among them Kathleen, Kathaleen, Katrine, Katrina and later Kathrine and Kathryn-not to mention KatLerina and several oth- CTS.
 Gold is coined in Philadelphia and San Francisco. Not enough of it comes into the mint at New Orleans to make the coinage of it there worth while. All three hints make every de- nomination of silver pieces. The minor coins of base metal. cents and nickels, are all minted in Philadelphia, | where nearly O0.OO0.O0O pennies are turned out annually.
 For many years the University of Illinois has maintained a division of the chemistry department that is known as the division of applied chem istry. This division, under the direc tion of Professor s. w. Parr, is now gathering materials from all over the globe for a museum of industrial chemistry. In connection with the work of this department the chemical work for the engineering experiment station of the university and the Hi nois geological survey is carried on.
 The Orleans museum has just been enriched with a curious relic of the past which some workmen in making excavations in the city came across. It is a stone representing a grinning, figure, showing the teeth, the coun- tenance being repellant enough. In this way the loquacious woman, the scandalmonger, was brought to her senses. The stone. suspended by a chain, was placed round her neck, and SO accoutered she was compelled to walk round the town in which she lived. The store is supposed to date from the sixteenth century.-London Globe.
 With the late achievement of Pro- $ lessor Reinhold Begas before us.' says I a writer in a Berlin paper. we can readily understand that age is not always bar to activity and that the Osler theory is defective. Begas has , just completed the model of a life . sized, partially draped female figure. , entitled The Dancer It shows a beautiful woman, pausing to rest af- . ter the dance. The work has been pronounced beautiful and highly artis- tic by sculptors, and they say that it will be still more so when seen in the marble, on which Albert Geritz is now engaged Begas will be seventy !. nine next July" ,
 Many diamonds which have been exposed to sunshine give out light on being placed in a dark room When placed in a vacuum and exposed to high-tension current of electricity, { diamonds phosphoresce, or shine. with l different colOrs. Most South African s diamonds. under these circumstances. ( exhibit a bluish light. while diamonds 3 from other parts of the world shine i with such colors as bright blue, april cot, pale blue, red. yellowish green, l orange and pale green. In a lecture ( delivered in London. Professor Crookes c stated that one beautiful green dia- s mond in his collection, when phosphor- [ escing in a good vacuum, gave almost c as much light as candle. The light f naIo all uyhi