The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-05-05
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM

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Is In the United States the percer,a.
e OF railroads which are not engaged s.
u carriage of the mails is very small ~
The first bituminous coal min,
y the United States was found near PHI
= fury. e"'n cen
; German electrical workers lncro.u,
Z from $4,000. in 1895. to $4,000 @e =,
s lsoo' Their 1903 product was wo,4,
. floo'Voo.oo0, against $4,000 .ooo -
e 1898 The capital employees ia s,a "a
+ 100000 10 wv
An Anglo-Persian oil svnd,o...
. drilling wells extensively at AZ -
on the Karun River. Masono. LIVE
, iurkisn Arabia This threatens tho
market of American oil, which Rrit t.a0
nrms at present contfoI. ''sn
VI coffee the United States 10 a.
WORLDS largest consumer Gerroo A'
Netherlands, France, Belgium and A.
tria-Hungary being next in the orsnr
named OF tea, the United KJrO luor
Is the worlds largest consumer SUN
third. states
experiments which were rooou.,
made at the Worcester polvtaohny
show that. copper sheets which I ha
Deen eiectro-deposited with copper No..
sess much greater heat transroi,l,o
properties than ordinary conner sho",
which have not been SO coated +.
suggested that this property n,or
iect the design of condensers. radi,
tors, etc. 'auis
recent test of wireless telenborx
was made to show its value for troa
mltting music. Several selections war.
sung IN transmitter at Park avan,,o
ana auth street, New York. and wero
listened to by group of newsnonaS
men at the Metropolitan tower
Times the singing was very clear bn,
frequently 1t was impossible TO beor
anything but confused blur or Soma
N. +. Fenwick, Jr., notices a curior.
custom In Iceland of depositing wri-.
zen verses on a cairn, to be found hv
ehe next passerby. He translates ono
SO found by himself as follows. 81 90
sitting here late and early. buna~
ana cold finger. Sincere friend. will
you not warm the old one?" The res.
erence Is to an old crone supposed n
inhapit the cairn.-The Athenaeum
Mamie Is considered the dullest mn
pH IN public school class. Not long
ago the teacher assigned subject for
composition and was surprised a,
the comparative excellence of Mamie's
work. why, Mamie," she remarked
ny way OF encouragement, you have
done wonderfully well. But. really
was 1t originate" mo, ma'am." "a.
pied Mamie. Il made it up myself
New York Tribune
Many Chinese were wrought IN IN
nigh state Of enthusiasm by the nro.
4incial assemblies opened last Decem.
Der throughout the empire. One ma.
I've schoolmaster was especially fer.
'ent- To express his feelings he chop
Jed on one of his fingers and with the
lump wrote out eight characters show.
ng mis- hearty approval He brought
MS testimony to the delegates from
lis district in bidding them farewell
DR.. o. P. Hay expresses the belief
hat horses became extinct in the gla.
lated regions of North America, and
roDably In the whole continent, about
ne middle of the glacial epoch. He
olnts out that all the apparently au-
nentic finds of fossil horses in the
nlted States east of the great plains
Ill into two sets of localities, one
angling along the Atlantic and gulf
oasts, and the other extending from
ew Jersey to South Dakota, the To-
illties in the last set lying, with few
fceptions, close to the southern bor-
or OF the drift covered area The
lrliest discovery of fossil horse re-
aims was made near the Neversink
ghlands
Noise is Systematically fought in GER
In German towns. DR.. Auerbach, OF
frankfort, has founded Society OF
9 Enemies on Noise" which num-
RS many adherents throughout Ger
any. The society issues a monthly
gan full of most soothing reading
after. One suggestion 1t recently
blished was that hotel keepers
ould keep black list of NOISY and
bred ravelers-persons who habit
lily speak in an overpowering, shrlll
squeaky voice, who indulge in I'M
cessary and idiotic laughter, or who
talk scandal or filth. All
tel keepers shall be supplied with
ekly copy, and thus, 1t is hoped.
'se individuals will find themselves
red from respectable establish
nts."
The studio girl showed sixteen slabs
cake wrapped in tissue paper and
ged with well-known names. That
wedding cake she said. II got
Sc pieces because l designed thu
es. Early last fall / came to the
clusion that wedding cakes don't
nd as high in art as they deserve 70.
the first time in my life | took to
dying society notes. Whenever
wedding was announced | put in
for designing the wedding cake.
az an architect bids for building
ouss. The idea appealed to a num-
OF people who are always on the
Sout for novelties and they paid
a good price for drawing up plans
the baker to work on. In addition
The money l got slice of every
?. The money is all gone, but ]
still hanging on TO the cake
: York Sun.
a recent meeting OF the Institute