Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-06-23

men millionaires.
Wood fibsrs are strongest near the
center of the limb or tree trunk
The salary Of lieutenant general Of
the United States army is $4,000.
Sleeping sickness has been known In
West Africa for one hundred years.
In Norway the average length Of life
iS greater than In any other country.
1t is estimated that 6O,0O0-hors0 pow
or can be easily developed from the
st. Lawrence rivsr.
An Alabama man, ninety-seven years
Of age, says hO has eaten hot biscuits
regularly all his life
The Yarmouth and Lowestoft her
ring season has yielded 800, 900, 900 her
rings, which sold for S5,000,000.
FormAldehyde is used in meat ex.
ported to England, and the government
is making investigations as to its of.
feet on the health Of consumers.
Yale students are teaching more than
one hundred New Haven boys in
classes under the direction OF the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Rice stands nrst In the list Of Slams
agricultural products. The average
yearly export of rice for the last fivs
years has amounted to S4S.3SS tons.
The Belgian minister Of the colonies
has decided to organize an expedition
to go to the Congo to study sleeping
sickness and to seek means to cure It,
Mrs. Cornelius ZabriSkie 10 chairman
OF the committee which proposes to
build = woman's clubhouse in Brook.
syn at a cost Of 100000. At q mass
meeting held the other day In the
chapel Of Packer institute stock sub
scriptions to the amount Of 1000
were received. The largest single con-
tribution was that OF the Brooklyn
Women's Club, which guaranteed
$1,000. The building will not be start
ed until the committee has the full
100000,
One Of the marvelS OF the age is the
extreme cheapness Of ocean carriage.
The modern tramp steamer could car.
ry her cargo one thousand miles for
Cd ton and make a profit OF 10 per
cent. A modern tramp steamer could
leave England and go around the world
by the two capes, and even then carry
cargo at 22 Ss ton. These are mar
velous figures, and they show to what |
extent the world is indebted to the |
carrying trade.-Cassier's Magazine |
for May.
The population OF southern Califor-
mia, according to Colonel Drake, who
is the worlds foremost statistician In
such matters, can not faif, in a very
short time, to exceed twenty million
souls, for there is human breed there
which multiplies with the miraculous
rapidity of Belgian hares When Long
Beach had population of only little
more than a thousand there sprang up
in few months, from the smallest
beginnings, more than nine hundred
real estate agents.
AS a specimen Of how practical the
Japanese are with their knowledge OF
western science and determination to
deal with disease, they have levied a
TAX on every household to produce two
rats every month. A fine is imposed
4 the rats are not caught and pro-
1uced at the time Of inspection.
Every rat is examined, and II found
o be plague infected the house from
which 1t came Is to be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected. Twice year
Every house and shop has to disgorge
III its effects and be completely cleaned
,ut The things only go back after
anitary inspection.-Java Times.
Perhaps the reason the English are
10 far behind in flying is because they
worked the whole thing out long ago,
md are sick and tired of 1t, for John
Iilton, In Britain to the Conquest"
ays that the youth King Harold, last
I the SAxons, strangely aspiring, had
made and fitted wings to his hands
nd feet With these, on the top OF a
over, spread out to gather air, he
ew more than a furl0ng; but, the
lind being too high, he came futter.
ng to the ground, manning all his
mbs; yet so conceited was he of his
rt that the cause Of his fall was
ttributed to the want Of a tail, as
irds have, which he forgot to make
At the banquet given in her honor ,
fter the Nobel prize had been award q
to her Miss Selma Lagerlof, the ]
wedish author, spoke Of the pleasure ;
lch festival would have given Fred
ka Bremen She said all old maids
lould shower blessings on the mem
ry of Miss Bremen for showing them
ow to attain an Independent place
/ the world and an object in life
he then pointed out the change which
I'D taken place in public opinion since !
le days Of Miss Bremen. Women were
} longer set aside and looked down
pom, but had gained for themselves 5
lucation and standing. Among women
,wadays were found graduates Of uni d
,rsities, doctors of philosophy and
edicine and heads Of great business
,uses, hospitals and schools. u
1t is probable that no other commod- :,
= ever came into such varied use =
Thin 80 short a period az india rub =