Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
THINGS you MAY NOT KNOW.
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Germany's four super.dreadnoughts
will each have crew of 1000 men.
In the forty years 1868 to 1908 ia
pans yearly foreign trade increased
from $1s.o00.000 to s$403O00.000.
Prof. Lancaster says there have nov
er been any large flying animals, and
80 there cannot be any large flying ma
chimes
Japan's principal mineral produc-
lions are, in order Of importance "a
named, copper, sulphur. silver. iron,
coal, petroleum and gold.
The turbine derives its power not
from the expansive pressure Of steam,
as in q cylinder engine. but from its
momentum. impinging at high velocity
on vanes attached to the revolving
shaft.
The Japanese commercial party now
touring the United States had the
unique honor of being invited to lunch
with the Emperor of Japan the dtis
before they started. This is an hone
usually conferred only on foreign dig
snitaries.
Health Commissioner Richie Of Bos-
ton declares that pneumonia is now
the most fatal disease in his jurisdic-
tion. According to the present figures
OF the Board Of Health, pneumonia
comes first, heart disease second and
tuberculosis. which was first in 1900.
third.
A British gunboat returning from
Boring sea reports new changes in the
Bogoslov islands, which were created
on the Alaskan coast five years ago
by a volcanic upheaval. What were
at first two separate islands are now
made into one by the rising of the
ocean floor between. Vegetation Is al
ready beginning to appear on the new.
born islets.
The railway station Of Bragulia, Ser
via, Is SO infested with snakes that
special precautions are taken when
trains stop there to prevent the rep
tiles from entering the compartments.
An Englishwoman coming from Con-
stantfnople was appalled, to find q
small snake coiled round the handle
Of her travelling bag. The consequent
search resulted in the discovery of sew
eral other snakes among the passen-
gers rugs.
The news that the King and Queen
have consented to allow their names
to be assigned to the western towsrs
of Truro Cathedral is extremely vel
come. Many of our cathedral towers
bear names connected with some saint
or some great local notability. but we
believe 1t is a new departure Of re-,
cent years to give them royal aspect.
The kindly action Of the King and
Queen will be much appreciated in
Cornwall.-Lady's Pictorial.
The sultan of Zanzibar, who Is once
more visiting England. is no stranger
to our shores. for he was educated
at Harrow and at Oxford. and, Of
course. speaks English perfectly. The
sultan's chief hobby is the collecting
Z Of clocks, of which he has huge num-
Der in his far-otf palace at Zanzibar.
His highness is still quite young
man. but he has been married many
years. having welded his cousin when
he was sixteen and when she was only!
eleven years old.-M. A. p.
fhe provinces g iioe Inward ISL
and. Canada, NJ ysSsen u produce to-
bacco. all attempts having proved urs
profitable. The rest sat Canada pro
duced 1926. 1872 pound ie0ss near
" all In the proyincS Quebec and
Ontario. The. dominion turned out
$15,274,293 worth of tobacco (manu-
factured). cigars, cigarettes and snuff
in 1908. besides importing $3.385,348
worth Of which ss,247.429 worth was
from the United States. Consumption
Of tobacco increased from 1.755 pounds
a head in 1859 to 2.257 pounds in 1908.
A cairn and cross have been erected
on Killingtringan moor, near Ballan-
trae, in memory Of Robert Cunnin
ham, postman. who persisted there 4
the great snowstorm Of last white
At the unwilling the postmen from
surrounding districts attended in
form. Into the cairn Is built
scribed block OF granite. and
with memorial tablet in BIZ
parish church, it Is the quito
public subscription. The
gift from the postmen's fe .s.. IN
memory of comrade who lost his life
on duty.-London Globe.
The American vice-consul-s general at
Calcutta, India. reports that a great
business Is springing up in that.
metropolis in securing and preparing
the skins Of brown rats. which are
used for many purposes, such as bind
ing of books. the making Of purses,
gloves and other articles OF feminine
use and adornment, and the trainc in
this commodity with treat Britain
amounts to $25O,00O yearly. It is re-
Quired that the rats shall be trapped,
or, at least, no virus shall be used in
killing, as the peculiar eruptive effects
of poison depreciates the value Of the
skin. The supply Of rodents at Cal
cutta is said to be illimitable. while
the demand for rat skins, particularly
Of the brown species. is constantly In.
creasing.
Chocolate creams. eacn one Of which
Is guaranteed to contain at lsast ten
million carefully isolated Tactic acid
or massol bacilli in the highest state
of activity have fi,sf hneu nIacad nm
sale in London stores. they are q
British bacteriologist's solution of the
problem set by Professor Metchnikoff,
of the Pasteur institute in Paris. who
urged the imbibing OF sour milk or
Tactic acid for the arresting OF old
age. but who omitted to say how the
nauseating effects Of this substance
upon delicate subjects could be avoid
ed. The blue massol bacillus Is not
only the foe Of the red becillus-col.
lus communis, or putrefaction microbe
but itS undisputed master. Tho