Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES

winter carnival. Mt which winter
sports OF all kinds will be INDUCED in.
Twenty years ago the New York
postoflice issued money orders TO the
value Of .33i.i73. and during the
last year their value was S423.543,SGo.
Last year the Canadian northwest
mounted police handled nearly 1000
cases of crime and misdemeanor and
secured convictions In six out OF every
seven instances.
Originally made merely for orna'
mentation. electric light shades now
are designed along purely scientific
lines to difIuse or reflect the light with
the greatest economy.
Fifteen women have been elected
TO the new parliament Of Finland.
The previous parliament. the first to
which women were eligible. had nine
teen women among its members.
The lubricating mechanism Of a gy.
roscope car is fitted with an alarm to
warn the engineer for II the axles OF
the rapidly moving horoscopes should
get hot they would cut through the
bearings in an instant
The present population Of Argentina
IS estimated at over G.S05, 200. which
is nearly twice the population OF
Chile. Brazil. with 22.OO0.0OO inhabit-
ants. is the only South American
country ahead of Argentina.
Heretofore regarded as valueless.
certain kind of soil of which there are
large deposits in Denmark has been
found TO make excellent bricks OF light
weight and SO tough that nails may be
driven into them without cracking.
For the first six months OF last year
100000 Bibles were printed and circu-
lated in China. while during the whole
of the previous year the number was
only 100000. Nearly every Bible was
paid for. In Turkey there Is also n
great increase.
In the fifteenth century cotton man
ufacture bad become the leading in
dustry in West Africa among the
Mandingo. Wolof. Songhai and Hausa
peoples. From Liberia cotton cloths
were first exported to northern and
western Europe.
The old mahogany bureau desk used
by Robert Burns at Ellisland and
Dumfries and at which the poet wrote
Tam o Shanter," Aud Lang Syne'
and many of his other famous lyrics
was sold in London recently for $1,000.
OF unimpeachable pedigree. this relic
aroused keen interest.
The sugar crop Of Porto Rico this
year will be the largest crop harvested
in the islands history. The acreage In
cane this season is approximately 200
600. and the yield Of sugar Is estimated
to lie from 100000 to $4,000 tons. an
average yield OF less than two tons to
the acre.
A fund of 100000 is being raised to
he known as the Richard Watson Gil
der fund for the promotion of good cit
izenship. to be intrusted TO Columbia
university for the support of several
fellowships for the pursuit Of the polit-
ical and social sciences and for practi-
cal civic work.
Towels are no longer in use at the
Michigan College OF Mines. The fac
ulty has decided that towels are relics
of barbarism and insauitary and ex-
pensive. Now when student washes
his hands and face he dries them with
a big sheet Of paper and throws the
paper into a wastebasket.
London has a rubber growers asso-
citation. with a membership of some
200 rubber planters and others indi-
rectly interested in rubber growing
In the reading room Of this associa-
ton there are between fifty and sixty
rubber journals from all the rubber
growing countries of the world.
Egg laying competitions are quite
popular In Australia. and each Austria
Ian state is running at least one COM
petition. the state poultry experts har-
ing general supervision over them In
nearly all Of the Australian states
wheat forms n leading part OF the diet
of the poultry In these competitions
When the census is taken in Eng
land. which Is once In seven years. the
police round up passers In the streets
Sometimes a man for reasons Of bis
own does not want TO figure in the
census and tries to evsde the govern
ment by riding around In n cab all
night. but cabs and street cars are
stopped Just as Unhesitatingly as Pc
destriaBs.
During the year 1909 there arrived
in Sweden from the United States 19G.-
367 money orders. containing about
100000 These figures are slightly
smaller than those for 1905. From
Sweden 70 the United states there
were sent during 1900 I22o2 money
orders. containing about $4,000
These figures are also slightly below
1905.
Gold Is coiaed IN Philadelphia and