The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-01-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES.

Tanning of snakeskins for women's
belts has become a lucrative industry
in Madras.
Sweden is organizing a movement
to prevent young men from emigrat-
ing from that country.
In southern Italy there are some
10000 persons diving in ten viii
lages) who speak the Greek language.
Mrs. F. A. Seward of Walpole, N.
H., has cat that caught and brought
home rabbit Weighing three and
half pounds.
Indian statistics give the tons of
coal mined per year per person en-
ployed as follows: India, 101; Eng
| land, 290; the United States. 596.
The increase of population in Swe-
den during 1908 was greater than
during any of the last ten years,
amounting to 51,SS7, or 9.65 per
| thousand.
The total quantity of radium which
has been thus far recovered for scien-
tific use throughout the world is esti-
mated not to exceed a quarter of a
pound.
Researches in Germany show that
a given quantity of redhot coke will
absorb four times the amount of wa
ter that will be absorbed by the
same coke if cold.
A tuberculosis congress will be held
in Athens next year, to which will be
invited not only physicians, but all
the mayors and other prominent peo-
pie of Greece.
The detailed formula of every
patent medicine has to be filed with
the Austrian government and other
requirements fulfilled before it's i'm
portation is allowed
Dr.. Neff, the director of the depart
ment OF health of Philadelphia, has
started movement to eradicate ade-
noids in, the school children of the
Quaker City.
The government commissioners ap-
pointed in Italy to report on the ques-
tion of woman suffrage recommend
ed that women engaged in trade have
the right tn vote for members of the
chambers of commerce.
Poison for catching noxious anl-
mails is in Norway obtainable only by
exhibition OF a certificate from the
police authorities containing certain
information about the purchaser, the
nature and use of the poison, etc
4 waterless lock for canoes be-
twe7n two lakes of differsnt levels in
a Boston para consists of concrete
inclines, with runway set with roll
lers in the centers and f0otways on
either side on which persons walk in
Il IN
Ons of the g0dfathers Of the Ger
man srown princes youngest son is
Count Zeppelin. The gift of the air
navigator to the little prince was
huge lamp made of glass and bronze.
The lamp is an exact reproduction of
the di1gible baIIoC I Zeppelin Ill
A Skowhegan (Ae.) man who has
been experimenting with kites to
quite an extent declares thar the time
is coming when fishing Will be done
from flying machines instead of boats
He says that fish are afraid of boats,
but that they Will bite at bait sus-
pended from kites.
The novel life belt of p. Guterman,
an English inventor, is a metal strap
adjustable to man or child with four
air filled metallic floats about the
size of an ordinary cocoanut. 1t is
claimed that the wearer of the belt
must always assume and keep a per-
pendicular position in the water.
Two children, aged about six and
eight, wandered into the receiving
ward al! a Lond9n hospital The sld-
er handed the doctor in charge the
following note from iss mother;
They have awful cauf. think it is
hwooping cauE You wait a mint
and hear them cauf." She was right
The first post route in the United
States was established in 1879. 1t
was hstween New York and Boston,
and the schedule was once a month.
To-day the yearly cost of mail trans
port;Stion on our railroads alone is
about $45, 100000. The railway
postsfiice lines cover 20S,4S4 miles
and employ over Is, ,080 officers and
clerks.
A Russian princess who was rob-
bed of money and jeVerly to- the val
ue of about 100000 at a hotel in
St Morita told the police that all
she regretted was the loss OF her own
pearl necklace and the necklace of
her pet dog. The dogs necklace con-
sists of fourteen large pearls attach
ed to thin band of gold and is
worth about $2,25O.
Eight new sanctuaries for birds and
animals have been set apart in the
state of Victoria, Australia, by the
! government within a year. This is
| in addition IN the ordinary Drotap-
tion afforded by law to kangaroos,
platypus, magpies, laughing jack
asses and certain other animals and
is intended to prevent the extermina-
tion of native creatures.