St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-05-06
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM
Ere. from the United states are

the united states was fOun1 near hicn-
mosd. Va, early In the eighteenth CEN
tury.
German electrical workers Increased
from 10000. in 1895. to 125,OOo. In
1908. Their 1909 product was worth
s155, 100000, against s54,000.000 Ia
1898. The capital employees is $19.
SOC, 900,
An Anglo-Persian oil syndicate is
drilling wells extensively at Ahwax.
on the Karun River, Mesopotamia.
Turkish Arabia. This threatens tho
market Of American oh, which British
firms at present control.
or coffee the United States Is tho
worlds largest consumer, Germany.
Netherlands, France. Belgium and Aus
triaHungary being next In the order
named. OF tea, the United Kingdom
Is the worlds largest consumer, Rus
sia being second. the United States
third.
Experiments which we're recently
made at tho Worcester Polytechnic
show that copper sheets which have
been electro odeposited with copper poy
sess much greater heat transmission
properties than ordinary copper sheets
which have net been 80 coated. II 10
suggested that this property may sf.
feet the design Of condensers. radisr
tors, etc.
A recent test Of wireless telephony
was made TO show It's value for trans
hitting music. Several selections we're
sung In . transmitter at Park avenue
and 10th street, New York, and wsro
listened to by . group Of newspaper
mon at tho Metropolitan tower. At
times the singing was very clear. but
frequently It was impossible to hear
anything but q confused blur or sound.
N. p. Fenwick. Jr.. notices curious
custom In Iceland Of deposIting writ
ten verses on a cairn. TO be found by
the next pssserby. lie translates one
so found by himself az follows: Il am
sitting here late and early; hungry
and cold lingcr Sincere friend. will
you not warm the old ono7" The ret.
erence Ia TO an old crono supposed TO
inhabit tho cairn.-Tho Athenaoum.
Mamie Ia considered the duilcst pu.
pill In a public school class. Not long
ago the teacher assigned a subject for
composition and was surprised nj
tho comparative excellence OF Mamis's
work. why. Mamie" she remarked.
by way Of Encouragement, you have
done wonderfully well. But. really.
was II originaif" mo. ma'am." 70.
piled Mamie. II made II up mysolG"-
New York Tribune.
Many Chinese were wrought up to
high state OF enthusiasm by tho pro.
vincial assemblies opened last Decem.
ber throughout tho empire. One ma
tive schoolmsstcr was especially fer
vent. To express his feelings no chop
ped on one OF his fingers and with the
stump wrote out eight characters show
Ing his hearty approval. He brought
this testimony to the delegates from
his district In bidding them farewell.
DIR. O. p. Hay expresses the belief
that horses became extinct In the gla'
ciated regions Of North America. aud
probably In the whole continent. aboat
tho middle OF the glacial epoch. Hs
points out that all the apparently an.
thentic finds OF fossil horses In the
United States east OF the great plains
fall into two sets OF localities, one
ranging along the Atlantic and guf
coasts, and tho other extending from
New Jersey TO South Dakota. the 10.
caiities In the last set lying. with few
exceptions, close to the southern bor'
der OF the drift covered area. The
earliest discovery OF fossil horse 70.
mains was made near tho Neyersink
highlands.
Noise 10 systematically fought In GER
tain German towns. DIR. Auerbach. OF
Frankfort, has founded q Society OF
the Enemies on Noise" which num-
bers many adherents throughout Ger
many. The society issues a monthly
organ full OF most soothing reading
matter. One suggestion II recently
published Was that hotel keepers
should keep a black list OF noisy and
iii-brsd ravelers-psrsons who habit
ually speak In an overpowering. shrill
or squeaky voice. who indulge in un'
necessary and idiotic laughter. or who
habitually talk scandal or Nth. AL
hotel keepers shall be supplied with a
weekly copy. and thus. II Is hoped.
these individuals win find themselves
barred from respectable establish
ments."
The studio girl showed sixteen slabs
of cake wrapped In tissue paper and
tagged with well.known names. That
Is wedding cake" she said. Il got
these pieces because l designed ths
caksa Early last fall I came TO the
conclusion that wedding cakes don't
stand as high In art as they deserve 20.
For the first time In my life l took 70
studying society notes. Whenever y
big wedding was announced ! put In q
bid for designing the wedding cake.
Just a. an architect bids for building
a house. The idea appealed to num-
ber OF people who are always on tho
lookout for novelties and they paid
me good price for drawing up plans
for the baker to work on. In addition
to the money | got slice OF every
cake. The money 10 all gone. but ]
am still hanging on to the cake
New York sun.
At a recent meeting Of the Institute
OF Electrical Engineers In London q
differential electric Thermometer was
described by Professor J. A. Fleming.
The Thermometer consists OF two largo
glass tubes, sealed air tight at the TOP
and bottom. and connected by tube
OF fns bore In which is thread of
colored water containing . bubble OF