The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-09-20
TIMELY BREvITIES

The population of Australia is not
much more than that of Greater New
York city.
Official figures show that the average
ages at which men and women marry
are rising.
Smokeless fuel is now made from
coal by removing the greater portion
Of volatile matter.
The river Jordan is soon to be har-
messed by power company and made
to turn out electric lights.
Nervous dyspepsia and chronic gas
tritis, with nausea anu vomiting. are
troubles now traced to eye strain and
durable by proper eyeglasses.
Records of the port of New York
since the beginning of the year show
that the nation viii receive 100000
immigrants before 1911 comes.
Canada is second only to Great Brit
ain as source of supply of paper for
Australia. All this paper is made in
Quebec and Ontario provinces
The laying of the new cable between
Nagasaki, Japan, and Tamsui, Formo-
sa, to cost $56S. 900. will be begun at
once by the Japanese government.
Tobacco promises to be a source of
considerable wealth to Korea. Already
$4,000 acres are devotedto growing it,
and japanese settlers are pushing the
matter.
One of the novelties in the field OF
aviation is triplane invented by an
Englishman, who guides it from seat
suspended between two sets Of three
planes each
An effort is being made in England
to found and endow chair of Eng
fish literature at Cambridge. A com
mittee of representative men has the
work In charge.
Clothing ''sweatshops' have practi-
cally passed from New York city.
Each large manufacturer has his own
tailoring shops and work is not given
out to contractors.
An international congress of all the
Indian tribes. of the United States and
several tribes from Canada and Mex
leo is planned to be held in Musko-
gee, Okla, early this fall.
The gold output of Australia contin-
ties to decline. In the first four months
Of 1910 it was 1,0S3,0O0 ounces as com
pared with 1917 900 in the same period
of 1909 and 1,13S,O0o in 1908.
During a cricket game at Acton, Eng
land, batsman drove the ball to the
boundary, where it struck against an
old rusty tin can which was found to
contain robin setting on two eggs.
The Norwegian town Of Stavangei
proposes to have a permanent museum
for exhibiting all machinery used in
the fish canning and preserving Indus
try from its beginning until the pres
ent
Manual crafts have been introduced
into the Mexican jail at Mazatlan In
the hope of reducing the amount OF
crime by making 1t possible for many
men without trades to earn an honest
| living.
The Mexican government is now
granting special permits to foreigners
to buy land in what is called the pro
hibited zone. which embraces all lands
within twenty leagues Of the Ri
| Grande
| The false hair dressing so In vogue
in this country is equally SO In Europe
At Barcelona there has been an enor
nous demand for human hair for false
curls. It is now selling at about So e
/. SIS pound
The governments of Australia ane
New Zealand have decided to estab
lish a system Of wireless telegraphy
which, viii be under their control ahc
which win embrace various groups Of
British islands.
Medical inspection of 1000kfTe year
old children In Surrey, England, re
vealed the fact that those whefhad sew
eral decayed teeth weighed ON an aver
age OF 2.60 pounds less than those whs
had sound teeth.
Rear Admiral Bacon OF the BritisE
navy believes that the race between
the gun and the armor Of battleship
which has been going on for over hall
century, has been decided for ths
moment In favor of the gun.