The Holbrook news., 1910-02-25
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW.
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DIT any port in the world.
 Arranged in a straight line. tht
 railways of the world would reacf
 to the moon and back again.
 New York has followed the example
 of Philadelphia and established a fret permanent exhibition of building ma
 terials.
 Ten years ago the Standard Oi
 Company refined 90 per cent of the oil produced; now 1t refines only SC per cent.
 Forty thousand yards of bunting were used recently on the Madison Square garden during the annual cleo trical show
 In 1860 we stood at the bottom of the list of the four great manufactur- Ing nations. namely: The United Kingdom. France, Germany and the United States. Forty-nine years later we stand at the head of the list, our manufactured product equaling that of the other great nations combined. American Industries.
 Last years American cotton crop was valued at S6S3. .oOO, ,OOO, and if the value of the seed be added. the aggre- gate revenue from the crop was very close up to $500. 100000. If the pres ent prices for the staple hold, the value of this years cotton crop in cluding the seed will mount up very near to s1,OOO.OOO.OOO. at any rate to more than S9OO,OOO, ,OOO.-New York Commercial.
 Supers are very particular about the distribution of parts. In a fairy piece a set of dominos was represented by men wearing on their backs boards marked with the different numbers. A discontented super gave in his res lgnation. Why. what's the matter?" asked the astonished director; don't you get your 15 sous a night like the Dthers?" Tt isn't about the sous at all am one of the oldest artists belonging to the theater and they ought to have made me the double six; instead of that I am the lowest number-the double blank"
 The hilly territory of Trieste, it is stated in a consular report on that district, is covered by pointed stones which prevent any cultivation, and some years ago the Societa Agraria offered prizes for those who would remove them and thus change the waste ground to meadows The work has now been going on for some years, and every autumn a commission as :ertains the area of the proposed re- demption and the difficulties to be en- countered, and fixes the prize to be given. In spring it again visits the Improved grounds and pays the prizes If deserved. This year sixty-six peas ants improved forty-four acres, and received s1.O4o.
 Raising Japanese spaniels Is the way one Connecticut farmers daugh- ter has solved the problem of earning money while remaining at home and helping with the homework. She cleared $500 the first year and almost double that amount the second and she looks forward to doing still bet ter in 1910. She learned that the best way to get the dogs was to buy them from sailors. who picked them up in Japan and brought them to America for the sake of making money. The highest price she has received so far has been $100 for pups about as per feet as the most fastidious exhibitor sould demand. The lowest price was E21 for a female of no striking excel Ience, though she was enthusiastically pure bred.-Omaha Bee
 During a period of political agita ton a stranger arrived in Magdeburg, where. on applying to the authorities, he obtained a permit or ticket of resi- dence He had not been long in the town before he became aware that his steps were being dogged by man in blue uniform. He bore it for days, | but at last said to the spy: Why do you pursue me in this way?" I'm a detective and my instructions are not to lose sight of you" was the quiet answer Why, what fault have the police to find with me?" shouted the stranger. My passport is in order, | here is my ticket of residence; I am a citizen of Berlin; why do you fol- low me about?" Tt states in your passport" was the reply, that you were going to reside here for pleas l ure; that looked suspicious, as it was the first time any one came to reside | in Magdeburg for pleasure"
 It is not generally known that oil | with an asphaltum base (fueI oil) is vastly different from the parafhne | product The former is heavy and ! solid and contains no explosive gases, | while parafine oils are highly gaseous | and explosive. It is from the latter | that the by-2roducts gasoline, naph- Ina, benzine. etc, are obtained. Fuel | oil is also used on roads to great ex- tent in the West, and mixed with other !