The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-27
SCRAPS.

Nearly one-hfth of the area of France
is forest land.
The King OF England is exempt from
motor regulation.
The tobacco habit brought Uncle Sam
a revenue Of 100000 in 1903.
The principal industries of Holland are
agriculture and cattle breeding.
Sample boxes of tomatoes packed in
peat and sawdust were recently dis
patched from Toronto 10 Covent Garden.
It is thought that brisk trade In this
vegetable can be developed between Eng
land and Ontario.
During the flower season two special
trains every day carry flowers from Nice.
in Southern France. northward TO Paris.
London, Berlin. and ST. Petersburg. Tae
production of flowers in 1859 was 1850
tons, valued at s5.7soo00.
The high power electric searchlights
with which vessels are equipped on the
Great Lakes prove most useful in the
early spring nights when the water is
covered with a partially broken ice field.
BY means OF the light openings are To-
Gated, thus often saving many hours.
Mexico is among the pioneers in rubber
culture, as there exist to-day plantations
more than a quarter of a century old.
For many years Mexico has been one
OF the largest producers OF rubber, and its
exports have reached enormous figures.
and while a small amount of this was
guayule or bastard rubber. the largest
proportion was OF the cultivated product
The highest railway in the Alps is now
working 1t is that of the Col de la Ber-
nina. between the Engadine and Waite
line. from Saint Moritz and Putresna 20
Tirono. II is a narrow line and rises 10
1850 meters. or nearly 1916 feet The
railway is worked by electricity. and the
decllvity is seventy in one hundred. There
are only three small tunnels. so the ex-
cursionists enjoy the scenery to the fun.
The Ontario government has recently
abolished the system of prison labor
contracts In that province. In future
the majority of the prisoners in the penal
institutions of Ontario will be employed
upon farms and the making of roads in
the newly opened districts. There will.
however. be a percentage of the prison
ers whose health or other circumstances
viii prevent them from joining In this
open air work. These men will manu-
facture hospital supplies-beds, blankets,
and so forth
The yawl yacht Recluta. thirty-six tons.
has set out on a voyage OF 5000 miles.
from Gosport to Buenos Ayres, the head
quarters of her new owner. The little
vessel carries crew OF four, and is com
manded by Capt. Harry Williams, who
recently took the twenty-ton cutter Moy-
ana to Odessa. All the members OF the
Recluta's crew are Hampshire men. She
will go 10 Madeira, Cape Verde. Pernam-
buco. and Montevideo. The longest sea
run viii be a distance Of about 1900 miles,
between Cape Verde and Pernambuco.-
London Standard.
Locusts have appeared throughout the
cultivated regions of Yueatan in large
numbers during the present year. A large
per cent OF the growing corn. which is
one of the principal products of Yucatan.
has been destroyed Large quantities of
corn VIII be imported because of the fall
ure of the erop1 Since the general de-
struction of corn and other vegetation
the locusts have attacked in some places
henequen fields, causing considerable
damage to the growing plants. What the
ultimate result OF this will be is as yet
ematieal-Consular Reports.
An East London coroner says many
suicides on whom he had held inquests
were described as general laborers. He
thought that every one ought 10 be
brought up TO a trade In Germany ev-
erybody, from the highest TO the lowest,
was bound TO know a trade. A juror
said: Thousands of men with trades are