The Holbrook news., 1910-01-14
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW.
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 The first process of making soda on an extensive scale was discovered by Nicholas Leblanc, a French chemist, in 1791
 During the last year the population of Germany increased by 900 per sons, to 63.SS6 900. according to official statistics.
 Ohio produced 26,27O.639 short tons of coal last year. decrease from the previous years output of about 1927 per cent.
 Skinned milk has been proved a valuable food for laying hens. accord ing to experiments at the Virginia ex- | pertinent station.
 Mrs. John Rogers. says the Colum- bia (Mo.) Tribune, knocked her hus band off a wagon with a brick when he drove by the house with another woman.
 It Is estimated that 113000 adult males in New York City make living by their wits" without in any sense being an economic factor aiding in production or distribution.
 Imports at the port of New York are growing rapidly. showing an in crease of from B to 50 per cent over the values of a year ago Receipts of from s1.OO0, 900 to $1.O7O.OOO are not unusual in a day.
 Holland has no claim on aviation records, but, according to a report from Amsterdam, it is the first coun- try in which an airship has been seized for debt. It is flying machine of the Voisin pattern, owned by La Mouette, Paris aeronaut association. which was organized to give exhibi tions in Holland
 King Edward is clergyman, al- though few people seem to be aware of the fact. He is prebendary of St. Da- vid's, in Wales, and gets a salary of 5 a year. He is entitled to preach one sermon a year in the cathedral. He is also a member of the English and Irish bars and a member Of the Royal College of Physicians.
 Prince Bismarck was once pressed by a certain American official to rec ommend his son for a diplomatic place He is a very remarkable fel- low" said the proud father. ''he speaks seven languages. Indeed said Bis. marcll, who did not hold a very high opinion of linguistic requirements; what a wonderful head waiter he would make
 It is well known that the long arc. tic winter, with it's depressing effects on body and mind, often upsets the best balanced nervous system, even Of the natives. But this hysteria van ishes with the summer. Explorers have suffered in the same way, and two have committed suicide. In sum- mer Eskimos get so full-blooded that nose bleeding is very common.
 King Leopold's latest whim, prac. tically completed. is a private railway leading from the Brussels suburban station at Laeken to the palace, about a mile away. This railway, altogether hidden from sight, is luXuriously ap pointed; from it his majesty steps into an elevator which conveys him direct to his apartments. The railway, tun- nel and fittings cost s1,200,000-
 Eskimos are all children. contented, peaceable, honest and hospitable, with. out rulers and without ambition for Tame or power. They live almost en. tirely on raw animal food, and this explains the absence of number of diseases which are common to civilt zation Salt water contains iodin. and all sea animals, as well as all who eat them uncooked, absorb more or less of this tickle chemical substance.
 One of the reforms which have been placed to the credit of the Young Turkish party in the Ottoman Empire is the abolition of the 'red ticket reg ulation." Until this took place red card was issued to a Jew on arrival in Palestine, the possession of which entitled the holder to a three months residence If the red ticket man wished to remain longer the creden, tial had to be renewed. and this nat urally led to abuses in the nature of graft. The abolition of this restrict i've measure was urged upon the au thorities by Israel Zangwill.
 .'I fed him with birds milk" Thia curious expression was used by the old Sultan of Turkey while a prisoner on his way to Salonika, with reference to his brother Mohammed, his prede cessor on the throne. Abdul Hamid was lamenting his own fate and tell ing his captors how little he deserved 1t and how kind he had been to his brother "I fed him with birds milk he said, as if that were the greatest kindness he could show. What is birds milk? Not the Turkish equiva, lent of the milk of human kindness put a European brand of condensed milk bearing on the can picture of l bird on a nest.
 Scuryv SD common and deadly