Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-10
FACTS IN FEW LINES

education.
Deep lying sediments of the ocean
are often exceptionally rich in rndiunl.
The postal business of the world is
increasing ut the rate of per cent
per annum.
In the list of the imports of this
country bananas stand twenty-fourth
in point of value.
According To Il government report
260O.O0U cattle die every year in this
country from disease. exposure and
neglect.
TO aid in the study of high voltag"S
Il short experimental transmission line
has been built in Sweden adapted t"
operate ut 50O.OOO volts.
The japanese are beginning to ap
preciate American dentistry. All of
their most expert dentists got their
training in this country.
Ecuador exports about 10000 tons
of vegetable ivory annually. of which
Germany takes about "ne-half and the
United States one-fourth.
mately $2O.OOO.OOO worth of eggs. and
if the exports Of live and dressed
poultry are added the sum reaches
$25.OW).n 900
Smyrna has about 350.Oo0 inhah-
itants. almost half of whom are for
eiSn. the bulk being made VI, of
Greeks. French. Germans. English
and Italians.
Standard time I'm Belgium. Holland
and Spain is the same as in Great
Britain. 1t is one hour faster in Ger
many. Italy. Austria. Denmark. Ser
via and Sweden.
There is Il process in use in England
whereby II metallic ribbon Il mile long
can be turned out in about the same
time that it takes locomotive to
travel Il mile-that is. one minute.
Denatured alcohol has been success
fully manufactured from flax straw
at the North Dakota Agricultural col
lege. The yield Of thirty-five gallons
Il ton does not make it Il paying
proposition.
One of the requests for a patent re-
ceived in the patent office of Ger
many was for Il device for making
ones own matches. With the aid of
it any one can. by five hours work,
save or : cents.
All places of any size in South AZ
rice, have town halls we'll equipped
,-fy ln., fol t.,i n
which can be hired 1T reasonable
rates. The seating capacity in most
Of the theaters and halls is 600 to
,.00p
Contrary to the general impression.
the American Indians have increased
by about 4n.Gm in the last twenty
years. according to government ti"-
ures. The total number of red men
in the United States is now about
100000.
Bavarians drink most of the beer
they make OF Il product of nearly
half a billion gallons last year only
73,0O0OOO gallons We're exported The
home consumption is 24S quarts Il
year for every man. woman and child
in the Kingdom.
The main lesson of leprosy is some
what philosophic. All Europe for cen
turtles was covered with it, but the
quick. strong. reactive blood of he
white race Strangled the germs of
death. so it Is doubtful if whites could
ever be pestered much again.
When steamers first came into use
very little attention was bestowed
upon the consumption of fuel. 1t WAS
not until the Cunard steamers We're
started crossing the Atlantic that re-
liable records Of fuel consumption be-
gan to be kept Systematically.
Although in most of the mines in
Japan the various operations are car
ried out by the ordinary labor Of men
and cattle. it seems from report on
the mining industry in Hokkaido that
at three coal mines and at one gold
and silver mine electrical machinery
is employed.
In quicksilver mine near the town
Of Konia. in Asia Minor, which is
now being worked by an English COM
pany, there were found not long ago
the skeletons Of fifty men. victims of
an accident which. as writer in En-
cheering and Mining points out. must
have occurred some 5000 years ago.
\ Cincinnati man asked for a d.
vorcc because his wife was irritable.
high tempered and used exasperating
language. But the judge held that
woman who had had the care of four
small children and no domestic help
had right to have temper and to
also use language that expressed her
feelings.
A recent Chinese newspaper states
that the law Of nationality. consisting
Of twenty-four articles. has been de-
cided upon. BY this law any person
who has lived in China over ten years
and is above twenty years Of age. Of
good moral standing. being helpful to
China. may be allowed to assume Chi
nese nationality If asked for.
For the first time since the national
bank act went into effect. fOrty-six
years ago saws an exchange there IL