The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-21
TIMELY BREvITIES

JOnn Bull mas more uaugnterS tnaD
sons in England and Wales by 1925.
o55.
Mexico proposes to construct fed
eral highway from the capital to Aca.
pulco, along the famous historic trail
Brushing the surface of aluminium
with steel brushes at high speed pro-
duces what is known as a satin finish
The order for the Panama lock gates
covers no less than $4,000 tons of steel
distributed over forty-six gates. or
ninety-two leaves.
Nearly all the watches imported in
this country come from Switzerland.
while most of the clocks come from
Germany and France.
Rail connection between Mexico and
Guatemala Is about to be established
by the building of n bridge 800 feet
long over the Suchiate river.
A Swedish inventor plans a method
by which lighthouses may call out their
names in stentorian tones instead of
using the lnarticulate howl of fog
horns.
Chrystie street. New York, was for
merly First street. 1t was in March.
1927, that its name was changed in
honor Of Lieutenant Colonel John
Chrystie, a frontier soldier.
The kaiser has some 400 godsons.
This is the outcome of the old Prussian
law under which the father Of seven
sons can call upon his sovereign to act
as godfather to the latest born.
Americans of Danish descent, led by
DR.. Max Henius of Chicago, have pur-
chased a tract of land on the outskirts
of Aalborg, Denmark, and will pre-
sent it to the government for a ma
tional park.
Travellers will no more complain of
the dogs of Constantinople. The Turk
ish parliament has new plans for sani-
tation and will transport and exile the
four footed scavengers on an island in
the sea of Marmora.
A cloud of "smoke" which appeared
to be rising from the cathedral tower
at Belgrade, Austria, was found when
the fire brigade arrived t. be large
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base and tapering toward the top
Years ago sugar experts said of Ha-
wall, "The limit of production has
been reached" Yet last year the is
! lands raised 10000 tons more than the
year before, and in 1908 the produc-
| tion exceeded that of 1907 by $4,000
| tons.
Wages throughout the cities of Asia
Minor are low Carpenters get from
80 to SO cents day, bricklayers 40 to
4S cents and common laborers from 4
| to u cents. Doctors charge 40 cents a
visit and dentists 20 cents for pulling
a tooth.
A bicycle lamp, six feet of barbed
wire, skipping rope, numerous mag
aZines, hats and boots were among the
three or four carloads of rubbish TAX
en- from the basins Of the two foun-
tains in Trafalgar square, London, re-
Gently when they were cleaned.
According to Consul General James
| T. Du BOis of Singapore, a one wheel
ed jinrikisha, on the monocycle prin-
ciple, is being introduced among the
| Chinese of the Malay States. 1t is said
to be safe and to have many advan-
tages over the old fashioned vehicle.
Eggs with two yolks occur not un-
commonly, but eggs with three yolks
are exceptionally rare. Such an egg
was recently laid by Barred Plymouth
Rock pullet at the Maine experiment
station. The egg was somewhat above
the average size, but no other abnor.
NAL feature was noticed.
Turkeys gradual change from a ma.
tional system of time to the European
has caused demand for watches
showing both, to meet which three
watches have been devised, one with
dials on each side, another with two
dials side by side and a third with IA
fixed dial for European time, sur
rounded by a movable ring showing
the national.
During last years draft 1850 wells
were dug in the Chinese province Of
Shantung by order of the magistrate
Of Changshan. The water was raised
by the rope windlass basket method,
which kept two men busy at each well
night and day, and on the hot days it
was not unusual for a man to faint
from exhaustion. The installation of
windmills is now advocated.
During the first thirty years of the
nineteenth century France recorded
more than thirty births for each l,OOC
inhabitants. After the Franco Prus
sian war QS70-D the birth rate begar
declining, between the years 1876 and
1900 ranging from twenty-six to TWEEN,
ty-two in 1000. During 1900 it sank tc
twenty-one, and more recent statistics
show that the rate has fallen to twenty
Sir William Crookes, upon whom
King George V. has bestowed the Or
der Of Merit, is a man whose name has
been known the world over for many
years. AS an editor his publications
reach every quarter of the globe, but
he is 80 famous in the field of origi
nal investigation and discovery thai
his reputation as an editor Is lost II
the CLEAN Of his reputation as scien
tist.