The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-06-30
FACTS IN FEW LINES

pests the South African farmers have
to deal with
Lead ore was first discovered in COM
mercial quantities in what is now Wis
cOnsin in l'iS2 by Nicholas Perrot.
The remains of Emanuel Sweden
borg. after resting for 1876 years in
London. are to he removed to Sweden.
The capital represented by Great
Britains cotton trade is $4,000, OOO, 900
a year and the profits $3.50, 100000 a
year.
Japan is building up quite an export
trade In human hair. This hair is al
ways black and coarse and consists al
most entirely Of the combings of WON
en- of the lower classes.
The ivory market at Antwerp. or
Sanized but decade ago. has become
the largest one in the wOrld-larger
than the two other great markets.
those Of London and Liverpool
The wife of Russell Hulick Of High
town, N. j.. identified body in the
morgue as that Of her husband. When
Russell. who is much alive. heard of 1t,
he went to the mOrgue to see how be
looked.
The London Times says. 1--WE fear
there is no longer any room for doubt
that the scarcity prevailing in consid
cradle portions of the Indian empire Is
on the verge Of developing into seri
GUS famine"
More than 300 umbrellas and sun
shades of all the colors Of the rainbow.
forgotten" by patrons Of the Spring
field street railway. were sold by the
management of the road recently. They
were the result of two years harvest
ing.
In one Of the East Indian islands
there is natural soap spring. the wa
ter Of which bubbles up heavily
charged with alkali. For a consider
able distance round the spring all vege-
tation has been destroyed by this
chemical
The value of agricultural machines
and implements annually imported by
Siberia amounts to about 10000, 600
rubles ($5, l30,OOO) The imported ar
ticles are chiefly supplied by German
and American manufacturers, being
far superior to those made in Russia
J. G. Pearson. magnetic observer Of
the Carnegie institution Of Washing
ton. formerly on the magnetic survey
yacht Galilee. has gone abroad to make
magnetic observations in the regions
Of Asiatic Turkey and Of Persia, where
but little data have hitherto been OBJ
tanned
In the town of Wolfboro, N. H., are
fourteen candy dealers. One of them,
James Welton. sold more than 1000
pounds in 1907 and nearly as much the
previous year. If the average is 5000
pounds, it will require twenty-five tons
of candy to supply the demands of the
townsfok for one year
A Westbrook (Me.) man recently re-
ceived a check for $22s.45 from a
Massachusetts savings bank He had
deposited $50 in the bank thirty years
ago and forgotten all about it until the
bank officials traced him to his Maine
home and presented him with a check
for the capital and interest
Mr.. WEIGH Of Lyman, Me-. has in his
shed couple of cords of wood that
have been there forty-one years. The
wood was in the shed when he bought
the buildings, more than twoscore
years ago, and as he has cut large
quantity of wood each year he has
never meddled with the original pile.
Raisuli, the Morocco bandit. is said
to be proud of his newly acquired
British citizenship, which was bestow.
ed upon him along with 100000 ran.
som upon the release Of Sir Harry
MacLean. Just 100000 Of this sum re.
mains. for three years on deposit as q
guaranty Of good faith on the part of
Raisuli. and he will meanwhile receive
only the interest on this sum.
Almost half the population of Bolivia
live on the central plane. the average
elevation of which above the sea is
$4,000 feet Here vegetables, fruits
corn and wheat do not flourish. the
staple crops being potatoes. barley and
quinua. a grain resem bling rice in ap
pearance. The government is now ar
ranging for the introduction Of seeds OF
other crops likely to grow at such an
altitude.
Consul Alfred A. Winslow reports
from Valparaiso that work on the rail
way tunnel through the backbone OF
the Andes is making excellent head
way. about as much having been &C
complished during the past six months
as for the previous eighteen months
At the present rate it should be com
pleted before the winter season of 1905
sets in. which will be May / Of that
year. The tunnel is at an altitude OF
1880 feet and is two and a quarter
miles in length.