Newark post., 1910-07-13
FACTS IN FEW LINES


spread to Texas.
Area Of China proper, $50, ,420 square
miles; population, 407 1897 ,305; includ
ing dependencies, area, 4,376. 400 square
miles; population, 426,337 300.
Oldtown, Me-, boasts of woman
who has been doing housework in the
same family for thirty-five years, and
ther
Among some odd coins In the col
lection Of Fred Fifield Of Manchester,
N. H., is three cent piece used by
George Washington in paying toll at
bridge just outside Valley Forge.
F. B. Buck OF Taunton has in his
possession document ninety-six years
old 1t Is perfectly legible and the
handwriting is of the best 1t is a
bill Of sale of the water power at
Nemasket.
A man who deserted his wife in the
town of Wigton, Scotland, gave the
court as one Of his reasons for the de-
sertion that his wife had punctured
the tire Of his bicycle forty-two times
with a hatpin.
That Vermont maple sugar is travel
ing around the world is shown by an
order received at Burlington. VT, from
an English nobleman. He orders large
amounts shipped to France, Holland,
Belgium, Scotland, Ireland and Eng
land.
Charged with allowing some Of his
sheep to stray. an English farmer sent
blank check to the magistrate with a
note reading, kindly write out your
requirements and oblige." The court
filled out the check for small fine,
| and the case was ended.
| There is great forest wealth in the
| sultanate Of Morocco, but it has never
been touched. The country also
| abounds in orange, lemon, fig, date,
| arolla, almond, nut and other fruit
| trees. The exports of dates especially
are very large and steadily increasing.
During 1905 172 climbers lost their
lives on the Alps, but as 10000 per
sons made ascents the percentage of
loss was small. Only 10 per cent of
the accidents, fatal or otherwise, were
due to unavoidable causes The rest
were due to carelesSness or foolhardi-
| ness.
Mrs. George Wright Of Jay, Me-, has
ring made from piece Of soup bone
by her brother. William Small, while
he was prisoner in Libby prison al
Richmond, Va, in 1864. The ring is
polished and has two hearts cut upon
the upper part. The work was done
with a knife.
For three years a hospital has been
in existence at Bromley, near London
where only fruit diet is allowed tc
the patients and where during that
time there have been only two deaths
among the 800 patients who have re
ceived treatment The institution Is
known as the Lady Margaret Fruita
rian hospital
A negro hodcarrier in Kentucky IL
paid double wages because he does the
work of two men. He carries from
forty to fifty bricks at time upon 6
wide board which he places upon his
head. Then, with arms free. he climb.
ladders to second and third stories Of
large buildings, never touching the
board with its tremendous weight.
Seven hours of sleep is the minimum
amount required by the average per
son, according to Professor Weygant
of the University of Wurzberg. HI
ascertained experimentally that reduc
ton of the usual period Of sleep b.
three hours diminishes the power o
the memory by one-half. Fasting, h
found, had much less injurious eff
feet.
When he was at Eton it is said tha
as Jack Sheppard. He was at tina
time IA small, thin boy, with a sharl
figure and face. He wore his hal
somewhat closely cropped, after th
French fashion. so that he was the liv
ing image of Cruikshank's picture o
Jack Sheppard in Ainsworth's famou
novel
The tallest people are the Polyne
SLAMS, that island race which include
the natives of Samoa, New Zealand
the Marquesas and Hawaii. The aver
age man stands five feet ten inches
whereas the average American man
stature is five feet seven inches. TIL
shortest people are the bushmen O
Africa, whose height is but four fee
four inches.
Here Is a relationship tangle fror
Veazie, Me. A man of fifty and
young man of twenty eight are bot
!. widowers. The young man has a steI
daughter thirty-eight years old, VIII
has married the older gentleman, an
In return the younger man has take
; the old mans daughter for wife
Now what relation are those four pee
pie to one another?
A North Adams undertaken has ir
vented a novel hitching weight fo
horses. 1t differs from the ordinar
kind in having a rod twenty inche
long attached which makes the weigh
stand up like candlestick. This al
, rangement makes 1t impossible for tn
horse to get its leg over the hitchin
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