The Holbrook news., 1910-01-07
THINGS YOU HAY NOT KNOW
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1WO-tnlrdS or Russia population are peasants.
 The first stone of St. Petersburt
 was laid in 17O3
 Wages are higher in England thai
 in Germany or France.
 Spain's congress of deputies consists
 of 406 unpaid members.
 In twenty-five years the population of Berlin has tripled itself.
 Great Britain owns more than one half of the worlds ocean shipping.
 Buda-Pesth has a school where th' students are taught the art of eat ing.
 The new municipal laboratory of St Petersburg is to be named after tho Russian biologist. MetchnikofT.
 More than 45O,OOO immigrants have landed at Ellis Island during the last six months, and each one who wished it got copy of the scriptures in his own language from missionaries of the New York Bible Society.
 The first services are to be held in the magnificent Cathedral of St. John the Divine, cTowning MorningstaI Heights, New York, on St. Johns day Dec. P, as the choir and crossing will be completed by that time. and Bishop Greer will be in charge.
 The magnificent memorial church being erected in Birmingham. England through the generous contributions oi worldwide admirers of the late John Henry Newman. is nearing compile tion. It has been built outside the old Oratory. so dear to the heart of the late cardinal.
 The first chapter in a novel recently published contained the following: And so the fair girl continued to sit on the sands. gazing upon the briny deep, on whose heaving bosom the tai ships went merrily by, freighted-ah who can tell-with how much joy and sorrow. and coal, emigrants and hopes and salt fsh?"
 The singing arc" has been so fal perfected that it is made use of as ar advertisement feature of a Paris shop The lamp hangs in front of the store and at all times during the day and night there is a continual concert oi musical features inTerspersed with vo cal references to the virtues of the articles to be found on safe within the store
 An able writer on missionary sub jects who is himself an African travel CT of some distinction, ventured thus to prophecy in the year 1900, There can be little doubt that before the close of the coming century heathen ism will be practically extinct in the continent of Africa. The whole popu lation will be either nominally Chris tian or nominally Mohammedan"
 Baron Wiyoshi, who died in Tokio Japan, few weeks ago, left S5.00O tc three little German girls on condition of their wearing Japanese costumes until each one reaches the age of IA years. The baron formerly was at tached to the Japanese embassy ID Berlin. He went bathing at German summer resort, and Hans Kressler, 9 mercantile clerk, the father of The girls. saved him from drowning. Kress Ter refused to accept any gift, but lightly remarked that the baron might | remember the girls in his will
 The automaticon is new adyertis- ing device which is designed for win dow display. The observer sees noth ing but gilt frame with a ground glass and inclosed with shadow box back from this screen is a funnel which excludes all light from the back of the screen. with the cxcep ton of that which comes from ..a au self-centering arc lamp situ ated back of the rear opening in the funnel. The machine is equipped with eighty-six slides. showing any subjects desired, and when in operation will automatically display these in success sion upon the ground glass screen at intervals of eight to nine seconds.
 With the extension and development of the railroads of the eastern part of Canada, the prospects grow brighter for the establishment of a new ocean route between the Eastern and West. ern continents. The terminus on this side will be Green bay, Newfound. land. and the other will be some con venient port of Great Britain, and the projectors claim that this will pos sibly shorten the transatlantic trip by thirty-six hours between the United States and England. But little rail road construction is required to make the Green bay readily accessible from any point A great point in favor of this route is that it is claimed to be free of fog. and at alfsea- sons of the year vessels may ply this water with speed and safety.
 Alma Hollingsworth of Portland, Ore, has made one of the fastest as. cents of Mount Hood. She has far raoordg o%h |