St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-08
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.


thousand students In China, and In
1907 there were 175,352.
In the last ten years $4,000 people
have emigrated from England and be-
come Canadian farmers.
In the rural districts Of England and
Wales the death rate is about 23 per
cent lower than In the urban districts.
Twenty tons of ostrich feathers, val
ued at more than 100000. we're re-
Gently carried by the Mauretania to
New York.
The Koh.inoor diamond originally
weighed eight hundred karats. but by
successive cuttings has been reduced
to 106 karats.
At the end of the last fiscal year In
the United States 27S life-saving sta
tions had been established, Of which
more than two hundred were on the
Atlantic and gulf coasts, sixty.one on
the coasts OF the Great Lakes, seven
teen on the Pacific coast and one on
the Ohio River at Louisville, Ky. More
than six hundred persons are number
ed In the crews and there were S3S
disasters In which the service took an
active part.
According to report q section Of the
amphitheater In King Arthur's round
table field In Monmouthshire. England,
has been partially exhumed. The
Archaeological Society has made five
excavations around the walls and the
searchers found the main entrance.
the sand which formed the bed Of the
arena. and q corner stone. From In
scriptions on the stone they trace the
date Of the theater back to it0 A. D..
or eighteen hundred years.
Al the Court Theater at Darmstadt
q Christmas play In nve acts. entitled
"Bonifacius." was performed few
weeks ago. The plot is laid In the
Black Forest; the time the eighth CEN
tury. The subject treated Is the con-
version OF the heather by st. Bont
face. The play was well received and
II now becomes known that the author.
on the bills as u. Mann. In the grand
duke Of Hesse, who IL hailed by tho
German press as the latest recruit TO
The year 1909 will always be re-
membered a. the year In which the cf.
fort TO maintain finished steel prices
collapsed, but In the light OF the his
tory since made Il will be well 10 re-
member that the year In also conspicu-
Gus as witnessing n healthy and rea-
sonable reaction toward fair prices
with an absolutely open market. but
with q spirit OF fairness and good will
pervading the trade which never be-
forc existed under similar outward
conditions.--Iron Trade Review.
There is no incident Of Christmas
benevolencs within our knowledge Of
such far-reaching scope for future
good as the gift Of henry Phipps 70
the University OF Pennsylvania In fur.
therance OF his plans for the study.
and prevention Of tubercu-
iosis. Mr.. Phipps. who has now ex-
pended t3.000.000 with . view 10 the
extirpation Of this most destructive OF
has made sure Of the future
effectiveness OF his object by putting
Its direction In charge OF q capable In
stifltion already organised TO make
tho most competent use of the wea2-
ons placed In its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Record.
Nearly one million new farms have
been created In the United States dur.
Ing the last ten years. In the last ten
years the total number OF farms has
Increased Is per cent. In the older
from Ohio eastward. there has
been going on for twenty years . ten
iency toward the amaigamation oe
Iarms distant from market into larger
holdings. On the other hand. this sec
Ion has witnessed the cutting up into
Imallsr sizes OF many farms nearer To
market. There are now almost three
lines as many farms as In 1870. and
IN unprecedented increase In the value
" farm lands and live stock.-AmerL
AN Agriculturist.
In India such surnames a. these are
requent: Tiiak "a caste mark on the
orehsad). Piyari tbeioved). chh
<ouri (six little shells). Longa q
'lovs), Kurbani lsacrifice). Mott
.peari). sura1 tsun). Kharg (sword),
BALI (strong). Phui (fower). Bahadur
.bravs). There sometimes they give
heir children bad names so that evil
pirits will pass them by and not,
larm them. thinking they are worth
ess-as Bhikari (beggar). Bhangt
scavanger). chuha (raD. Gobar (eow
Iung). | know q high caste family
vho lost several children In infancy
When the fourth was born they called
lin Bhangi. and he lived. They At
ribute his life TO the name they gave
Christian Advocate
Some people believe that the banana
Tas the original forbidden fruit Of
he garden OF Eden. In any case. II 10
ne Of the curiosities OF the vegetable
ingdom. being not q tree. a palm. .
ush, Q shrub. vegetable ran herb.
ut . hsrbaeeous plant with the status
{ q tree. Although 1t sometimes at
aims q height OF thirty feet. there 10
o woody fiber In any part OF its struc-
lre. and the punches growing on the
warf banana plant are often heavier
han the stalk which supports them.
10 other plant gives such quantity
I food TO the acre a. the banana; Il
ields forty-four times more by weight
nan the potsto and lss times more
aan wheat. Moreover. no insect will
tack It. and It il always immune
rom disease Of any kind.
Public bsnsfactions Of the larger
,rt during the year now closing are
slieved to have reached Sl41. 900. 900.
hich beats the record by Sl0.000.00
nat of this excesa helng dua N thu