St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-07-08
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.
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canoes in the world, but most Of them
are too small to be dangerous.
A fire caused by an exploding lamp
may be quenched with milk, water
only spreading the burning oil.
The soil turned up by ants in max
ing their hills in Central America Is
used by the natives to make bricks by
mixing It with water
The gold output of Alaska since
1880, when placer mining began, is in
excess of $i61,OOO,000, according to
geological survey figures.
OF the 1000, ,OOO.horse power which
the rivers OF Minnesota are estimated
to be capable of producing, less than
one-tblrd has been made available.
The largest wireless station in Eu-
rope. that on the Adriatic Sea at Pola,
Austria.Hungary. includes a 800 foot
tower built on a foundation of glass.
A boxllke utensll with crossed knife
blades on the top is a new implement
with which a potato may be cut into
chips by single pressure Of the hand.
To prevent person solling his
fingers when squeezing a slice of lemon
at dinner table a dainty silver imple-
ment for the purpose has been in.
vented.
A one.half horse power electric mo-
tor. driven by a lighting current and
directly connected with an air pump.
Is a new convenience for initiating au.
tomoblle tires in garages.
Propelled in the same way as sky.
rocket, but by powder that burns more
slowly. an aerial torpedo to carry life
lines TO wrecked vessels has been per
fected by n Swedish army officer.
Moriarity had been badly hurt by
failing from scaffold, and after the
ambulance had carried him away the
question Of breaking the news to Mrs
Moriarity came up. send Hannigan."
suggested one Of the gang. Hes Just
the man to break the news gradual
look how he stutt,rs.'
Many people thought that King Ed.
yard set the fashion for men. He did
not. Fashion is n caprlcious creature.
and takes no notice OF monarcha. Tho
late king was hardly ever seen without
flower In HIS coat when custom was
against the ''buttonholc." Contrary TO
the general belief. tho king had no spe.
cial tailor. "lIe gives us all turn" Ia
how n ST. James street tradesman ex'
pressed II.
Schoeneberg. ono OF the municipal
cities OF greater Berlin, has passed. an
ordinance requiring its municipal saw
ings bank TO issue 10 each new born
baby n pass book showing deposit OF
one mark, or about "a cents. presented
by the city. not M a partial componaa'
tlon for being required 10 enter this
cold world. nor yet regarding the pa
rents, but as an encouragement TO
thrift on tho part OF both child and
parents.
Louis Brennan. like other inventors,
has many Imitaton. A Russian who
has employed the gyroscope 10 keep a
railway train upright on single rail.
but who uses Il In n different manner
from Mr.. Brennan. has recently been
exhibiting his model In London. Aa
yet Il 10 uncertain whether any Of the
monorall systems based on this prlnoi
pie will fulfll the expectations OF theiF
inventors. but the greater the number
the greater the chance that one will be
sucoessful.--New Pork Tribune.
Carmen sylvia. queen OF Roumania,
Is said TO De one OF the best business
women in Europe, Il was her Idea To
use the ROumanian talent for embroid'
cry as a commercial asset for her coun'
try. She opened workrooma whore the
peasants could obtain materials for
their embroidery and sell Il nj n faiT
price. The surplus work was sent
abroad aud the profits divided among
the workers. In this way hundreds OF
peasants have beei able 10 free their
land from debt. 20 rebuild their cot
tages and educate their children
Il was the morning OF the Yale'Har'
ward game at Cambridge, and two New
Haven cOllegians were wandering
through the Harvard yard, looking al
the university buildings, Down walk
toward them came a youth OF serious
aspect. but paipably an undergraduate
II beg your pardon" said the Yale
man, who = bit OF wag, TO the
stranger, "can you tell me whore can
hnd the Harvard University" "im
very sorry" said the serious one with
never a smile. They've locked II up
You see. there are so many Yale men In
town"
l have read that the humming bird
in Australia protects It's home with
lightning rod. Before thunderstorm
bursts, the prudent bird covers the out
side OF It's little nest with a spiders
web SILK Is a n0neonductOr OF eleo
trlcity, aud since the spider web Is Sill
the humming birds nest Is thereb,
made lightning proof. The spider wei
between the cannon OF the north anC
the cannon OF the south will, let IA
hope, protect us from all future thun
derstorms OF war. Three cheers for th'
spider and her web-Rey. j, NJ. Far
rar, In Christian Herald.
I'VE have no idea In our country
p writes an American from bucharest
what the gesangyerein-gl glee club Il
the nearest word we have for it's II
German-speaking countries. ! was re
I minded OF this yesterday when | wit
messed a public reception here Of thu
gesangyerein, composed OF Austrian
railway employees. They are on a triI
10 Constantinople, and stop at all i'm
portant points as guests OF their fellow
singers, for there is no place so smal
that II has not its singing organization