The Brandon news., 1911-05-18
TIMELY BREv|TIES

common Do nearly aN European coun
tries.
Fergus county, Mont. produces mos
bf the sapphires mined in the United
States.
1t costs Germany nearly $4,000,O0(
year for the upkeep of her spies In
France.
New York has forty three bridges
four of them being among the worlds
great bridges.
, More than 1000 applications for pat
ents are presented at the Russian pat
ent Office yearly.
The Chinese government will here.
after print its own postage stamps In
stead of having the work done abroad
Scientists are demonstrating that
nearly SO per cent OF our bodily ills
are caused by mental worries and hys.
terra.
Walter Wellman, journalist and bal
loonist, established weekly newspa-
per at Sutton, Neb.. at the age OF four
teen.
Two separate pianos within single
case, the keyboards being at right
angles to one another, is musical
novelty.
The falls of the river Jordan below
khe lake Of Galilee are to be harnessed
10 supply electricity to the larger towns
of Palestine.
Having reduced begging to science
m organized band Of Jerusalem men,
dicants send out 100000 piteous ap-
peals for help year.
A German professor, DR.. Ohnefaish-
Richter, believes that he has discov-
cred the original Mount Olympus on
the island of Cyprus.
English jams and preserved fruits Of
many kinds are imported into the
United States to the value Of about
&2,00OOO0 per annum.
During the first four months OF It's
existence the Turkish parliament fail
ed to legislate single law In con-
nection with any public measure.
In one plague stricken town of China
over 5000 corpses have been or are
being cremated, and the deaths have
been occurring at the rate OF $50 per
day. w-r--
TURNS international exposition will
be opened April 28 by the king and
'SST,een Of ITALY In the presence Of other
members of the royal family and the
government. N
The island of Margarita, off the
north coast of and belonging to Vene-
xuela, has a population OF 6O,0O0, who
subsist principally by its pearl and
other fisheries.
British exhibitors at the Argentine
exposition held in Buenos Aires receiv-
ed an excellent return for their tr0u-
BILE, placing orders aggregating no less
than $14,599O00.
There are now fewer than 200 Won
en- in the prisons Of Holland. accord
ing to Dr. Simon Won der Aa, who for
fifty years has been the chief or ad-
ministration Of prisons in that country.
Thousands Of oil palm trees in Por-
tuguese Guinea are said to be drop
ping their nuts annually. AS there is
nobody to take them away they de-
cav. and thus valuable produce is lost.
In the foothills of Mount Tacana, a
Euatemalan volcano, there Is an al
most inexhaustible supply OF sulphur
IN huge blocks, which is taken out
from time to time by Indians, but has
not yet been exploited.
Foreigners now have the same right
TO own real estate on the same terms
as natives of the country In any part
of the Ottoman empire except In the
Hedjaz, a district In Arabia containing
the sacred cities Of Islam.
One out of every twelve men In the
United States army was brought be-
fore q court martial for some ohense
last year Last year there were 0,20d
trials by court martial In the army az
against $3.50 the previous year,
The demand for automobiles in Great
Britain is constantly on the increase,
and. while the area of Great Britain ID
comparatively small, the number OF
motor cars In use Is proportionately
greater than in nay other part OF the
world.
The last great organized crusade fol
the prevention Of disease in England
prior to the present war against rats
was in 1857, when, In order TO stamI
out hydrophobia. more than 10000
stray, diseased and ownerless dogs
were seized and painlessly put tt
death.
The project for the canalization OF
the bar at the entrance OF Lake Mara
caibO, so as to permit the entrance Of
vessels up to twenty feet draft, Is re
cciving considerable attention from the
Venezuelan authorities. At present
ships drawing over twelve feet canno'
safely enter the lake.
Haladjian Enendi, Turkeys ministe'
OF pubic works. declares that ne 7
planning national system or ovel
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