The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-11
TIMELY B2EVlTlE:S

Whistles uuNe lHhen lne plHCe OI
gongs on New York fire apparatus.
In Greece male domestic servants get
SO to $15 month. women servants SO
to SO.
In consequence Of a boom in the
hair trade in China pigtails have be-
come a popular article of theft.
There are three kinds of seedless
grapefruit in Siam. one Of which has
red meat Two are sweet, one sour.
The Chinese government estimated
the total population of the country at
the beginning of this year as 43s.425.-
600.
The American Art Manual for 1901
enumerates 944 art museums, art So
cieties and art schools as against 403 in
1907.
To a Massachusetts man has been
granted a patent for an electric lamp
and reflector for inspecting the inside
of shoes.
An electrically driven machine
which divides dough into 10000 rolls
an hour has been installed in a New
York bakery.
Two monkeys and bear, accom-
panied by an Italian, have succeeded in
climbing one Of the lofty SUBMITS of
the Swiss Alps.
The Brazilian government has COM
menced an active destruction campaign
against the locusts. particularly in the
state of Sac Paulo.
Figures in the recent census of Den
mark show that the population of that
kingdom has risen from 2,605.26S in
1906 to 2,757.07 in 1911.
A German engineer has invented an
electrically operated apparatus by
which he claims to measure time to
the ten millionth part of a second.
The mutton of the world is reckoned
at 450,000,000 head, Of which Australia
is credited with 95,0O0,000. England
ranks next with one-third that number.
A French physician has discovered
the means of planting artificial eye
lashes and eyebrows. The former
operation is very painful, but the latter
less so
Girls now operate the elevators in
Milwaukee, being duly licensed to. do
the work by the city inspector and
even certified to make ordinary repairs
on the machinery.
About 130 pounds of free baggage are
allowed on each first class ticket in
Japan, and baggage will be delivered
by station porters within a radius of
four miles at 21a cents piece.
A Welsh shipping firm which has
been criticised for seeking orientals
for seamen says that the standard of
British seamen is very low. contrary
to the prevailing opinion in that coun,
try.
Snails, the only genuine part of
which are the shells, are now being
sold in Paris, and it is said that the
imitation of the real article is so close
that many epicures have a high opin-
ion of the sham product.
The government has established at
Paris a national touring Office. 1t is
to aid travellers who visit France. All
possible information about places of
interest and routes is here furnished
the stranger free of charge.
An accident insurance company has
placed in the elevators of several Office
buildings the following notice: This
elevator is limited to fourteen persons.
All over that number riding on this
Car do so at their own risk"
The clock in the tower of Trinity
church, New York, is 100 years old.
Rust and age have played havoc with
it. 1t is to be replaced by one of mod
ern make, having four dads, each six
feet in diameter, with numerals inscrib-
ed in stone.
The two houses Of the Icelandic par
lament have unanimously given the
vote to every man and woman over
twenty-five years of age. They have
also given women full equality before
the law and the right of holding any
office in the state.
Emigrants leaving Germany for other
parts of the world are fewer than for
merly. In 1882 their number was above
100000, while that of last year was but
GOiOOO III lOuHu AullUGGS. VI IlllS 10
900 the emigrants coming to the Unit
ed States were $4,000.
In the treasury department at Wash
ington two women are designated as
wastebasket examiners. The contents
of all wastebaskets pass through their
hands. Every scrap of paper is ex-
amined and sorted. Last year the de-
partment realized from the sales Of its
waste paper $4,000.
The Woman's club of Constantine
pie is said to be the most cosmopoli-
tan in the world. Its membership
comprises American, English, French,
German, Bulgarian. Russian. Arme-
nian, Greek and Turkish women.
are held monthly, and talks
are given on literature, travel. music
and art
Though all the bridges which span
the East river in New York city con-
tain about the same amount of steel, |
Brooklyn bridge is the only one that |
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