The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-02-09
TIMELY DREvITIES


made
The United States and Russia togeth-
er own about half the horses in the
world
The Williamsburg bridge at New York
is equipped with an electrically operat-
ed gate to stop runaway horses.
Deep breathing. which draws the
blood from the brain TO the lungs. is
one Of the most effective cures for in
somnia
A commission appointed by five of
the larger German states has. adopted
standard system of shorthand for
use in those states.
The amount of carbon exhuled from
a mans lungs each day, if II could be
solidified. would equal that in lump
of coal weighing half Il ton.
An enormous pearl, of perfect shape
and valued at $4,000. was recently
found in the Western Australia pearl
fisheries aud shipped to England
The last time India took census
300O00.O0O persons were enumerated.
and the result was made known in If
teen days. which is claimed to be
worlds record
Halifax Is the winter port of entry
for passenger ships of four large
steamship mpanics-namcly. the Ca
madam Pacific. White Star. Royal and
the Allan lines.
One part of powdered shellac to ten
N nj sfr utt.ntA,,tn lao mi,
being allowed to stand for several
days before IL is used. makes ce-
ment that will bind rubber to iron.
Girl messengers in the London post
Office are now on the job. They wear
their ordinary dresses. but later may
have uniforms Their work is about
the same as thai of an indoor errand
boy.
Germany will establish record this
year by launching six new bread
noughts. Up To now no more than
five of these monster ships have been
launched by any one country in one
year.
Letter boxes for business buildings
or apartments have been invented
which will deliver mail dropped into
them on the ground foOr to their own
ers rooms, even the weight of visit
ing card setting the automatic elevat-
ing machinery in motion.
The London county council Is en-.
deavorlng TO reduce the number of
Charles streets in London. 1t has al
ready brought about a considerable
decrease In tile number of John streets.
There are eighteen Charles streets in
the county OF London, five of which
are in Westminster
Havre Is the most important fishing
port In France. yet fish costs consum-
ers more there than in the capital,
because every catch that comes In Is
sent to. Paris al once, leaving n search
ty of supply in the fishing port itself.
In five years the price of fish in Havre
has Increased 80 per cent.
A plague OF snails on the coast OF
Ceylon Is assuming serious proper
tons. Millions of snails are to be
found and some of them weigh as
much as pound The snalls have
cNbhA A'NhAhS gOhh6 COiOdhul
trees, and 1t Is feared that they may
attack the young rubber trees.
During the recent visit of the Amer
lean sailors In London the diagonal
breast pockets In their jackets, In /
which they warmed their hands as in |
a muff, attracted the attention of the i
British fashion experts, with the re-
suit that such pockets are now popu- !
lar i'm the women's winter coats.
The number of employees at the
great Krupp plant has increased by
5000 men In the last few years, bring
Ing the present total up to 6S,500 men.
The total steam power In the plant
amounts TO S9,430 horsepower, and 1
$500 electric motors have an aggre-
gate output of 50,49l horsepower.
British bull exhibitors have caught
on to the old American trick OF mas
saying and brushing and rubbing show
cattle several times a day so as to
bring them to the pink OF perfection.
sought by buyers of beef. Grooms
spend as much time on steers as they
used to on show horses, and 1t pays.
Princess August Wilhelm, wife, Of
the kaiser's fourth son, has set her.
self the task OF reviving one of Ger
many's Oldest customs, that according
to which newly welded couples i'm
mediately after the marriage ceremony
plant a couple Of oak saplings side by
side in park or by a roadside Of their
native town.
A new seTenty-five mile public auto
mobile line, the longest In Italy, has
just been inaugurated between BOlo-
gna and Sampiero a Sieve. With this
line and others projected Italy will
shortly have public automobile serv-
ice covering fully $500 miles, which
will place her at the head of all Euro
pean nations in this respect.
Musicians are often singularly SUI
perstitious, Paderewskl once ordered
an expensive apartment In London
and paid for 1t. too, but refused to en-
ter when he found It was No. 13 of
certain street. Massenet has written
tWenty-One ODeras and MANY other