Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-07-20
TIMELY BREv|TIES

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Valuable coal deposits have been dis.
covered in Bolivia.
Last year 1880 dogs were put to
death by the Chicago poundmaster
Norway imports about $4,000 sacks
OF rye flour from Germany annually.
Berlins dog population has been re-
Gently decimated as a result Of an in
creased tax on them.
Brazil has borrowed 500. 800, 600 from
the Rothschilds of London to pay for
port work at Rio de Janeiro.
Permanent magnets Of cast iron are
being made commercially at saving
in cost of from % to 80 per cent over
those of steel.
The total number of inhabitants OF
the Isle of Man is now 5O,542, which
shows decrease of 4,210 during the
past ten years.
The production of tea in Ceylon has
fallen off considerably because of the
planting Of rubber on what were for
merly tea lands.
The Hamburg Americans next big
liner, which is to be called Europa.
will measure $4,000 tons gross 1t will
be completed in 1918.
A profitable branch of the detective
business in Australia is looking up the
desirability of young men endeavoring
to make marriage connections.
Paris will now get its British coal
direct from England by light draft
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out transshipment at Havre or Rouen.
The crews Of British submarines are
regularly drilled in the use of the safe
ty helmet, by which they may save
themselves and others in event Of dis
aster.
Nicaragua is to build lighthouse
at Cape Gracias q Dios There are
SO few lighthouses along the coast Of
Central America that this is a note
worthy event.
The horse population Of the world is
estimated as more than 111.OOOOOO. Of
which about 100000 are in Europe,
2SOOOOOO in North America and H.
100000 in Asia.
An English writer says, There is
no yearning after the simple life in
France, because the true French peo-
pie, who are not to be confused with
the Parisians, already live it."
Ben Nevis, the highest peak in the
British isles, has now been success
fully climbed by mOtorcar, four
days being occupied in reaching the
summit, which is 4,4O6 feet in height.
Famous as the ring which Queen
Elizabeth gave to her favorite, the
Earl of Essex. the jewel known as
the Essex ring" was recently sold at
Christie's rooms, in London, for e.
412 1Os
The suggestion has been advanced
by President Crooks Of Albany col
lege. Oregon, that there should be
Golden Gate. a statue or some memo
rial to Balboa.
Wages are not high in India. A ma
tive switchman on railway and the
native servant in a private family re-
ceive rupees, or about $1.9O. month
The farm hand receives much less.
about rupees, or $1.OS, a month.
London is the worlds largest market
for the importation Of plumage for
women's hats. 1t is estimated that
5000 persons there live by this indus
try. The value of the imports is put
down at $3.5OO.OOO to $4,OOO.OOO year
The latest returns place the popu-
lation of India at 315,O0O,OOO. Yet the
entire area of India is no greater than
that of nine Of our western states
Washington. Oregon. California, Ida
no. Nevada. Montana. Arizona. Utah
and Wyoming.
The plant which yields vegetable
ivory grows wild in Ecuador. Pana
ma and Colombia. In Italy there are
fourteen vegetable ivory button facto-
ries. employing nearly G,0O0 persons
and producing annually over 10000
600 gross of buttons.
Edward, prince Of Wales, is a boy
who, like many other boys, dislikes
the company of little girls. They an
noy him. When visiting princess is
around Queen May sometimes "calls
down" the future king because he is
not as polite to the feminine guest as
he should be-
Every traveller from Siberia or from
China who traverses Manchuria Is
amazed at the apparently imitless
stretches of fertile pillow land. 1t is
believed that Manchuria and q strip
Of eastern Mongolia could produce suf-
ficient grain to feed China's whole pop
ulation of 4OO,OOO,OOO.
One out of every 400 persons in the
United States is engaged in the task
Of catching enough fish to satisfy the
appetite Of the remaining 300. In 9th
er words, there are nearly quarter of
million men who catch fish not be-
cause they like the fun Of 1t, but be-
cause they are paid for 1t.
Jacob Schiff Of New York has made
an offer Of $1.OOO,OOO to establish a
university in his native city-Frank-
fort He stipulates that no restric-