The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-02-07
TIMELY BREvITIES

are after Broadway beggars.
Peru leads all the nations in the pro-
duction OF cotton per unit OF area
The wholesale price OF sugar has In
creased in England nearly cents a
pound within year.
A recent discovery in Ireland indi-
Gates the presence Of a large area rich
in copper, sulphur and arsenic.
Artificial stone is made by twenty
concerns in New York. Nearly 800 peo-
pie are employed in the business.
The Moslems under the protection Of
the king of England number more than
double the population Of the British
isles.
Pearls are increasing in value. A
trade paper tells OF necklace OF pearls
that originally cost $2S, 900 recently be-
ing sold for 100000,
A London bride and groom struck
quite new idea in gifts the other
day, for they gave each other revolvers
SIS wedding presents.
Chinese architects never adopt stand.
ard sizes and designs for doors, and
/
doors find no sale there.
Sixty per cent OF the national bank
| failures in the United States during
the past year were caused by viola
tons Of the national banking laws.
The whales caught last year in the
north Pacific ocean were exceedingly
/ fat, layers Of blubber twelve to six
teen inches thick being not uncommon
| An English court has decided that a
woman is not compelled to change her
name when she marries and that she
/ tncurs no legal disability by such re
/ fusal.
/ A new British ship, the Hildebrand
has been built in such a way that mos
/ quitoes cannot get inside through the
/ portfolios, ventiators or doors. It will
! ply to Brazil.
| Insurance men in London are consid.
ering the advisabiity OF issuing poll.
cies against divorce. This would give
each person divorced partial payment
for his or her wounded affections.
London papers say that Great Britain
/ is to be the only nation absolutely IN
/ dependent of cable communication with
/ any part Of the globe, a result to be
| brought about by chain Of world en-.
/ cirC.lng wireless stations.
/ Among the voluntary helpers in the
work Of compiling the oxford English
dictionary, the most learned authority
on words and phrases OF the Eliza
bethan period, according to Or. II. a
Miers, principal OF London university
was a railway clerk.
Winnipeg owns the largest municipal
stone crushing plant in the world. The
output is from 600 to 1000 cubic yards
| per day. The price obtained is so cents
or $120 yard, according to the grade,
and in five years there has been a
] profit Of nearly 100000.
Whoever rents a tenement or apart.
ment house in the Paddington borough
CT London must sweep the floors of ali
rooms once a day, wash them once a
week and open the windows of all
sleeping rooms for at least one hour
each day or pay a fine of $25.
The British people last year spent
f25,OOO0OO in amusements. There are
81 theaters in London, 1888 in the pro
vincial towns, and there are besides
81 music halls Over 10000 persons
claim to belong to 1.-The profession. VI
Last year 541 new plays were pro
duced.
Paul la Fargue, former Socialist
deputy of France, and his wife Lera
Marx, daughter OF Karl Marx, the great
Socialist, committed suicide recently
at Draveil, France. Fear Of old age
and poverty were set down in letters
left as the cause Of seeking death by
the pair.
1t was stated by the consulting sur
geon of Guys hospital in an address:
before the Royal College Of Surgeons
that there is no such thing as heredi
tary tuberculosis" and that the opin
ion of the medical profession is "about
equally divided" as to whether or MOI
cancer is hereditary.
Realizing the value Of the vast de
posits OF Ignite which exist in severa
western states and particularly in
North and South Dakota, Montana and
Texas, the United States bureau OF
mines recently obtained from Germa
ny a powerful briqueting machine
which is being used to determine the
suitability Of American lignites for the
manufacture OF briquets.
Seventeen OF fifty French recruits
who were asked the question "WhG
was Bismarck" returned answers
showing their complete ignorance OF
the Iron Chancellor. Eleven showed
an equal lack OF knowledge Of Ma
poleon l. Thirty nine knew something
OF the war of 1870, though nine dis
played ignorance and two answered
that 1t was war between France and
England.
Englands pure food law requires
that every can of condensed milk mus
contain a label visible to the purchase
on which are the words Machine
skinned milk" or SKINNED milk.
DR.. j. f. Couttes now suggests to tn,
British local government that cans o