Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31
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Steam was 6rst employed to heat fac
tories IN 1906.
The Philippines import as much iron
Ind steel as all China does.
The British postofiice controls SOO.-
800 miles Of telephone wires.
Greece buys 1000 sporting guns each
pear. 5000 Of which come from France.
Blacksmiths In China make knives
ind raxors of old soft iron horseshoes.
Sixty-eight out Of every hundred pub
lications In the world are printed in
English.
The French port of Havre is having
improvements made which will cost
$4,000, 600.
English nonconformists are celebrat-
ing their two hundred and 6ftieth an
niversary this year.
An audience of 5000 attended re-
cent moonlight performance Of aida"
at the base Of the great pyramid.
An alarm clock for deaf persons that
delivers light blows on sleeper with
paddle is an Englishman's idea.
There Is not much demand for ready
made clothing In English cities, where
tailors make suits to order for $6 mp.
A new directory to the cities Of
Panama and Colon Is about to be pub
Vshed BY Americans in the canal zone.
A British company In the vaiping
district Of China has planted a. million
trees In beginning the work Of aflor-
estation.
Very few dairies Of any kind exist In
or near Constantinople, and with one
exception none b conducted on Z sci-
entidc plan.
The canning Of paprika pepper in
Spain u done BY girls and women,
who earn IA to a cents day Of about
eleven hourA
Resembling . huge pneumatic ham-
mer Il q new compressed air pile div
er. which delivers its blows % rapidly
that 2 pus cannot spring back Detween
them. . !
The pooseaooe OF property valued q
$4,000 b counted rich IN Japan. and
there = only one man WHOSE estate
OF about $40.00QO00 ranks MIN WIN
the worlds rich men
In one respect at least the Philip
pines an well Ansgicanised A re-
cent baseball game In Manila 10000
y1nuln06 csQW0ed INTO the ~ utadaum
Il baats cock1shtinG. {
Railway employees at Rangooa, In
dla, are to havethe advantage Of lower
prices Of bod and other things result
ing nom the estnbllahment there Of Z
cooperative store for their special ben
cit
n Yokohama, q well q Throughout
the empire. tho moving picture show
y taking tie place Of the Old time
theater. The pejcs o. admission =
oometjmes ~ contn, bit usually 8
cents.
n sorne AZ the munjcinaIltiea cf Ger.
many fhe siaht of : building operation
4 reenraed Il the nature az a eyesone.
which y to & depiored. ana The strict-
II reeulatione an made 70 meet s0ch
ccntiuecnclea
Al attachmenf II ! teleohoue -
eeivea bv which ano4hnf nefDon can
hear what 4 bsine said over wirs-a
steneeraphef, foe INSTANCE. who b b
nike 10Th sides of i conversation has
been inyented.
One of IN exhihjte at thn recent
horticulfural show ID London was
crop 81 mustard plants labeled ~lfus-
tard grown o. N old dcormat on =
roof IN Victoria streetr Experts MD
Il was I dne crop.
Among the unclaimed articles left 10
the eloakrooms and depots Of the
Southeastern railWay. 81 England. and
recently sold at auction were twenty
bags of -four. rowboat. 6reproof
safe and ! Weighing machine.
a minimum time rate Of 3x pence
an hour has been axed for women en-
pIoyeeD Ia the tailoring tf00o 10 3fe0S