The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-01-04
TIMELY BREvITIES

product of the island of Hawaii
Ireland's population in 1871 was Psi
to the square mile. Now it is IA only.
OF the 1908, 731. $40 acres of land In
Australia the amount sold or granted
b. the government is 93,567, 600
IN London 100000 persons are living
more than two in a room and $4,000
persons are living six or more in
single room.
More than $50 ocean going vessels
are equipped or are being fitted with
oil burning engines ranging from 800
to 500 horsepower
Land in Japan can still be owned
outright only by Japanese subjects, the
entire country being nominally the
property Of the emperor
The government of Australia is now
offering handsome prizes for the best
designs to be used in making a new
series of postage stamps.
Although Holland is famous for its
diaries, the oleomargarine industry
also fourishes there Fifteen mar
garin factories give employment to
$500 persons.
At the present time Japan is import
ing $1,50OOOO worth of glass each year,
and in order to keep the money in the
family she Is developing the glass
works Of China.
Manufacture Of Portland cement has
become almost a Swiss speciality. In
the Jura region, in the vicinity Of Bas-
ell, the banks of the streams are almost
lined with cement factories.
The American soldiers in the Philip
pines have learned to make a very
serviceable boat out Of a rubber blan-
ket, two rifles, two sabers and straps
and two tent poles and their straps.
Slams exports Of ivory last year
amounted to 1901 pounds. 1t was all
obtained from domestic elephants that
had died natural death, as the wild
ivory.
The oldest newspaper in the world,
the Official Gazette of Picking, having
passed under the control of the cabi-
net, will hereafter print general infor-
nation, in addition to edicts and me-
MORALS.
An electric alarm is the latest tea
kettle adjunct in Germany. The steam
from the spout when the water boils
melts lump Of sugar which had held
apart the poles of a tiny battery.
Their contact rings a bell
By the will Of a French lady who
died recently a farm was left to the
town on condition that her family vault
was kept in repair, while the rest of
her estate was to be divided among
those attending her funeral.
According to a Dutch paper, the de-
fensive measures taken by Holland in
preparation for possible Franco-Ger-
man war have revealed state Of utter
unpreparedness and confusion in the
country's military establishment.
London still depends upon it's army
Of cats to handle the rats among the
ships that come up the Thames. The
port Of London authority has made
known it's estimates for cats milk the
year. The appropriation is for $4,000.
According to figures gathered by the
Journal of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION, only sixty-four lives were
lost this year in celebrating the Fourth,
In 1903, the year in which agitation
Tor a safe and sane celebration began,
there were S72 deaths.
AS an evidence that countries bor-
dering on the Mediterranean are adopt
ing western ways Of living it is noted
that there is demand for steam laun-
dries and washing machines. vehicles.
rubber tires, BARRIERS chairs and bath
room fittings from cities in southern
Italy.
Sir William Ramsay pointed out at
the recent parliament of science In
Portsmouth, England, that If rad1um
could be turned to mechanical use a
ton Of it would suffice to propel a ship
Of $4,000 tons, with engines of 15,OOO
horsepower, at the rate of fifteen knots
for thirty years.
The sanguine prospects Of the d1a-
mond fields in German Southwest Al
RIGA some five years ago are not being
realized. At any rate, the surface OF
the diamond region has been cleared
Of it's rich harvest, and deeper mining,
with it's attendant greater cost, must
now be resorted to.
During the last three years seventy
one deaths were caused in England by
ammonia, thirty-three Of which were
accidents and thirty-eight suicides.
Hereafter every bottle in which ammo
MIA Is sold must be labeled with the
words "not to be taken" In addition
to the word POISONOUS"
Berlin almost stands still. The IN
crease since 1906 is only IL per cent.
or from 100000 to 2,O64,OOO inhab1-
tants. Besides the capital six cities
have more than half million people
Hamburg, $4,000; Monich. 595'ooo;
Leipzig, $4,000; Dresden, $4,000; Co.
logne, $1,000, and Breslau, 51o'OOo.
Prior to the opening Of the Assuan
dam the yield Of cotton was 90
GO