The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-11

cent lower than that Of 1911.
The pulp mills of Sweden require
1880 tons of sulphur annually. Prac-
tically all of it comes from Sicily.
st. Agnes lighthouse in England has
been closed and the light extlnguished
after 230 years of continuous service.
During the last few years the price
of raw produce of farms in the United
States of America has risen by SO per
cent.
st. Louis is being urged to adopt the
plan of assessing benefited localities
for the purchase and maintenance of
parks.
Denmark has dropped its plan to en-
large the harbor of st. Thomas in the
West Indies. owing to lack of financial
support
The most complete reference collec
ton of drugs in the United States has
been installed in the National museum
in Washington.
In 1900 81 per cent of the popula-
ton of Washington was colored, while
two years ago this percentage had been
reduced to 2S.5.
Hunters killed 2,650 deer in the Adj
rondacks last season, according to sta
tistics collected by the New York state
conservation committee.
Belgium has a capital punishment
law for murder and sentences prison
ers under it, but never can find any
one to act as hangman.
OF the 100000 inhabitants of Lon
don, more than 100000 have to live
on less than Sc week for each family,
while more than 100000 are in chronic
poverty.
One Of the unique sights of the
streets of Port Elizabeth, in South Af-
rica, is drayloads of ostrich feathers on
Saturdays when the weekly steamers
leave for Europe.
A German vacuum ice machine of
convenient size for household use does
away with the need of using dangerous
acids and can be operated by one hand
or small electric motor.
The use of wood block paving in Paris
is steadily extending until now most
of the leading avenues and public
places on both sides of the Seine are
paved with that material.
A Delaware builder of high speed
boats is mounting the rudders just
forward of amidships to avoid inter-
ference with the propellers and to
keep the craft from skidding on turns.
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known as the land of the six cent dol
lar Its currency has steadily shrunk
in value until now the Guatemalan
dollar is worth about 6 cents in gold.
OF the million dollars spent by the
city of Stockholm, Sweden, for its
school system last year $500 was for
domestic science, $17500 for school
lunches, So, 400 for school physicians
and So 400 for the dental clinic.
The French government is encourag-
ing experiments with new device to
protect against hail, essentially a very
large lightning rod of pure copper,
which is claimed to affect atmospheric
electricity so that hailstones cannot
form.
The territory of Hawaii has now ac-
quired for $4,000 the 3S7 acre Palolo
water rights. on PalolO hill big res
ervoir, probably the highest in the re-
gion, will be built shortly, and the
work of connecting the new supply
with the city mains is to be rushed to
an early completion.
Tho Enrunons Hpinn avna1Iant
work with cement, converting it into
forms of every possible description and
producing limitations of many classes
of stones and tiles. The confidence of
German builders in cement for all pur-
poses seems to be boundless, and they
are willing to erect lighter structures
than architects in the United States.
When completed, the Laufenburg
plant will be the largest hydro-electric
power station in Switzerland. 1t is
being built at Laufenburg, on the
Rhine, where that river forms the
boundary between Germany and
Switzerland. About 10000 horsepower
will be developed by utilizing the fall
of a cataract over one-half mile in
length.
The mayor of a small town in the
Val de Loire, France, has been repri-
manded for making too many appoint
ments to the fire brigade. Out of 1000
inhabitants 400 are firemen and are
therefore exempt from military serv-
ICE. The authorities have reduced the
briagde to twenty-five members. This
method Of gaining popularity is now
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