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Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-04
THE KALEIDOSCOPE

The total membership of over 1900 unions ill England is put at nearly 4,- 500, 900.
 Oil from the nuts of the Chinese wood oil tree is very useful in making highly waterproof paint.
 In Japan stonemasons aarn about s1.30 a day, while bricklayers and carpenters are paid $1,20 a day.
 Stocks of American cheese in cold storage January 1 were 55,Oo0,o 900 year previous.
 Of 405 mentioned in the directory of the New Hampshire House of Rep resentatives, v are named John, 26 William and p Charles.
 So sensitive is an electric apparat- us invented by a French scientist that it will detect the presence of one part of bicromate of potash in 100000 parts of water.
 On account of the inability to i'm eral Dutch tanneries have built small port tanning materials overseas, sev- extracting plants at an expense of about s20,000 each.
 It is said that the cleanest town in the world is Brock. It has been fam ous for cleanliness from time imme- morial. The yards and streets are paved with polished stones inter mingled with bricks of different colors. . The United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland nd Wales has l. times as dense population as the the United States. The total popu- lation, according to the last census Chat of 1911), was 45,000,00O, or ap- proximately onehalf the population of the United States
 A picture of little Andrew Franklin, a Michigan boy, whose father disap- peared some time ago, is to be shown at the moving picture theatres in New ' ork, in the hope that the father will see it and be moved to go back home It is thought that the man is in New York city, where he was seen on Broadway not long ago. A nephew and niece of Johan C.. Gluck having re--sed to accept be- quests of $1.25 each left to them in their uncle's will, the Probai; Court at Washington has ordered the money to be paid into the registry of the court, where it will remain unless the | benefciaries change their minds and l ask for payment to them. l Just as Egypt has been made by the | Nile, so MeSopotamia has been made | by the Tigris, and the Euphrates The view put forward with some authority
 that the rivers should be kept exXclus- lively for irrigation and not be depend ed upon for transport is challenged
 on many grounds, one of which is that i irrigation can be effectively combined
 and indeed made mutually advantage
 ouS for many years to come.