The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-25
NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST

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No spot in New Zealand is more
than Is miles from the sea.
Ninety-seven per cent of Austral-
las population is Of pure British
descent.
A maid in a New Yory hotel died
recently leaving an estate Of $751;
500 earned by her own hands. Her
pay was SIG a week.
An Illinois physician, 81 years
Of age, diagnosed his own ailment
and wrote his own death certificate,
which was signed by another doctor
after his death.
Nearly one-fourth Of the land in
Scotland has changed hands since
the armistice, due to the changes
in the owners financial position
brought about by the war.
The last units of the Imperial
Guard of Germany recently marched
out from Potsdam where, for CEN
,turies, they had served as the body
guard of the Hohenzollerns.
Gold badges for New York legis-
lators, with the states coat-of-arms
and the names of the legislators in
scribed on them, are sought in bill
introduced in the legislature re-
Gently.
The contract for regarding six
miles Of the state highway between
Las Vegas and st. Thomas, in Clark
county, was let to Wasatch Grading
company Of Provo, Utah, on a low
bid Of $33,194.06.
Cattle feed, absolutely fast dyes,
motion pictures films and many
other things can be made from the
120,000,000 tons Of corncobs and
stalks now going to waste annually
in the United States, according to
chemical experts.
Measles are now being cured byl
vaccine taken from the blood Of
measles convalescents. In Germany,
experiments in about 1900 cases
have shown that vaccine, when used
in the first few days after infection,
prevents exposed children from be-
coming i'll from the desease already
In their systems in about 81 per
cent Of the cases.
The petition Of Lady Rhondda to
sit in the House Of Lords has been
granted by the committee on privil-
eyes Of the House of Lords. She is
member Of the directorates of
SO companies and chairman Of sew
eral Of the boards and will be the
first woman to sit in the upper
house of the British parliament.
Makers Of photograph records in
London say the demand for private
discs is increasing. Persons are
having records of their own accom-
plishments made and are sending
them to their friends instead of
sending letters or gifts. The pratt
tie and talk Of children at various
ages is being filed away with their
baby clothes.
For the benefit of famine suf-
ferers, the All-Russian central COM
mittee has decided to use the valu-
ables in churches Of all creeds in
Russia. The valuables consist Of
gold and silver candlesticks, chalices,
gold-covered and bejeweled icons
and various ecclesiastical accessories
worth about $1,000, 000, 900, &C.
codring to reports.
Bandit wild bees invade the tame
hives near Grays Harbor, WASH
ington, and steal and carry away
the honey to their hives in the for
est. More than one third Of the
domestic honey gathered in this
district has been stolen by the rob-
Der bees. The wild bees make their
homes in hollow trunks Of cedar
trees, where several swarms work
on q community basis.
Slave-raiding and trading have
increased in Abyssinia during re-
cent years. Abyssinia is in North
eastern Africa and is almost as