, 1925-06-24


the beginning of the war. The panel
for the end of the war was never en-
graved.
Four hundred sixty-seven Princeton
men are working their way through
college.
Mendelssohn held the bagpipes in
high esteem and introduced in his ov-
erture to "The Hebrides" an imita-
ton of the strains of the pipes.
The parent of the naval orange tree
stands at the head of scenic Magnolia
avenue, Riverside, California. 1t is
protected by an iron grill; in summer
awnings protect it from the full glare
of the sun; in winter a smudge pot
stands beside it to guard against chill.
Fully 80 per cent of the non-game
birds taken in New York State were
killed by unnaturalized, foreign-born
persons.
Spohr in 1920 was the first to use
a baton as a conducting stick in Eng
land at a philharmonic concert, before
which time the violinist usually mar
ked time with his bow or foot.
An aerial railway outside Chamonix
makes it possible for the lazy noun
tain climber to ascend a considerable
distance up the sides of Mont Blanc
range. When finished the final land
ing will be only 5000 feet below the
actual summit of Mont Blanc itself.
Less than half a pound of radium
has been produced in the world since
Madam Curie discovered this precious
element in 1898.
There are 3,141 islands and islets in
the Philippine Archipelago, of which
only 1868 are named and only 342
are inhabited.
The turnip occupied an important
place in Roman agriculture, one writ
er stating that some of them weighed
forty pounds.
Eric the Red called the land he dis
covered Greenland because men would
be more easily persuaded thither if
the land had a good name.
The country of Nepal being barred
to Europeans, is one of the least
known of any part of Asia.
More than 100000 farmers in the
United States now own radio sets.
The ancient B~abylonians counted
in terms of sixties. AS the earliest
astrologers were accustomed to this
reckoning, the 60 figure was naturally
adopted in the earliest methods of
timekeepnig. The minute" stood for
something very small or minute.
When the minute was split up it was
the second split, hence our Seconds
The water in Frenchman's Bay, on
Desert Island off the coast of Maine,
at midday of the day when one of the
marine annelid worm breeds, becomes
blood-red due to the untold numbers
of red eggs cast into the bottom wa
tiers by the worm.
The citizens of Washington d. c.,
cannot vote because they are not
citizens of any state and the District
of Columbia is governed directly by
the Federal Government, there being
no elective offices.
There are 2S,500 habitable rural
dwellings now vacant in Missouri.
The wild dog, sleeping in the open,
had first to beat down the thick gras-
ses to make his bed. He did this by
turning round again and again, his
weight pressing down a nest for him
self as he does today through instinct.
inherited though the ages.
A sunken Roman city in the Medi-
terranean will be pictured by means
of newly invented undersea camera.
Flowers will retain their original
bloom much longer if subjected to the
rythmic strains Of music, says an ex-
perimenter Of Milwaukee.
Sea water contains 80 of the 90
known elements.
Thirty-eight persons out of every
hundred in the United States now
earn a salary or wages.
Ancient Roman statues are incorp-