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Show POSTSCRIPTS. American canned salmon Is favorably favor-ably known throughout tho ontlro world. Tho exports nf It amounted to 17,000,000 a year. Forty-four families who perform no usoful Horvlco In this country lmvo a yearly Incomo equal to 100,000 wage earnors at an averago of J500. German army surgeons lmvo to bavo gold for many Jobs of Jaw patching. patch-ing. Among tho articles being molted down for tho material aro old wedding rings, English coins and oven fillings from tho tooth. Dy reason of tho lack of fast colore, col-ore, gray lias bocomo very fashion-ablo fashion-ablo In England, and tho largo quantities quan-tities of dark brown colors on hand boforo tho war aro responsible for tho presmtt voguo of browns them Scar-lets, Scar-lets, pinks and blues aro very scarce "Tho Island of Hlack Cats" Is a namo applied to Chatham Island in tho Pacific ocean, about 730 miles west of tho coast of Ecuador. It la overrun over-run with black cats; Indeed, cats of no other color aro seen thcro. Thoso animals llvo in tho crevices of tho lava foundation near tho coast, and subsist by catching fish and crabs. Tho annual cheoso production of Canada amounts to 130,000,000 pounds, of which about ono-half Is mado in Ontario. Tho Japanoso nro now manufacturing manufactur-ing yearly about XG.000.OQO worth of toys, of which 40 per cont aro for exportation. ex-portation. Tho state of Ohio Is to establish a postal system for tho sorvloo of the vnrlous stato dopnrtmunts entirely soparato from that of the national government. gov-ernment. In tbo statohouso will bo placod a ccntrnl po3t office, which will bandlo all tho mall sent from ono department de-partment to another. |