Show I BITS OF INFORMATION I Over O 1000 tons of ot asbestos to have been mined from Crom a deposit discovered last year yearn on n the tho Island of ot Cyprus Japan Is lt building a ton 1100 torpedo boat to have havo a speed of oC thirty thirty-nino miles an n hour and to carry a heavy gun In ad- ad to four torpedo lo tubes tube The most productive e Insect known to Is the tho termite or white ant aut which has lias been known to lay eggs at athe atthe the he rato rate Of ot a day for Cor a month The United States marketed clay worth In ISO according to too tho rotO- rotO logical e survey More than three of It was waz used for brick or Ulo tHo For Tor tho the h benefit of ot outdoor workers who rho must havo their bands hands free Cree a Gorman German In Inventor inventor in- in has ha brought out a l tont nt umbrella that straps tJ to the tho shoulders s. There Thore are fire specIes of trees found within tho too limits of tho the Unit too nn States the tho woods of sixteen of ot which when seasoned seasoned sea- sea are aro so 60 heavy as to Ink In w water Although there are Q over er a million mens of Insects In the British museum scientists dentists say Y tho too largest part of or the insect m- m sect world has not yet ct been cn discovered or named Wealthy natives of or India have havo formed a company with capital to erECt at Bombay blast bast furnaces arid and n a complete com coto- pInto pleto steel plant for Cor tho too utilization of native ores Moro More than 1000 persons aro em toyed loved In n the manufacture of oC artificial pearls carls In Inthe Inthe Inthe the gulf of or Lower California by a corn com any working under a concession t lon from Crom he the Mexican government Almost any steamer afloat In th the tho merchant merchant mer mr chant service can now go so to Manchester En Eng S' S the deepening of ot the tho ship canal AMI to toa toa toa a uniform depth of or twenty fight f fact et having laving been completed after over years' years continuous v. v work vork ork The demand for Cor cigarettes In China to toda today today to- to da day Is exceeded only by that fur kero- kero sene ene The Tho Introduction of this habit dates back only a 1 fow tew years ears and now nw not only y ho tho men but tho too women amok mok Four cigarettes can cn be bought for Cor a cent ent The Tho value of or automatic couplings Is proved by the tho fact tact that of ot tho the eighteen railway allway employees killed and of ot the id Injured In England last year ear in coupling accidents only one ODe was killed and one I Injured In a case caso In which the cars had automatic couplings When the shah rat of Persia was In Jondon London Lon Jon don thc they wanted to take him tl to Goodwood Goodwood Goodwood Good Good- wood the tho race track but he declined to go That one horse can cnn run faster than another ho he said I I am nm perfectly aware I which one It Is doesn't matter t to to- tomo mo rue In Inthe inthe the least Washington Star It Is 19 asserted d by a traveler tra r that the best est cigarette charette tob tobacco In the tho world worM comes from Crom rom Macedonia that the b best sl tobacco when It Is tobacco at all In European cigarettes comes from Crom Mac d oi nl i and that hat when whon It Jt does not come from Macedonia Mace Jacc donia dorila It Is said to como come from Crom there hero During 1907 1901 there was a l consumption of or orwood wood In pulp making greater by 13 1 cords than in any previous year There was al also o an Increase of ot cords In Inthe inthe the he Imports of ot pulp wood Since 1900 the ho amount of wood consumed d each year for Cor pulp has Increased In round numbers from Crom to cords Montesquieu When Montesquieu-When When one runs after niter wit withe he ic Is sure suro to catch nonsense Macedonian natives exhibit something like Ike stolidity toward the dangers that beset betel them An Italian officer r late re receIved received received re- re an answer from Crom a n Macedonian I Bulgar that Illustrates it well The men menor of or a n certain village were accustomed to I cut down wood on on the mountain but so I many of ot them had been beeD killed when at I work that the officer asked them why I they continued to run the risk The 1 peasant replied Why should we not continue to cut wood If It v W wai are arc not killed we shall bring back th the thA wood In western China Euro European travelers recently found a n simple method of ot settling set set- disputes One of t them writes While we wo called caned the midday halt at Ta- Ta de cha-de we asked tho the villagers con some Borne now graves which we noticed in a afeld afield field feld close b by They answered Our head headman headman man and two others were killed thre months ago In a 1 feud with a village higher high high- er or up the tho hills Is It settled now new Yes Did you report the matter to Lao wo No o. o What would have havo b been en the use usa We Just settled the matter our- our How Oh Ob we wo killed eight of the other party A Noahs Noah's ark expedition sailed re recently recently re- re from the T Tyne to colonize the uninhabited un- un inhabited land In the Indian ocean The vessel tho the Jeanne dArc with sixty Norwegians 1 carried a large number of or woden wooden huts sheep pigs poultry ponies and aed other animals Intended Intend intend- ed for breeding purposes On the tho voyage voyage voy voy- age out a call caU will be mado at Durban to tako take on board some thirty negro la la- la borers The chief object of ot the expedition expedition tion lion is whale and sea elephant hunting bunting and a Ic lease c granting full tull fishing rights for Cor two years has hns been obtained from tho the French government The Tho Island has hu an anarea anarea area of oC square miles |