Garland Globe | 1906-06-23 | Page 6 | Odd Bits of Information

ODD BITS OF INFORMATION. Tho Hawallans. arc tho world's best swimmers. A frog cannot breathe with its mouth open Japanese children aro taught to write with both hands. An elephant will carry a load of 6,000 pounds with case. Quakers are very healthy; their av-era av-era go longevity being CI years. Tho English school ot water-color painting Is tho best in tho world. ' Tho turbot lays 12,000,000 eggs a year 11,099,800 moro than tho best hen. A ccrtrln Jail In Mexico consists of an oak treo with chain nnd staplo attachment. at-tachment. Dried currants, fed regularly to horses, give them phenomenal strength and endurance. At Quito, tho only city directly on tho equator, tho sun rises and sets always al-ways at tho samo hour six o'clock. ' Tho Russians havo tho best teeth an excellence- which they Imputo tto tho regular chowlng of sunflower seed. In Spain a physician gets five cents a visit from a working man and 20 cents a visit from an aristocrat. Ho it supposed to tend the poor for nothing.