Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-21
TIMELY TOPICS


TIMELY TOPICS.
,eaders will be astonsshed TO
Noss varieties exist Of our common
know Works on horticulture enumer-
ii fniia ANY as 1000 kinds Of pears, over
tie o n Us Of apples, 100 of plums,
s i9V' han 100 varieties OF gooseberries,
pm about 125 Of strawberries.
distressing condition of the con-
lpaal library at the present time,
En- m OF its proper and needful vacant
pl'D doors corridors, aIcoves and
g@ng.;es-fIled with the most infamma-
INSTANCES. cannot be regarded as
els f,onl grave and constant peril by
Gre.
: .He countries which have large
-. Eke Great Britain, Russia, Spain
I,,ly the revenue is barely sufficient
3uarofortably meet the current expen-
leaving little, if anything, with
tss;,obto nav off the debt, while we are
I'm, 1;ng ours at the rate of over $780,
10000 year
Tho estimated value of the raw silk
.adnced in all the countries Of the
ia amounts to the enormous sum Of
s,o6 600 600 annually, most of which is
s,,;ged from Asiatic countries, to which
~ raisine of this precious fiber has been
a,,cipaliy confined since its origination
fa,o n the early dawn of human civili-
nation.
copsns reports on the lumber industry
olace Michigan in the front rank with a
deduction of 500, 100000 1t will sur
f.;.e many to know that Pennsylvania
i.snds next, with $22, 457, 900; then
somes wisconsin, $17, 952, 600; New
YORK sf4. 260, 900; Ohio, $13, 900;
Minnesota, 81, 366, 900, and Maine, ST.,
100000.
The decline in the price of quinine is
one Of the noteworthy facts of the time.
Itbas recently sold as low as 81 an ounce,
whereas it cost So few years ago. This
decline is due to removal of the tariff
dntg and over production among foreign
manufacturers. The world produces
about 4, 500, 900 ounces; it is now man
nfactured mostly in Germany and Italy.
America consumes about forty per cent.
Of the total production.
Many people have supposed that more
watches are made in the United States
than in any other country. This is an
error: the Swiss make nearly three times
as many as all our factories, turning out
about $500, 0OOa year. while the United
States make but 300, 900. France pro-
duces a million yearly, while England
only manufactures 200, 900. In the
above statement the great number of
cheap watches made at Waterbury, Conn,
are not included. The United States
still imports about 300, 600 watches every
year. or about $50 day.
An effort to check begging recently
made in Liverpool brought to light
college of beggary, in which pupils of all
ages we're taught how to pursue the art
IN scientific way. The proprietor was
amember of the profession and had
smassed comfortable fortune. The
school Yves well attended, many young
children being sent especially there by
their parents, who were chiefly of the
criminal Class. Many of the pupils
parents MT being able to paw for the
tuition of their children, the professor
appropriated the clothing and money
brought in bv his students until he was
recompensed aol his services.
1t is estimated 10y Professor Ganny-
more that in the United States, during
one season GO. 400 gallons of human
blood are drawn by mosquitoes. In
twenty years. the grand total AMOUNTS to
Les, 400 gallons Of blood--aearly as
much was spilled during the war Of
the rebellion. These facts are alarming.
lust think. will you. that in one hun
dred y.'rs IA, $40, 900 gallons Of as good
bleed as this country has ever produced
will ave been spilled without a single
p,nt having been gained. IL Is very
vel 70 talk about the navy, but some
Ling should be dor 10 protect the
American leoplc against the singing
vampires Of the night The navy in
deed-why the navy never sheds blood
except when some barefoot tar, sham
bling across the deck. sticks q splinter
n his hool.
H. thread industry OF the United
Ss"tes while it does not rank alongside
The 1 on aud steel industries in import
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