Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-10-25
CURIOUS FACTS.

Shakespeare began to write about
1890.
Poisoning is a very common crime in
India.
The average age of twelve English
bishops is seventy six years.
The Turkish Empire was established in
Asia. under Othman l., in 1893.
King Malietoas salary before he was
deposed amounted to $50 month.
1t is said that Paris, when full, can ac
commodate nearly four millions Of peo
pie.
| The tennis ball now bounds in China,
though dirt courts are more frequent
than grass.
Two Hebrews own the site of ancient
Babylon, where their ancestors were cap
| tlves and slaves.
Fifteen of the twenty-five mayors who
have governed Chicago have been ma
tives of the State of New York.
Nebraska has no great man with a
national reputation, but she has just come
| to the front with four-leggcd chicken.
The return of landgrants made in
| Western Australia shows that one man
owns and controls nearly 1000, 900
acres.
A woman and her husband are master
and engineer respectively of trading
steamer on the Columbia River, Wash
ington.
1t is stated that over 16, 900 horses are
slaughtered for food every year in Paris,
and of this quantity two-thirds are used
for sausages.
1t is said that slxty-three millionaires
reside in the territory between Dobb's
Ferry and Tarrytown, n. Y, distance
of only six miles.
The japanese Government has coined
$50. 900 worth of nickel five-cent pieces.
The people like them much, and the
coinage will be continued.
There are ruins near Gallup, Cal, the
foundation walls of which can be traced
for two miles, indicating the existence of
large town in the locality in bygone
| times.
The Shah of Persia asserts that the
Kohinoor is an unlucky jewel He points
to the fact that Queen Victoria lost her
husband soon after coming into posses
sion of the famous stone.
At n marriage ceremony in Japan
neither the bride nor the groom wears
any clothing of IA purple color lest their
marriage should be soon dissolved pur
pie being a color most liable to fade.
A curious and interesting exhibition
will be opened in Cologne on June L,
1890, in which will be displayed vast
collection of arms, instruments, etc,
serving to illustrate the art of warfare
and bearing in any way on the condition
of troops or armies.
Liverpool is probably the most densely
populated city in the world-it is beyond
doubt the most densely populated in the
United Kingdom. In the year 1887 it
population was 593, 900, or 113.S per
square acre; while Manchester stood
next with So, then Glasgow with SIS,
and London with Sc.
Some time since two vessels collided
| off Bognor, Me-, one vessel sinking, fifty
four persons perishing. A piano on
board found its way into the sea, and
after floating about for three weeks was
washed ashore at Worthing. Though
covered with barnacles and seaweed, the
piano was found to be in playing order.
Electricity is now employed in In
dia to prevent snakes from entering
dwellings. Before all the doors and
around the house two wires are laid, iso-
lated from each other, and connected
/ with an induction apparatus. When the
snake attempts to enter the house he
/ completes the circuit and is killed by the
| shock.
Lately there was terminated at War
saw, Russia, a lawsuit which has lasted
four centuries. The object of litigation
was piece of uncultivated ground of
| forty acres between the estates of Orlowo
and Podlowo, which was claimed by the
two proprietors of them. The suit was
commenced in 1870, and was curiously
enough, brought to an end by amicablc
arbitration.
Mr.. Gladstone's Simple Life.