Telegram-herald., 1890-10-07

OF this world population lit is estimated
lAai -. .ooo 900 - entirely aaked
The largest sold mlne N The worlc Is
said 10 bs IN Alaska i j. lighted by
eleetriolts and i rnu lNy and night
u England last yaar G9s books were
publsshed-inclnling new editions. Aost
u them Come under DC head of hctioa
While the population u the oountrs was
increasing about ,soo.0oo during the year
the consumption Of cigarettes Increased
nearly 800 0se 0eo
Yellow piano keys may be made " hlte
by rubbing them gently viii saDdpaper
and polishing with chamois.
I've swapping turtles. Weighing forty
three and thirty seven pounds respectively
were found lately IN tie wheel pii q q
Conrecticut mill
Capt Holmes. Of Mystic Conn, who has
just returned from bis sixCeth voyage
around Cape Horn, believes he has made
the trip ofiener than any other living per
son.
Charles Fave. whe died IN BROOKLYN =
day OF two AGO, was 9 feet . inches high,
though only Il years Old iiis death, phs-
sicians say, WAS due 10 too rapid grovih.
A bookbinder in Vienna was called upon
20 bind volume of 100 leaves worth zoe 900
gulden. Zach leaf wAs bond for .0oo
gulden. the book being the owner : glft 70
has only daughter
All the members of the arm of Harper a.
Brothers are practical printers anl it IL a
rule Of The house that each member 81 the
family who expects 90 be taken into The
firm must first become proficient ln type
setting or presswork-
In 1850 no less than 5s,00oOoo bushels ~
wheat went into British ports and 1ouf -
the value 81 81 ,Oo000 has circulated "a
English bread pans. II Is calculated .hat
the shortage Of wheat In tAe presen' wears
crop viii not bo less than lN.ce9 600
bushels
Peace reigns 80 supremeiy a. Canton,
Me, that the select men have rented the
town jail 20 shoemsker. The tenant.
however, has a "Eparc room" which is ia
readiness for any nlscreant overtaken by
justice.
The desk az which Oliver Wendell
Holmes writes his poems is far from be.uR
the ideal escritoire of poet II = a very
prosaic roll Top desk II polished black wal
nut, kept with al the neatness aud PIE
cision Of the professional bookkeeper
Il Is rather = Startling fact that the most
densely populated square miie IN the world
IS not ia China or Belgium bat ia the city
OF New YORK, and thai "a is Inhabited by
90 600 people. the larger part of whom are
Italians. who speak their native language
oniy and retain their native customs
A. c. Christopher. Of the Georgia house
IN Orlando. Fla. has peach tree .u bis
yard Of the large yellow olingstone variety.
The tree Is three years old. and has borne
two crops since the frost IN March last. tie
first becoming ripe IN July and the second
ia August. and there viii still DC another
crop 10 September. The tree grew From
seed obtained IN middle Georgia.
An American who was lately abroad
asked great London critic q same for
him in their due order o. merit EuElsnd's
grestest literary men. TIE answer was.
"ITirst. above everybody. Lord Tennyson.
then George Meredith. then Robert Louis
Stevenson, and then Rudyard kipiing"
Europe IS soon to be euteraiaed by
troupe of Persian singers. wrestlers. box
ers, cQuesfriaus. cougurefN and mouute-
banks 70 the number o. sixty. who viii
give performances Of n kind never vet seen
IL the great capitals Mos ~ these gen
try are band.tti whose local celebrity las
been earned - much by hirhroad exploits
- by artistic performance. bat Russian
impressario has banded them together. and
begins h.s rounds With thcm a. Odessa.