The Washington times., 1894-06-03
Topics Of fhe Tin6s.

| Last year ZUU persons were Iyncueu IL LUIS
country.
It takes 1000 insects to make one pound Of
| cochineal.
The population Of the earth doubles itself
every 260 years.
Spain is investigating the cholera outbreak
| in Portuguai.
italian politics have been In an unsettled
| state for several year
The are 50. 900 suffering children In the
schools Of Germany.
! dysrs OF ancient times.
In a well-stocked hive there are from $4,000
| to 20 900 working bees.
There are 1,142 tunnels in the world, with
| total length OF 514 miles.
| An Easton, Pa, girls drops asleep whenever
she gets in the bright sunlight.
The United Presbyterian Church OF Scot
land has membership Of lsS. 1854.
The coal production OF 1892 in the United
States was valued at 1921, 1866, 600.
In 1878 eight and one-half pounds Of cotton
would buy an ounce Of silver. In 1890 1t took
twelve and one-half pounds.
Tho greatest length OF the desert OF Sahara
is 3,100 miles. The greatest width Is 600
| miles.
The title and position OF cardinal is the
highest dignity in the Roman Catholic Church
next to the Pope.
It has been calculated that thore are at
least 1000 proverbs circulating among Eu-
ropean nations alono.
Members Of the French diplomatic and con-
sular service cannot marry without the per-
mission of the government.
The United States has 4 ,564 ,641 separate
farms, averaging 1877 acres each. Almost half
the farms are said TO be mortgaged.
About the thinnest thing in the world Is the
film OF a soap bubble, OF which it would take
SO, 1000, 900 to measure IN inch.
Some species OF fungi have neither roots,
stem, leaves. dowers, nor seed, and derive
their nourishment through spores.
The Americans are generally agreed to have
surpassed all other nations in the invention
and use Of rapid-fre guns.
DR.. Emily A. Bruce declares that more
women die OF faulty dress than from all the
contagious diseases combined.
1t is said that Samuel Hutchinson, o. Pres
cott Wash, is the tallest man on the Pacific
slope. He is seven feet two and one-half in
ches high.
The rlce-paper tree, a native of China now
flouris..es in Florida. where il was introduced
as an experiment SO me years ago.
There are insects which pass several years
in preparatory states OF existence and finally,
when perfect live but a few hours.
This being the jubilee OF General Booths
Christian life. an effort is being made to raise
a special fund OF $3.50, 600 for the Salvation
Army.
The oldest ARCHITECTURAL ruins in the world
are believed to be the rock cut temples Of
Ipsambul, on the left bank OF the Nile, in
Nubic.
Pennsylvania alone produces nearly l0O.-
a of
000,000 tons OF coal in 1892 in the United
States.
The largest map in the world is in course
of preparation 10y the government. 1t will
represent the United States and cover an acre
in area.
A New Yort man is reported as intending
to spend $500 in order to stimulate the
people to study the wild flowers of this coun-
try.
A Roman soldier. in marching order. car
ried sixty pounds OF weight, and was expected
to march four miles an hour for six hours a
day.
Next TO importance to Pennsylvania IN the
production OF coal is Illinois, followed by
Ohio, West Virginia, and Alabama in the or
der naaed.
The longest train on record was that OF
Catherine de nedici on the occasion OF her
marriage. 1t YVES foIty-eieht yards in length
and was borne by twenty pages.
Eggs Of the Algerian locUst have been
found to yield n thick oil resembling honey
in appearance. 1t burns well, und mixed with
aikali MAKES good soap.
A congress OF archaologists is proposed for
Rome in 1895, and specia! excavations laying
bare the rest OF the palaces of the Caesars are
suggested as an attractive feature.
The Anglican bishop, Blyth. Of Jerusalem,
SAYS that about 100 600 Hebrews have entered
Palestine during the last lev years. and that
the arrival Of a vaster host is imminent.
The electrical bicycle is cropping up in
England. The weight OF the batteries when
filed with liquid is to be Al pounds, aud the
whole weight OF the machine is TO be 155
pounds.
The General Theological Seminary Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church has come into
possession OF the largest collection of Latin
Bibles in the world. consisting OF 543 editions
in 1.364 volumes.
A. Andrews, OF Toronto, Ont, has in his
possession 2 lock and key of massive weight,
which he claims to he the identical instru-
ments used by Cromwell for securing the
crown jewels OF England.
BY the device OF an Italian seismologist an
earthquake shock is made to light an electric
lamp for quarter OF a second, causing the
face of a chronometer to be photographed,
and thus registering the precise time.
Cinnamon when they refer to their wives
which is as seldom as possibe-spenk OF them
as My dull thorn or .'Tbe thorn in my
ribs, or THE mean one Of the inner ROOM
Children similarly are styled insects or
worms" much as We say "chick' or
'cubs."
In some Of the most exclusive and fashion,
able clubs in the West End, London which
usually has three lotteries for tho Derby
with an entrance fee of f5, 81, and Il, re-
spectively, the pressure Of poverty this year
is so strong upon the members that the first
two have been discontinued, as the entries
were insufficient
The new Atlantic cable which is now being
laid in sections between Ballingskelligs bay,
Ireland, and Canso. n. S.. for the Commercial
Cable Company, is in many respects notable
piece OF work. The cable is about 2, 100 miles
iii length; its conductor contains more than
100000 pounds of copper and is armored
with over 100000 pounds of steel wire.
Copper must have been one of the earliest |
metals known, worked. and valued in human
industry. 1t rnnks second to silver in mallea-
bility and ductiity, or third as compared with |
gold, which is the most malleable metal |
known, and ranks next to iron in tensile /
strength, and, being an abundant metal, |
native in many parts of the world. it ofteu |
lies at or near the surface of the earth.
A new novel soon to be published by Dick |
ems granddaughter. Miss Mary Angela Dick
ems, directs attention to the odd contrast |
there is between the names Of the authoress'
two brothers and their occupations. Both |
are in the stock business in Australia. but |
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens fattens sheep |
and gets them ready for market, while Alfred |
Tennyson Dickens, who, like his brother, was |
named after an illustrious godfather. carries |
on the business Of exchanging the fat sheep |
for money.