Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30
BITS OF INFORMATION.

China has war god that has 5000
| names.
Only COG persons in 1000, 700 die
from senility.
The first copper cent was coined in
New Haven IN 1861.
Kansas gave over 10000 majority
against woman suffrage.
Over 400, 600 read or studied in the
Boston Library last year.
All birds that live on seeds are furn-
ishcd with strong gizzards.
In Italy thirty persons out of TO-
600 die by the assassin's knife.
Caracas, the capital OF Venezuela,
was founded three centuries ago.
Western Pennsylvania milk dealers
have organized to keep up prices.
Until forty years ago Japanese were
vaccinated on the tips of the nose
The Nova Scotia product OF coal this
year will probably reached 100000
tons
The price of tea will go up % per
cent soon. unless the Eastern war
ends.
Wheel theft has succeeded horse
stealing as the unforgiveable crime in
Texas.
According to English insanity re-
turns. sixteen cases in | 600 are caused
by love affairs.
The first bible printed in English in
America WAS the Bay Psalm Book"
printed in 1910.
The Alhambra has room for 10000
people, while the Colosseum provided
seats for $1,000.
The postal deficiency last year was
81 ,O66 .673. and this year the figures
will be $9,243,935.
The eyes of birds that fly by night
are generally about double the size of
those of day birds.
The capital letter 40" will be found
but twice in the Old Testament and
three times in the New.
Knoxville, Tenn, is named after
General Henry Know OF Massachusetts.
1t was first called Fort Knox.
William Mckinley White of Ash
land, KY, was born on election night
OF mother sixty-nine years old.
| Brooklyn's claim to be called the
City of Churches has passed away and
the honor is now given to Philadelphia.
General Richard Montgomery, who
was killed at Quebec in l775, is re.
membered in the name of the Alabama
city.
Washington Irving first made use
of the expression, 1.-THE Almighty
Dollar" in his sketch OF "A Creole
Village"
John Lynch, the brother of Judge
Charles Lynch, the originator of the
lynch law, was the founder of Lynch
burg, Va.
Coxey says his "army" will 20 to
Washington in greater numbers II the
Fifty-fourth Congress doesn't please
him in its legislation.
Ex-Governor Northen of Georgia is
devoting his time and. abundant
energy to the colonization OF his State
by Northern immigrants.
The bone, of all flying birds are
hollow and filled with air, thus COM
bining the greatest strength with the
greatest possible lightness.
Anti-toxin, the new diphtheria cure,
has stood thus far remarkably sue
cessful test at the Philadelphia Hos
pital.-Phiiadeiphia Record.
Secretary Gresham i. asked to pre-
vent the companies which are tapping
the Niagara river for electrical pur-
poses from running the Niagara Falls.
Montana will furnish about 100000
head of beef cattle to the Eastern
markets this year, the receipts from
which will be between $4,000, 600 and
$40, 100000.
1t pleases the New York Herald to
be able to announce that, lowing to
the change in the tariff, New York
will become the chief woolmarket of
the United States"
DR.. Jules Rochard, in the Union
Medicale (Paris) draws o gloomy
picture OF the increase OF the morphine
habit in France and elsewhere. The
habit, he finds, becomes incurable at
the end of six months of indulgence.