Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-20
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
Chicago has 127, ,S7l dwellings.

4 ChicaSo mas III ,ou dwellings,.
Mississippi has but 1852 foreigners.
: Types for the Greek alphabet were
/ first cast by Aldus in 1476.
The first Bible printed with a date
was finished by Faust in 1852.
Of the total potential militia GS.GS
per cent. in 1890 were white.
North Carolina has but 1902 for
eigners out OF population OF 1911
$50.
| A plumber in st. Petersburg is paid
$l2 a month with board; baker &c.
60.
| BookLinders in Edinburg receive "a
shillings a week and work "a hours.
Cincinnati will shortly compel the
use OF air brakes on trolly cars to avoid
accidents.
The earliest book in which copper
plate engravings were used as an
adornment was issued in 1470.
The first English paper mill was set
up in 1470, but no book was printed
on English paper until 1895.
The average life of London omni-
bus horse is five years, while that OF a
team horse is only four years.
An elephants sense OF smell is so
delicate that it can scent human be-
ing at distance of 1000 yards.
Three-fourths OF the inventions used
in bookbinding are due to the in
genuity OF American binders.
The first printed books had their
leaves printed on one side only, the
blank sides being pasted together.
In B. C. 400 two pieces OF papyrus'
for copying an account, cost 2
drachma and 4 oboll, or nearly 46
cents.
The biggest gas meter in the world
is at East Greenwich. When filled it
contains 100000 cubic feet of
gas.
A Winnebago Indian girl from Ne.
braska, is one OF the brightest pupils
at Smith College, Northampton,
Mass.
Capetown has the most cosmopoli.
tan population of any city in the
world, nearly every nationality being
represented.
Belgian workmen train cocks to
crow against each other. One trained
rooster in Belgium has crowed 337
times in an hour.
All youths and maidens worshiped
Venus or Aphrodite, offering to her
all sorts of flowers, but particularly
the rose and myrtle.
Race horses have their ups and
downs in life. George Frederick, win
ner of the Derby in 1874, was sold
some weeks since for 80 shillings.
If America were as densely populat-
ed as Europe it would contain as many
people as there are in the whole world
ct the present time.
Near Lantana, Fla, is an Indian
mound with base covering two acres,
and rising to height of 40 feet. 1t
has never yet been explored.
1t was said of both Athens and
Rome that so numerous were the tenn
pies and statues of gods it was easier
to find god than man.
The largest rose bush in the United
States is in Mobile, Ala. Its trunk
for five feet above the ground is nearly
a foot in circumference.
Lettuce was eaten by the ancients
at the close OF meals, as from its cool.
ing quality, it was considered an anti
dote to the heating effects Of wine.
Horses can hear sounds that are i'm.
perceptible to human ears. For days
previous to great earthquake, they
show every symptom OF abject fear.
Evidences of sun worship are found
in the mythology of every land; traces
of its existence have been discovered
in almost every known country.
When two different liquids of differ
ent densities, but capable of mixing
are separated by a porous partition a
current sets in from each to the other.
Dulcin, a new sweetening material,
is said to be 225 times as sweet as
sugar. 1t is used as drug only, and
would be dangerous on the dining ia.
BILE.
About 400 asteroids have been dis
covered whose orbits lie between those
OF Mars and Jupiter. All combined
would make hundredth part Of the
moon.
While it is difficult for an ordinary
citizen to purchase a small quantity OF
poison at a drug store without pre-
scription, he can buy it by wholesale
without trouble.
The most deadly poison is shophan-
thidin, which is extracted from an AT.
rican plant. One d-milliontll
part of an ounce will have an injur
ious effect on the heart.
Should the captain of q Chinese
vessel refuse to strike sail in the event
of an approaching storm, at the re
quest of passengers, he is liable to re
ceive 40 blows OF bamboo.
There were 1926 cycles used fol
pleasure only in France last year, as
shown by tax collections. Those use,
by tradesmen for business purpose,
are exempt from taxation.
1t has been figured out that the en-
ergy exerted by railroad train run
ming at a speed of Is miles an hour il
nearly twice that of 2,0OO-pound sho
fred from lOO-ton Armstrong gun.