Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-19

The NEST densely populated spot on
earth is the Island OF Malta.
There are estimated to be 100000
Germans in the United States.
The public debt of the United States
amounts to about one-ffth of that Of
France.
A mosquito has twenty-five teeth in
the end Of his bill, eleven above and
eleven below.
The Chinese, Japanese, Malays, New
Zealanders, Samese and North Ameri-
can Indians are beardless.
The German Parliament house was
built with the money extorted from
France after the war Of 1871.
South American monkeys are the
only lower animals who can recognize
the meaning OF picture.
Kansas City, Kan, is separated from
Kansas City, Mo-, by the State line,
which runs through the middle OF
street.
Dew has preference Cor some colors.
While yellow board attracts dew, a
red or black one beside 1t will be per-
fectly dry.
According to a custom Of Korea all
loyal Koreans must wear white hat
for three years after the death OF one
Of the royal family.
In Dion, France, there is poplar
tree which flourshed in the year 722.
It's height is 122 feet and its circumfer-
ence As feet.
Aluminium is the most abundant metal
known. Every clay bank is full of it..
The difficulty is to extract il from other
substances.
Partisan restaurant keepers mix a
little honey with their butter. This
gives il an agreeable taste and flavor
and makes inferior butter more pal
atable.
Recent calculations show that at least
60 per cent. of the earthquakes recorded
the world over have taken place In the
six colder months of the year.
Kentucky and Southern Ohio are full
of bouderS which in the previous geo.
logical epoch mad been transplanted by
glaciers from the frozen regions OF
Canada.
The first known European library
originated Ia the present 10 the family
of Regulus By the Roman Senate of all
the books seized at the capture OF Car
thage.
A cab shaped like bathtuh, in
which the passengers either sit or re-
cline as In bed, is in use In Berlin. IL
has three wheels and is propelled by
nsphtha motor.
The first notice Of the use of coal is
in the records of the Abbey OF Peter
borough, England, in the year $50,
which mention an item OF twelve car
loads OF fossil fuel"
The underground portion OF the
Kremlin palace, in Moscow, Is to be eX-
ploreG To find the priceless library and
collection Of ancient manuscripts accu-
mulated by Car Ivan the Terrible.
It costs Great Britain $4,000 to
SCrapo the barnacIeS OF the bottom OF
one OF iJs big men.O'-war and repaint II,
and this has to be done twice a year In
the case of nearly every vessel,
The title has a great deal to 90 with
novel, in the early days of the century,
found no readers when announced as
the champion OF Virtue" but immedi'
ately became popular as the "Oid Eng
lish Baron"
Poisonous snakes are so numerous
in Venezuela that snake bite is almost
as common there rs in India. But
there are fewer fatalities, for the ma
tives have discovered that plant
known rs the ocumilto, when powdered
and applied TO the wound, results in
cure in almost every case.
In the treasure room OF the Mahara-
iah of Rarunda is stored a carpet which
cost 81, coo, 900. IL is only l0x6 feet in
size, out is woven from strings Of pure
pearls, with center and corner circle
OF diamonds. 1t took three years to
make it, and was intended as gift to
certain MohGmmedan beauty.