Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-28
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.


Bradford, England, for the manufac-
ture Of artificial silk,
A Japanese brides playthings nre
burned on her wedding day, typifylns
the end Of her childhood.
Labrador has 900 species Of flower
Ing plants, ffty-nlne ferns, and over
$50 species Of MOSES and lichens.
At n recent wedding in Kansas there
were twenty-four bridesmaids. Tho
effete East is outmatched at every
point.
The sawmil showing of Minneapolis
gives a grand total Of 401, 256,703 feet
OF white pine lumber manufactured
during 1893.
1t has been estimated on recent Off
cial authority that the population OF
Maine is now $4,000, n gain Of 1000
In four years.
Chicago clergymen have formed
club TO instruct prospective mission
aries in foreign languages by means OF
the phonograph.
The Board Of Education of Mount
Vernon, n. v, has decided to eXpel
from the public schools any boy caught
smoking cigarettes.
The Russian Government Is contem'
plating the erection of grain elevators
along the Government railroads in the
grain districts.
A company has been formed to utll-
lie the power Of the Susquehanna Riv-
or for electrical works, something like
those at Niagara.
The new Siberian railway trayerses
regions where game is so abundant
that the project of establishing Gamer
les is being considered.
The income for the McAll mission for
the last year was SS0,S20 of which S2d,-
730 came from Great Britain and $751;
$50 from the United States.
When Il Chinese woman is married
she goes out after the marriage cere-
mony and prays before the tombstones
Of her husbands ancestors.
A religious canvass is being made at
Abilene, Kan, with the result that up
to date POI families have been found
that are Christian and III that are not.
In Turkestan, if wedding engage
ment is broken, the girls parents must
either return the lovers gifts or sub
stitute another daughter, if they have
one.
The first shipment of oysters in crates
to England left Newport News by
steamship. Sixty-fve crates were con-
signed to Il Liverpool firm as an expert
ment.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church has issued over 100000 pages
of missionary literature during the last
year.
Canadians are beginning to buy vel
low pine from the Southern States in
large quantities, finding it especially
desirable for flooring,' joists and inside
finishing.
In the last year 21,000 people died in
India from snake bites, nearly 1000
were killed by tigers, and 1880 by 9th
cr wild animals. About 10000 head of
cattle were destroyed.
At Helsingfors, in Finland, Il news
paper has been started, edited and
managed entirely by women. The chief
editor is Miss Minna Kant, who is well
known among the Films as novelist.
In 1856 DR.. Rickel, at WuHburg,
lighted his house with gas made from
the dry distillation of bones. He dis
continued his experiments because lie
was suspected of sorcery and feared
trouble.
After Victor Hugo's death more than
10000 isolated verses were found scat
tered about his room written on small
Sins of paper. He used to write inGeS-
sanity, even while dressing himself III
the morning,
In Switzerland there is law by
which railway and steamboat COM
panies, factory establishments, etc =,
are liable to indemnify their employees
in case of accidents, or their widows
and children in case of their death.
The chief seats for the production Of
edible snais in France at present are
the department of Jura, Cote dor, AMI
Barses Alps. AT one time the snails Of
Burgundy were celebrated, but the in
dustry there has died out.
In Siam each year is named after an
animal, and people born In certain
years are forbidden to intermarry.
Thus, an elephant baby can't marry a
tiger, nor lion lamb. And there are
heavy penalties for lying about ones
age.
The erection of a great reservoir III
Upper Egypt is now an assured fact.
The work will begin this spring. IN
the next Egyptian budget the sum OF
150 900 Egyptian pounds, about $780,
00O will be set apart for the purpose
it is announced.
Twenty thousand dollars was paid
t by the Government to the Sac and Fox
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