The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-31
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

Aonoon's population increases by TO-
900 each year.
There are said to be over 5000, 900
deities IN the Hindoo mythology.
Sootohmen have almost entire control
OF the stonecutting industries of New
York.
Since 1870 Victoria, Australia, has
voted more than 5000, 600 for the de-
struotion of rabbits.
In moving about from one place to
another the people of England spend
about $3.50, 600 day.
The common measure Of road distance
in France is tho kilometer, or 1000
meters, little over three-quarters Of
mile.
The elephant Is wise beast, but
there are some who will argue that he
has depraved taste. He is fond Of gin,
1t Is said, but will not touch champagne.
The Chinese are cheerful people. In
China while the dentist pulls the tooth
an assistant stands by and browns the
lamentatlon Of the victim in the noise
of large gong.
An order of precedence is the order in
Which individuals are entitled to pre-
cede or follow each other in state cere-
monlais or public occasions when pro-
cessions of the nobility are formed.
Thirty-flve sovereigns have assembled
the English throne since the time of
William tho Conqueror. every month
except May witnessing tho coronation
OF one or moro; that month not one.
BY an italian law any circus which
does not perform every act promised in
the printed programme or which mis-
leads tho public by means of pictures is
liable to fine Of $500 for each offense.
Ellen Lee and Hannah Silmon, two
gypsles, were sentenced to months
hard labor each at Exeter, England, re-
Gently for obtaining $500 and goods by
promising to rule the planets" for
married couple.
An observer ut Dumfries, Scotland,
says that there is Il stretch of heather in
that district which in the season of
bloom is simply swarming with bees,
and the nearest hives are from six to
seven miles distant.
The Japanese do not take to fiction.
OF 81, 900 books published in the mika-
dos empire last year only 462 belonged
to that class. Works on philosophy. the
arts and sciences and religion stood the
farthest up i'll the list.
An auditor i'll japanese theater is
allowed, for small fee, to stand up,
and tho unfortunate individual behind
him has no right to demonstrate or to
rise and get peep at the stage. He
may hear, but ho cannot SEQ.
Fresh charcoal is readily eaten by all
kinds of poultry, including ducks, geese,
turkeys, guineas apd chickens. 1t serves
as "a corrective When they have been
confined too closely OH one kind of food,
and it also promotes digestion.
Tho sultan Of Turkey not only has
rigid censorship of the press, but he
has ordered that no newspapers DO pub
lished until the afternoon, so that the
censors will not havo to forego their
morning nap in order to supervise them.
In one consignment recently feather
dealer in London received 6, 900 birds of
paradise, 10000 birds of various kinds
from the East Indies and 100000 hum
ming birds. In three months another
dealer imported 356, 1913 birds from the
East Indies.
III Whitneyvillc, Me-, is hen that
catches and kills mice as readily rs n
cat does. She stands near the grain bar
rels In tho barns and with ono down.
ward peck strikes the rodents to such
good purpose that she is soon able to
finish them.
Though tho Russian language is al
most universally spoken throughout the
empire by the educated classes the num-
Der Of tongues i'll use by the people ia
even greater than among tho medley of
races which compose tho Austria- Hun
garian empire.
Water hycacinths have at last been
found good for something, according to
property owner up the river from
jacksonville, who says that after put
ting some Of them on heretofore
sterile field and blowing them under he
was able to grow good crops on the
land.
At, the recent meeting of patent
agents in London Mr.. J. Sinclair Fair
fax said that the cycle industry now
gives employment to nearly SO, 900
work people i'll Birmingham and Gov
entry alone and that the total output in
England is about $50, 900 wheels per
annum.
The herd of European bisons protect
ed by the ozars of Russia in tho forest
Of Bjelowski, Lithuania, numbered
1000 in 1856, but is now reduced to
500 and shows no sign Of increase. The
dwindling of the herd is ascribed to
inbreeding, due to the confined area of
tho reservation