The Dickinson press., 1897-09-04
FACTS IN A FEW LINES,

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Tho dogs a war are ire, sword end
famine.
Net. has . larger ssxzison than AMI
oeAer town In Europe.
THAT Old Nan Eoqueut'' was Isoo.
rates. tho Greek Orator.
England has s5 Per Of The wealth
ee the Omitted Kingdom.
Tho salary ola United statss senate,
= $4,000. withmileasa
Ths salaries q the queens household
anount to $751;. $50 yearly.
Drunkenness decreases nearly 3 pc,
cent Per annum In London.
Tho wheat moth lays ono egg and bu,
one In . single grain Of wheat
Spain has m army If Se5, TAG mon
1000 for every day in tho year.
The lord high chancellor Of Great
Britain gets $50. 900 per aunum.
In the wheat belt Of India the averae.
production per sore 10 Ga bushela
Only Q per cent Of those engaged II
war arc killed ON the 6sld Of battle.
Benjamin franklin IL buried il
Christ church cemetery. Philadelphia.
st. Patrick's cathedral in New Yorl
city u built entirely Of white marble.
Tho name Niagara is Of Indian origin
and signifies "Thunderer Of the Wa,
terA"
The death rate Of Cairo for the YEA,
y - high ~ 50 per /, 200 Of the inhab.
itantAs
The buildings comprising the Banl
OF England cover an irregular area d
eight acrea
The first Temperance society in thu
United States was organized in Sara,
toga in 1905.
General Grant was sometimes called
''The Silent Man." Bismarck "Tht
Man.of Iron."
Four lines Of steamships are engaged
In the trade Of carrying onions from
Egypt to England
The United States has had but fou,
f9eatdents who were not lawyers, Wash
angton. William II. Harrison, Taylo,
and johnson.
The largest annual pension is $685..
600, paid by Great Britain to the DUKE
Of Richmond. Il is a perpetuity from
the time Of Charles II.
The greatest moralist was Confucius,
whose system. based solely upon dutie.
OF man to man, now forms q rule OF
conduct for over 400, O00, 900 Of the
human race.
Dante has been called "the Christian
Homer" While his work has many
blemishes, it nevertheless is the leadina
poem %portraying the religious life Of the
middle agea
i: Euripides is generally regarded as the
father Of: the philosophical drama. Crit
tcal writer's say that he was the inter.
mediary between the ancient and the
modern drama.
Under the draft act Of 1868 there
was no enrolment in Missouri, Ken.
tucky, West Virginia, Oregon and Cali.
lfoenia, because Of delay in selecting the
necessary ofaoera
It was the belief Of Livingstone that
nearly al lions were 3""left handed, IS
He watched them closely, and when
they desired to strike a fierce blow they
always used the left paw.
The two most expensive perfumes are
the essential oil Of rose petals, called
altar OF roses, and the oil Of jasmine.
The formerswhen quite pure costs very
nearly e50per ounce and the latter CAS-.
Bricks made Of sawdust combined
with pulverized mineral material are
used as a basis for concrete instead Of
stone In several PFrussian' towns. They
are freproof and impervious to damp
ness
The death plant Of Java has flowers
which continually give of a perfume 60
powerful as to overcome, If inhaled for
any length Of time, a full grown man,
and which kills all forms Of insect life
that come under its influence.
The Roman yaaturnalia were held at
the seaso1, corresponding to our holiday
period. The Roman festival was charao.
terized by extreme license. For the time
being slaves were free to speak and act
~ they pleased, and all Glasses were ON
an equality.
Duels were fought by army officers
" England down to 1848. The last duel
IN the English army (and probably in
Englandl was in l848, between Lieu
tenant Monro and Colonel Fawcett, his
brothar-in-law, when. Colonel FaWcett
was SHlled. -
Isinglass il prepared from air blad-
ders Of giant surgeons that inhabit
the Caspian sea and its tributary rivers.
These llt fish average IS feet in length,
and. It 10 saidsto take the bladders4o II
good sized ones to make three pounds
Of iainglasaL 49,
Armenia, which is now playing 30
important a part in the politics Of the
world, Is an indefinite extent Of ooun.
~. IT, boundaries being variously es.
timhted to contain. anything. from 3d.
600 to $50. 600 square miles. Part Of il
ts In Aasiatic Turkey and part In Russia
and Persia
Deals are imported to England from
abroad, where they are cut into the
proper thickness BY machinery. Those
rom Norway are the best for framing.
Christians deals are the most used for
doorA. There are two kinds, yellow and
whtta. Yellow are the dearest and
strongest, but the white are less liable
to shrinkaga. Il +
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