The sun., 1897-12-19
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.


The average age at which women
marry in civilized countries is 2Sjf
years. tl
The eyes Of the birds that fly by night
are generally about double the size Of
those Of day birds
Accommodation for bicycles has been
added to the attractions Of the theater
at Namur, in Belgium.
The crown princess Of Denmark and
the queen of Portugal are the two tall
est princesses in Europe.
On all British passenger steamers col.
lections are made at the Sunday services
for the Seamen's Aid fund.
British detectives and prison warders
rely chiefly on personal recognition for
detection of "habitual" criminals.
A burning gas jet is unhealthy in q
bedroom, because one gaslight gives out
as much carbonic acid gas as two Sleep
ers.
A we'll known society woman of Lon
don has an album containing photo
graphs Of all her costumes for the past
ten years.
There are 100000 maidservants In
London-that is to say, they are nearly
equal in number to the whole population
Of Sheffield.
A London halter who has been OBJ
servant says that mems heads grow ap-
preciably up to the time their owners
are IS years old.
Instances of extreme old age are more
common among those who exercise
themselves with gardening than in any
other employment.
The rate at which the Zulus can tray
el upon emergency is astonishing. Some
will cover as great a distance as 30 miles
in six hours. Eight miles an hour is an
ordinary pace.
The Chinese have a kitchen god,
which is supposed to go to the Chinese
heaven at the beginning Of each year to
report upon the private life Of the fam.
lilies under his care.
The Veteran Volunteer Firemen's as
sociation Of Louisville has just received
an old leather bucket which was once
used by George Washington in fighting
a fire in Alexandria, KY.
One reason why female physicians are
30 plentiful in Russia is that the coun.
try includes among it's inhabitants over
$4,000 Mohammedans, who do not al
low male physicians to treat women.
The river Nile has it's rises, but those
that do mischief are not frequent. Dur
ing the last 1000 years there has been
only one sudden rise Of the Nile, that
Of 1929, when 10000 people were
drowned
The secret police Of Paris is distinct
from the regular force. The members,
as rule, are unknown to each other,
and often q second detective is sent to
watch the first employed upon an i'm
portant case.
The city of Baltimore, with nearly q
half Of the total population Of the state
Of Maryland, has less than one-fifth Of
the membership Of the house Of dele.
gates and about one-ninth Of the men,
bership Of the state senate. =.
In an article on Consumption In
Cattle Conveyable to Man" Nineteenth
Century, James Long says that cit is
not improbable that more lives are an
nually lost through the consumption Of
tuberculous milk than would be occa-
stoned by war with first class power. :"
Along the Connecticut river, between
the city Of Hartford and Springfield,
Mass, a distance Of about rs miles,
there lies beautifully fertile valley,
rich in picturesque scenery, where in q
belt about 20 miles wide is grown nine
tenths Of the SO called Connecticut to-
baccO.
The London parks committee and
technical education board have been in
structed by the county council to report
upon the practicability Of laying out
plats of ground in certain parks in such
manner as will afford assistance to
school pupils in the study Of practical
botany.
Some expert declares that 60 min
ute engagement between two big fleets
Of the modern type would involve
cost Of over $500, 900. And this estimate
takes into view only expenditure of am
and wear and tear Of guns
leaving out Of consideration damage to
and loss Of vessels.
Very ancient is the history of the
poppy. Its name is entwined with that
Of the lotus Of Egypt and the thyme of
Greece. 1t was one Of the flowers the
ancients dedicated to Venus. The Shir-
ley poppies in our gardens are descend
ants Of the wild red poppy Of Europe,
often called the corn rose, about which
Burns ard Tennyson have written.
The caribou or reindeer Of Newfound-
land roams over an area Of some 25, 900
miles of unbroken wilderness. 1t is a
creature, some Of the lar
ger stags which have been shot having
weighed from 800 to 900 pounds. As
might be expected, venison is pretty
plentiful in St. John S market aud has
oeen sold for as little as az pence per
pound.
For fishes to build nest appears
something like an anomaly. 1t is never