The Dickinson press., 1897-08-21
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

London is better of for trees than
any other city in Europe.
Nine people out Of every ten can hear
better with their right ear than their
left.
There ne 500, 600 commercial travel.
ers, or "drummers, In the United
States
Chichester cathedral, England, 10 al
feet in length, 151 feet wide and 97l
feet high.
The chief warder in one Of her mai
esty's prisons receives a salary Of from
e165 to e215 year.
Two wealthy Hebrews Of Bagdad
now own all that remains of tho IN.
cient town of Babylon.
II is q quite common thing in shang-
hal for needy natives to pawn their
idols in order to buy food.
Noblemen in scores were created By
Ohristophe, negro, who ruled a. EN-.
peror Of Haiti from 1911 to 1890.
Queen victoria's will is engrossed a
vellum, quarto size, and is bound - .
volume and secured BY private lock
Bats are most ouriously constructed,
the hearts action being aided By the
rhythmic oontraotions Of the veins Of
the wings
Expert photographers say that In its
deepest parts the oceans waters arc 20
dense that a sunken ironclad would
s,nnoe roanh S3,a hokkorn
In one Of his astronomical lectures
Professor Proctor once said that 800,-
600 worlds the size Of our earth could
be stored inside the sun.
Argon has at last been combined with
water by Professor Willard Of the Paris
Eooles Normale II required pressure
Of 400 atmospheres to do 90. ..t
Noah's wife is said by Armenians to
be buried on Mount Ararat, and the
Axmenians trace their ancestry back 10
Japhet in one long genealogical tree.
In the jungles Of Sumatra the largest
spiders are found. Some Of the larger
specimens measure 8 inches across Tho
back and have II inches Of leg spread.
The Hudson River railroad was built
between 1848 and 1851 and was opened
for business between New York city
and East Albany on Oct. s Of the latter
year.
NJ. Maingault, the famous anatomist,
discovered that by forcing air into the
larynx Of a dead animal sounds could
be produced very similar to those Of the
voice during life.
The advantages Of advertising were
recently illustrated in London. A man
advertised for the return Of q lost cat.
In less than week 822 Of them were
brought to his house.
Seaweed, though not the diet for an
epioure, iA when dry, richer than oat-
meal or indian corn in nitrogenous con-
stituents and takes rank among the
most nutritious Of vegetable foods
The great linguists have never been,
great save In their speciality. No great
inguist was also great as an author.
The ability to learn languages does not
seem to co-exist with talent in other
lines ......
The language Of Greece today, allow
ing for the changes which would nat
urally be brought about during the oeu-
turies, is substantially the same ~ the
language used by Demosthenes and
Pertoles. 49, 5
A Liverpool policeman who, a. he
thought, swallowed a sixpence IS years
ago, recently had severe pain in his,
throat. A at Of coughing came ON, and
the long lost coin, half Of Its original
thickness, was released from his throat,
Next to bicycling, swimming, 10
recommended as the most invigorating
and beneficial exercise for women. Il
raises the chest, invites expansion Of
the lungs, brings into play every muscle
Of the body and is considered good fun.
One Of the reasons why the army Of
no other nation is clothed in scarlet in
the same way AZ the British is that ma
terial Of this particular color can be
manufactured only in England. The
water Of the west Of England lends IL.
self to the dyeing Of this cloth - no
other water does
It is related in connection with tho
entry Of Charles v into Client a. Count
Of Flanders that at the head Of the mo.
oession rode proudly old Oliver Ninain
In front Of troop Of ~. That troop
was composed entirely Of his own law
ful sons, whose mother had likewise