The advocate., 1897-10-06
Advocate Museum.

Plants useful to man are estimated Il
number about $4,000.
Deaths from railway accidents in HOl
land average only one year.
There are 10 mountains in Colorado
whose peaks are over 12,vO0 feet above
the ocean level
In a hundred years the number Oi
sheep in New South Wales has increased
from 29 to 6O,OOO,OOO.
The thickest known coal seam in the
world is in the Green river coal basin
Wyoming. 1t is eighty feet thick
During the recent extra session OF
Congress, 2,502 bills were introduced in
the Senate and 4,O59 in the House.
The centennial anniversary of the
launching Of the old frigate CoRstitu-
ton will be observed at Boston, Octo-
Der ri.
There are still on the pension rolls the
names Of seven widows and nine daugh-
ters Of soldiers who fought in the ReVO-
lutionary war.
A Michigan housekeeper in one year
has baked "a loaves Of bread, 729 bis
cults, 14O cakes, 156 fried cakes, 191 pies,
and 1,026 cookies.
DR.. d. G.. BrintOn, the archaeOlOgist,
said in recent lecture that in North
and South America no less than 120 or
13O absolutely distinct languages exist.
A whale recently captured in Arctic
waters was found to have embedded in
its side harpoOn belonging to a whaling
vessel that had been out Of service
nearly half century.
Because of somebody's carelessness in
not paying $3.74 local water tax assessed
against the United States pOstoffice build
ing at Albany, N. Y, that structure was
sold recently for the tax.
In France, some of the hospitals for
infectious diseases are furnished with
telephones, so that the sick may con-
verse with their friends without danger
of communicating disease.
The hand Of Jim Stevenson, Lexing-
ton negro, is said to measure eleven
inches from the wrist to the tip of the
middle finger. The thumb nail is de-
scribed as of the size of a half dollar
The population of the earth is now
estimated at 1,700,000 ,000-guesses
founded upon the observation of travel
ers, and upon the guesses mentioned in
treaties given by such countries as
China, ARABIA and Turkey.
The problem of converting the great
African deserts into fertile territory
seems to be at length in a fair way to-
ward solution, not by means of letting
in the sea, as proposed by Count de Les
seps, but by the sinking Of wells.
From Battle Greek, Mich, threshing
machine company shipped separator
to Nebraska by route scheduled to Oc-
cupy eight days, and man and his son,
taking supplies Of food and water for the
journey, had themselves shut up inside
for the trip.
Near Boise City, Idaho, 400 feet below
the earth's surface, there is subter-
ranean lake Of hot water of 107 degrees
1t has pressure enough to
ascend to the top floor Of most of the
houses and will be piped to them for
heating purposes.
In the State House at Topeka, Kas., a
pneumatic transmitting tube connecting
the Office of the State Treasurer and
State Auditor has been put in to facili-
tate the business of the two depart
ments, which is closely identified in the
and payment of warrants on
the State Treasurer. The power is fur
rished by foot pump and the papers
are sent through the tube with surpris-
ing speed. 1t is estimated that this tube,
which cost $196, will save 100000 steps
a day on the part of the employees.
A Chicago daily paper is authority for
the following classification Of bread