The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-16
Pithy Paragraphs.

The rate al which the Zulus can travel
upon emergency is astonishing. Some VIII
cover much as 80 miles in six hours.
Eight miles an hour is an ordinary pace.
Some people are hard to satisfy A New
York woman went TO a hospital to seek
relief from the morphine habit. As soon
as she was cured she ended her life by
taking strychnine.
A Minnesota editor wrote strong art-
Gle on patronzng home industries. and
one of the storekeepers wrote him thank
ing him for the sentiment on letterhead
printed in Chicago.
The latest whim for the owners OF dogs
is To make them wear shoes in the house
for The purpose OF protecting the polished
floors. They are made of chamois with
leather soles,
There are more houses in London than
in Paris. New York Berlin and Vienna
put together. This is to be accounted for
by the fact that the inha bitants OF these
towns reside mostly in flats.
The Congregational church in Gilsum,
N H.. completed 125 years of existence
the other day. The damask linen cloth.
woven on a hand loom about 1880. is still
used to cover the communion table.
IN the manufactures of Great Britain
alone the power which steam exerts is
estimated To be equal TO the manual labor
of 1000 100000 men. or more than double
the number of males supposed TO inhab-t
the globe.
A large snnfish Weighing ASS pounds WAS
captured off the south side of Nantucket
by party of fishermen and brought into
town, where il has been on exhibition. At
tracing large numbers to see this Won
derful monster of the deep.
The gold craze has reached China. \
foreign mining expert in the employ OF ID
Hung Chang has made a report 10 the ef-
feet that the precious metal. to a DO
naza degree. can he found in the Jeho re-
gion and in Manchnria as far as the chi
nese territory on the Amur river.
The cradle presented by the queen to
the Duke of York's baby was made Tor
the princess royal in 1910. and all the
queens babies slept in il. The sheets are
Of tine Irish linen. edged with Naienci-
ennes lace, and the blankets are OF the
warmest and lightest Spanish WOOL
IN China n traveller wishing for a pass
! port is compelled 10 have the palm OF his
| hand brushed over with fine oil paint he
then presses his hand on fhin lamp pa
per. which retains an impression OF the
| lines This Is used TO prevent transfer
/ enee of the passport, as the llnes OF no
/ Two hands are alike.
The rapldity Of the development Of
/ South Africa Is hardly credible. Ten years
/ ago there was hardly white man IN
/ Rhodesia. Last month the railway 10
/ Ruluwayo was opened and the town was
I lighted fnrDupnunt DN elFGlii'ias' egia
i hundred miles of railway had been con-
strntced in ~ months.
A paper bicycle has now invaded the
j field one of them. owned bs a nlcseIe
/ agent Is in use in London. Paper nber.
| similar To that sometimes used IN ths
/ manufacture Of railway carriage wheels,
/ is employed for tubing, and IS as strong
as any In use. A factory Is said 10 De con
temnlated Tor the production OF biessies
of this sort,
According To the latest statistics Inc
population Of Greece Is increasing more
rapidly than that of any other country
namely, At The rate Of | 81 per cent PEI
annnm Compared with France, which L
only 0.ia. this Increase Will. II not ehseh
cd constitute a problem which VIII u
as difficult IL solve as the reorganlzahot
OF the Greek finances
The crown plate at Windsor is valued ~
! CO. 1t Is never taken away IRON
the castle except L. buckingham palace
when there is state hall or a state .ntA 80
cert or semt other court function II
queen has separate plate Of her own ~
list at Osborne and Ratlmaral. ana ohA
those atteks which are her private p'op
eftS are ever taken 10 these places.
The zooiaEtu8} garden in Paris mas fe
Gently acquired specimen at the -
wildcat Of Siam. Instead Of being tat I, 80 !
than tts domestic relatives. a. our W"
eats att. this animal j. about the siAt -
common hou~e est. III Is surprisingly 4et
aud uutamaht" and very beautti -. -
lustteus tuF being marked ana aatis.
] With symmetrical figures in, hlaeh ""'