The Dickinson press., 1897-10-02
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

FACTS IN A FEW. LINES.
Thestuaxt kings wsrs all 1tcl AsenH
An averags q I. 200 pigs mi
London daily. sss3s'3 33:ss;7 ] . g
There ars mors than $500 sbstd -
CO.. in London. &sf sa 'a;ssi
Belfast 10 the great tea drinking city
of the United Kingdom. ~ =,
France contains i, OF, 600 foesignIrsy
. decrease Of u. 600 iniAve yeazA :.
The piano manufactures Of Germany
turn out over 5000 pianos a week
A good railway engine will travel
1000. 900 miles before II wears out :
Roughly speaking. there arc in South
Africa $50. 900 Europeans and .. 600. 600
oolored people /
In the United Kingdom 6s7, 900 per.
sons are engaged in coal mining and
l6. 600 in iron mining. ~~
The yearly importation Of pearls to
London reaches $1,000. 600 Most Of
them come from Bombay.
A man can hire 4 horse in japan,
keep two servants and live ON the fat
Of the land for about $40 . month.
Missouri ranks first among the states
in the production Of poultry and second
only TO Ohio in the extent Of its egg
product
Every ton Of Atlantic water when
evaporased yields 81 pounds Of salt; Pa
cd6c water. 20 pounds; Dead sea water.
1877 poondA
The British isles comprise no fewer
than 1000 separate Islands and islets,
without counting mere jutting rocks or
isolated pinnaolea
Penn Yam. N. T., was settled By
Pennsylvanians and Yankees, and its
name IL combination Of the names Of
those two classes Of settlera
1t 10 estimated that the milk from
1000. 600 COWS 10 annually consumed in
the United States an average Of 3bs<
gallons per year to each person.
Every religion indigenous to India,
including the Hindu, Mussulman, Bud
dhist, Jain and Sikh, absolutely forbids
the use Of Intoxicating liquora -
On every shilling turned ont the
British mint makes q profit Of nearly 8
pence. On every ton Of penny pieces
taken out from the mint there is q
profit Of $3.50.
The Armenians claim direct descent
from Noah, as he settled In thsir coun-
Try after the food. Their country has
been conquered successfully by ~ diff
ferent nationa
General Booth thinks Lots wife must
have had some Scottish blood in her
veins, judging from her reluctance 70
pack up and leave her native city with.
out thinking over the matter.
II the entire population Of the world
is considered to be 1900, 900, 600, the
brains Of this number Of human beings
would weigh /, 1,929. 719 tons, or as much
a. e6 ironclads Of the ordinary size.
An italian peddler from whom New
York policeman demanded q license
showed confidently : certificate d dis
charge from Sing Sing prison, which
he said he bought, believing it was a
license.
Southern California has 5000, 600
orange trees, 1900, 900 apricot trees,
1000, 700 peach trees. 1850, 900 ;psune
trees 1900 lemon trees and 7l0, 600
olive trees, most Of them not yet at the
bearing age.
Cats can smell even during sleep,
When q piece Of meat is placed imme.
diately in front Of a sleeping cats nose
the nostrils begin to work a. the scent
is received, and an instant later the cat
will wake up.
The BARRIERS Of Nordhausen, saxony,
are compelled by law to cleanse and
disinfect their brushes, combs and ra-
zors Immediately after use and before
they are applied to the hair OF beard Of
another customer. ss.. =
There are $50 authorised guides Ii
the Alps; 104 Of them have taken 4 reR.
ular course of instruction an theiT mo
fession and have received dippIomIs;.. Il
Of them are between 90 and 10 yeGS =
age, and 8 are over 20. F}sss NJ
Stockport. England, boasts the larg.
est Sunday school in the world. The
total number Of scholars at present on
the books is no fewer than 1854, while
there are 288 male and 1876 female
teachers-a grand army Of over =, ,000.=
There are more breweries in Califor
mia than there are in Illinois, more
distilleries in Massachusetts, than thert
are in Kentucky, and more cigarettes
manufactured in New York state thar
in all the other states Of the countr,
combined. sa,. =.
| In the long arctic nights there is |,
constant difficulty in keeping awake
Greely had to make very strict rules I,
keep his men awake during tho, Ion,
arctic night. Beds weze npt allowed e
be made, and the men were oompellel
TO get mp and move about
\ A gentleman travelling in Pefsta say
he has been in town where the bell
ring for prayer 1--WE times day. IN,
business men rush out Of their offices Il
the churches. leaving their places 0
business alone and unlocked, and no
body ever has thing stolen.
Goal miners al q class are not ven.
susceptible to oonsumpt tion, their. .trou
bles being more nsthmatie and bron
chitio Where the air particles u;
sharp and cut the lung sissue tuberop
losis will intervene, and the mortalit,
among miners Of tin, among grinder
and that class Is large,
Thirty-three different kinds Of pearl
are found in various parts Of Russia. I
being peculiar to the country. II woul
pay to fish for them systematically, bu
at present most ot them ar1 found b