The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
FACTS m a FEW LINES.

There are said to be over Z, 900, OOl
deities in the Hindoo mythology.
Scotohnaea have almost entire oontro
OF the stonecutting industries of New
York. IN, s-,i1'
Since 1870 Victoria, Australia, ha
voted more than $500, 600 for the de
etruction Of rabbits.
In moving about from one place Z,
another the people Of England spent
about $3.50. 900 a day.
The common measure Of road distanc,
In France is the kilometer, or /, OO{
meters. little over three-quarters Of .
mile.
The elephant is wise beast. but
there are some who will argue that hs
has depraved taste. He is fond Of gin,
1t Is said, but will not touch champagne,
Tho Chinese are cheerful people. II
China while the dentist pulls the tooth
an assistant stands by and browns the
lamentation Of the victim in the noise
OF large gong.
An order Of precedence is the order in
which individuals are entitled to pre-.
cede or follow each other in state oere-
monials or public occasions when pro-
cessions Of the nobility are formed.
Thirty-five sovereigns have assembled
the English throne since the time Of
William the Conqueror. every month
except May witnessing the coronation
of one or more; that month not one.
By an italian law any circus which
does not perform every act promised in
the printed programme or which mis-
leads the public by means of pictures is
liable to q fine Of $500 for each offense
Ellen Lee and Hannah Simon, two
gypsies, were sentenced to a month g
hard labor each at Exeter, England, re-
Gently for obtaining $500 and goods by
promising to "rule the planets" for o
married couple.
An observer at Dumfries, Scotland,
says that there is a strotch of heather in
that district which in the season of
bloom is simply swarming with bees,
and the nearest hives are from six to
seven miles distant.
The japanese do not take to fiction.
OF ~, 900 books published in the mika-
dos empire last year only 462 belonged
to that class. Works on philosophy, the
arts and sciences and religion stood the
farthest up in the list.
An auditor in o Japanese theater is
allowed, for a small fee, to stand up,
and the unfortunate individual behind
him has no right to demonstrate or to
rise and get peep at the stage. He
may hear, but ho cannot see.
Fresh charcoal is readily eaten by all
kinds Of poultry, including ducks, geese,
turkeys, guineas and chickens. It serves
as corrective when they have been
confined too closely on one kind of food,
and it also promotes digestion.
The sultan Of Turkey not only has
rigid censorship Of the press, but he
has ordered that no newspapers be pub.
lished until the afternoon, so that the
censors will not have to forego their
morning nap in order to supervise them.
In one consignment recently feather
dealer in London received 6, 900 birds Of
paradise, 800, 900 birds of various kinds
from the East Indies and 400, 1000 hum
ming birds. In three months another
dealer imported 356, ,898 birds from the
East Indies.
In Whitneyville, Me-, is a hen that
catches and kills mice as readily as a
cat does. She stands near the grain bar
rels in the barns and with one down.
ward peck strikes the rodents to such
good purpose that she is soon able to
finish them.
Though the Russian language is al
most universally spoken throughout the
empire by the educated classes the num-
ber Of tongues in use by the people is
even greater than among the medley Of
races which compose the Austria-Hun-
garian empire.
Water hycaoinths have at last been
found good for something, according to
q property owner up the river from
Jacksonville, who says that after put
ting some Of them on Heretofore
sterile field and plowing them under he
was able to grow good crops on the
land. 4-4
At the recent meeting Of patent
agents in London Mr.. ]. Sinclair Fair.
fax said that the cycle industry now
gives employment to nearly $4,000
work people in Birmingham and Gov
entry alone and that the total output in
England is about 750, 1000 wheels per
annum.
The herd Of European bisons protect
ed by the czars Of Russia in the forest
Of Bjelowski, Lithuania, numbered
1900 in 1855, but is now reduced to
500 and shows no sign Of increase. The
dwindling of the herd is ascribed to
inbreeding, due to the confined area of
the reservation.
It is announced that Mr.. Forsyth, o
British naturalist in Madagascar, has
discovered the skullo Of large monkey
as tall as man. The jawboDe was re-
Gently exhibited at the Academic des
Sciences, Paris, by M. Gaudry, and the
teeth prove that the animal was allied
to the monkeys Of the old world.
The Oldest industry in Britain is still
carried on at the village Of Brandon, on
the borders Of Norfolk and Suffolk, and
is in a fourishing condition. It 10 a
manufactory Of gun and tinder box
fints. It appears that there is no reg
ular. flint factory, but the work is done
in little sheds, often at the back Of the
townsfolks' cottages.
When one reads that q device has
been patented in England for supplying
watches with incandescent light with
out increasing the size Of the watch
case, wonder grows from more to more
first, wonder how go big device can
be packed in such small quarters and
then wonder how long the watch will
remain unmagnetized and true to the
time with a potent little battery in its
sitals constantly trying to mesmerize
its movements. @
On Sea and on Land.
"Adrowning man catches atstraws. -
so does a thirsty one. New York
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