The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-30
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.


The African deserts are slowly be-
coming habitable
The number of inhabited houses in
London is estimated at about 54S, 300.
Massachusetts has the largest foreign
born population. New York is second.
Eighty-five per cent of the people
who are lame arc affected on the left
side.
1t is ESTIMATED that about $50, 600, 600
bricks are used monthly in Great
Britain.
In 1895 California produced S15, OoO,-
600 worth of gold and Colorado S13,
800, 900.
But IA towns in Massachusetts, md
II i'll Connecticut arc without public
libraries.
Florida, of all tho states, has the
most water within its boundaries, 4. 44O
square miles.
People who sell newspapers in the
streets of Moscow arc compelled to an
pear i'll uniform.
Worcester, Mass, turns out moro en-
velopcs each year than any other city
i'll tho United States.
In France 4, 900, 600 tons of potatoes
are annually used i'll the manufacture
of starch and alcohol.
During 1896 Illinois produced more
than one-third of all the distilled spirits
made i'll the United States.
Women sailors are employed in Nor
found to be excellent mariners
Tho income of Il teacher in private
school of China is very small, about Il
half penny Il day for each pupil
The Chinese condemn criminals to
death by preventing sleep. Sufferers
comes to their relief.
The gold production of the United
States was greatest i'll 1853, when it
aggregated 1865, 900, OOO The greatest
silver year was 1892.
The average daily attendance of chill
dren in tho public schools is highest in
Pennsylvania, being no, 900, while in
New York it is 757, 900.
The largest amount of gold coin and
bullion i'll circulation i'll the United
States was i'll 1890 Tho most silver
was i'll circulation i'll 1891.
The national guard of Connecticut,
$500 men, can be concentrated in four
towns ready for service outside the
state III from s to 10 hours.
Cabbage is said to be cure for i'll
toxication Natives of Egypt eat boiled
cabbage before their other food if they
intend to drink wine after dinner
The cost of tho official records of the
rebellion has been thus far SO, 1874, 32S,
and the total when the work is done is
expected to foot up to So, OOO, OOO This
is sac. 1856 volume.
In Brazil, ut funeral of IN unmar-
ried woman, the mourning color is scar
let. The coffin, the hearse, the trap
pings of the horses and the livery Of the
driver are all scarlet.
The Mosque of st. Sophia, at Con
stantinople, WAS built over 1000 years
been perfumed with musk. The muslky
odor is still perceptible
The specie room Oh ocean steamships
is usually 10 feet long, 10 feet wide and
feet high. 1t is formed of steel plates
q quarter Of an inch thick, with steel
door, which has burglar proof comb
nation lock
1t is said that the Irish language is
dying ont. Ten years ago Ga, 600 people
spoke Irish only. In 1891 there were
80, 600. In 1851 there were $50, 600 who
could speak Irish and English, and last
year there were only GAG, 900.
Nearly three minutes arc required tc
bring big steamer like the Etruria,
TO u full stop. and in that time she will
have advanced almost half a mile from
the place she was when the first move.
ments were made to stop her.
A. w. Jones Of Augusta, Me-, has q
valuable coin in his possession over
1,700 years old. 1t is of black bronze
and in its fine state of preservation
shows the figure of Emperor Lucius
Caesar, i'll whose reign the coin was
made
There is in the strong rooms Of one
of the oldest private banks in London
Il large quantity Of jewels, plate and
other valuables which were deposited
for safe custody by French refugee.
shortly before tho outbreak of the rev.
olution.
y new use has been found for dia
monds, i'll assisting marksmen in theil
shooting. The cut stones arc fixed in
the front and back sights, and it is said
that they enable the gunner to take q
quick and correct aim, even when the
light is bad.
More than 5000 species of plants arc
cultivated, and most of these have been
broken up into varied forms by tho