The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-04
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

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night seeing in London.
Out of 6S, 900 school teachers in Prus.
sia only 1000 are women.
The average number of deaths in Lon
don is about 6. 500 week.
Three-fourths of all tho iron mined
in the United States is shipped from
Duluth.
Furniture from the United States of
nearly every description can be bought
i'll England
Persian history claims that the Per-
slams are descended from Perseus and
| Andromeda.
During 1896 there wero $3.50 sui
cldes i'll tho United States, an increase
of 76l over 1895.
In central South America eggs,
cocoanuts and chocolate pass as cur
rency of tho realm.
Indian elephants cannot live in GEN.
trail Africa. the home of larger and
moro hardy species.
The victims of Judge Lynch in 1898
numbered 900, in 1894 100, i'll 1895
III and i'll 1896 1871.
Tho iron ore output of Minnesota in
creased from so, 900 tons in 1884 to
1900, 900 tons in 1896.
Tho annual product of Minnesota's
manufactures i'll 1860 was worth So,
600, 600; in 1896. 1925, 900, 900.
The mines of Colorado have reached
MI annual yield of upward of 500, 0OO,-
600 i'll gold, silver, copper and lead
Tho number of volumes circulated by
tho free libraries of New York city dur
ing the year is estimated at 1900, 600
Tho native Australians are said to
differ i'll several important respects
from every other race of people OH the
earth
The largest tobacco crop i'll the Ger
man empire within 90 years was that
of 1895. 1t yielded As, $50 tons of dried
tobacco.
The largest encyclopedia work in OK
istence is tho Buddhist Tangym. 1t i'll
cludes 225 volumes. Only four sets are
known to exist.
There is Il grapevine ut Oys, Portugal,
which bears q sufficient amount of
grapes to make IN average of 100 gal
| IONS OF VINO year
The public lands still vacant in this
country amount to over 600, 600, 600
acres without including Alaska, with
its 800, 600. 600 acres
During the Indian famine of 1S70-SO
the mint at Bombay received $l2, 600,
600 worth of gold and silver ornaments
sold by tho natives for food.
The farther north the moro injurious
to the human system is tho use of coffee
Grcenlanders have found it necessary to
prohibit it's use by the young.
A plant that grows in India, called
the Philotacea electrical, emits electric
sparks. The hand which touches it i'm
mediately experiences shock
Tho coroner of Cook county, Ills,
held 2,435 inquests during 1896 There
wero 36l suicides, of which lee were
by poison and III by shooting.
The Spaniards wero originally called
Hispanions There is Il tradition among
the Spaniards that they are descend
ants Of Tubal, fifth son of Japhet.
In tho year 1895 Switzerland had
2,GGS, lOl native inhabitants and 600
600 resident foreigners, while 900, 600
Swiss were living in other countries.
The tnllest of trees arc to he found in
the state forest of Victoria, Australia
They belong to the eucalyptus family
and range from 800 to 800 feet in height
During 1896 Utah produced 3,561,-
500 pounds of copper, 70, 430 600 pounds
OF umefined lead, S,72S, 700 ounces of
fine silver and 03, SOC ounces of fine
gold.
In Zulnland, when the moon is at the
full, objects arc distinctly visible at us
great distance as seven miles. By star
light only ono cali SEQ to read print with
ease.
Cohn, celebrated bacteriologist, says
single germ could under favorable
conditions, multiply in three days to
4,772, 900, 100000 and make mass
weighing $500 tons
a very extensive domestic industry
in Russia consists of the manufacture
OF wooden spoons, which are made to
the amount of 100000 200 annually
They are nearly all made of birch
In the German textile industry LOTT
600 persons are employed. In 10 wears
the males decreased from $50, O7O to
b52, $50. Their places have been filled
by females, whose number grew from
800, 522 to iG4, 316 i'll the same period
The strangest saloon in the world is
tavern Ill HendOn, England 1t stands
III the center of an old churchyard, and
ancient tombstones surround it. 1t is
many hundreds OF years old and is the
only licensed beer saloon in the neigh
borhood of the graveyard
Mention has been made of an inscrin