The sun., 1897-12-26
A firm of bankers in Lombard street
has been known to draw check for


has been known to draw a check for
lone penny"
The Danube, like tho Thames and
the Hudson here. is to have tunnel
beneath its bed.
The Prince of Wales is quite favor.
able to the establishment Of royal res.
idence in Ireland
The compulsory education law in In
diana is believed to have added 25, 900
pupils to the schools.
During last year over 23, 500 tons Of
butter were exported from Sweden,
nearly all of which went to Britain.
During British rule of Egypt the cot
ton crop has doubled, and now amounts
to over 500, 600. 900 pounds year.
Tho Toronto assessors give the pop.
ulation of the city at 1873, l72. Hamil-
tons population is so, OBS and Ottawa's
$4,000.
Some enc makes the appalling an
nounccment that every week 5000, 900
oysters are swallowed by the people Of
London
Many English accident insurance
companies charge an extra premium
when their policy holders travel il Can
ada or the United States.
Accounting % Lord Twecdmouth, the
area of the herring nets used III Scot
land one year was no less than
lG4, 900, GOO square y;,r's
Ten packages Ct ciG.r"t'~s !. day Ar-
pears to be the iilrullliy ''h!'i Ch"'.es
Schcucr Of New York smoked lat '.dm-
Der for two Ks and then L3canlc Il
raylny maniac.
TIE chuilinch is a favoritC bird in
Germany. 1t is beautiful and fine
singer Its various colors arc gray or
deep blue on tho neck, a reddish brown
Oh the breast, white On the wing coycrts
and blush bIac!; On the tail
Naturulists have aSccrtaincd that scor-
pions and crltain kinds of spiders are
able to make peculiar noises fur the
SAME reason that rattlcSn"kCs use their
rattlcs-to warn an enemy that an at
tack is attended by danger,
Reports from the New Zealand de-
partmcnl OF mines show that tho min-
ing industry is steadily progressing.
Last years output of the precious met
ais was $3.50, coo, Of which the Val
hal mine furnished nearly $4,000, 900.
The amount Of capital invested in tho
manufacture Of bicycle tires III tho
United States is estimated by an ex-
change at %S, 900, 900, the number of
persons employed at 1000 and the mum.
bcr of tires produced annually at 4, OO0,-
OC0
Connecticut produces but fraction of
tho mutton consumed in the state. Tho
number Of sheep kept declined from
4O3, 1872 in 1910 to 4G, 7J0 in 1890, ac-
cordins to the census, but the average
weight of 11occes has increased from 2.25
to 7.GS pounds.
Some timo ago the eXrcrimcntaYas
made Of letting loose at CompiegfV q
swallow belonging to Antwerp i'll oap-
pany with a number of pigeons. The
swallow Immediately made Il bee line
for home and arrived there in ono hour,
while the pigeons required three hours.
Sandycombe ledge, at Twickenham,
where Turner, tho painter, lived, &C.
cording to Mr.. RusEin, from 1903 to
1927, and where he painted many Of
his views of the Thames, is offered for
sale. The house is said to have been
constructed after Turner's own designs.
A pious Long Island editor fathers
tho story of horse owned by Samuel
Webb of Greenport, which, after, being
hitched up each morning, goes alone to
the masters store. But one day when
it's shoe was loose it went instead to tho
shop, where Mr.. Webb found
it.
Cork now possesses the remains Of
blessed Thaddeus Mccarthy, recently
beatified by Pope Leo. They were con-
yeyed in u golden box from Urea, i'll
northern Italy, where the bishop died
600 years ago on his return from a pill
grimage to Rome and have been depos-
tied in Cork cathedral.