The Dickinson press., 1897-07-24
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
In Hamburg the authorities tax dog
according to its size. |z'!'&
There are 0,74s locks and keys in the
Grand Opera House, Paris.
The robin and the wren arc the only
birds that sing all the year.
London, i'll monetary valuc, is worth
21a times as much as Paris.
Holland is the only country in Europe
that admits coffee FREQ Of duty. =
. England had, in 1896, I'LL cooper
'ativesocieties, With, Ala, 51s members.
New Zealand is more productive than
New South Wales, yielding 800 bushels
per acre.
The most troublesome weeds in wheat
fields i'll this country are tho cockle and
the chess. ~
The value of the British ships and
cargoes lost every year at sea is about
e7,OoO.Ooo.
Smut may bo killed by " ling the
grains Of seed wheat in solution Of
sulphato of copper s9 II 3 r
Drunkenness is rapidly on the in
crease in tho French towns and villages,
particularly in the latter. F.
In some Of the farming districts Of
China pigs are harnessed to small wag-
ons and madesto. draw them. - ~
The marriage rate in Great Britain,
which has been steadily declining in
recent years, is again Oh tho increase.
California, with her 20,O00,Q00 acres
Of magnificent mher,l owns but little.
if any, of the land upon which it stands.
The first theater in this country to be
lighted with gas was a theater at Phil
adelphia, which put in gas pipes in 1916.
The first newspaper is said to have
been the Boston News Letter, first issued
in 1904. 1t was half sheet, IL by 18
inches.
The first submarine telegraph wire
in this country was from Governors is
land to the Battery in New York, laid
in 1842.
The letter "I'' in tho Chinese Ian
guage has 145 ways Of being pronounced,
and each pronunciation has different
meaning.
The first city incorporated in this
country with a charter and privileges
was New York, which was granted it's
papers in 1864.
The first visit of pestilential fever to
this country was in 1909. Itwas brought
from the West Indies to New York by
trading vessels.
The first American college was Har-
ward, which was opened to receive stu
dents in 1888, at Newton, Mass, now
called Cambridge.
The first cotton mill in this country
was established in Beverly, Mass, in
1857. 1t was designed to manufacture
cord and bedticking.
The great bell Of st. Paul is only toll
ed when the death takes place of an
archbishop Of Canterbury, bishop Of
London or dean of st. Paul's.
The largest fund expended yearly by
any country Oh behalf of its army is
that of Russia, the latest military budg-
ct of which amounted to :e42, 100000.
One hundred and nine thousand loco
motives are now running in various
countries Europe has G3,000, Asia
$500, Australia 1900 and Africa zoo.
Ventilation Of living rooms is of great
Importance ut all times, but the supply
of an ample amount of fresh air to
sleeping rooms is doubly important dur
ing the hours of sleep. ,..
The Crystal palace at Sydenham Is
capable Of holding q greater number u
people than any other building1n the
world. More than 100, canste ac-
commodated within its waM s as
The jet mines of Englsnd seem ia
yield less and less Of that mineral. Ten
years ago as much as 4,670 pounds was
raised. Last year only 1853 pounds form.
ed the total Of the production.
The longest period, during which
there have been three contemporary
queens is from 1887 to 1858, when, be-
sides Queen Victoria, Isabella ruled il
Spain and Maria da Gloria in Portugal
A tomato is always at its best as t,
quality when it is fully ripened on thu
plant. 1t may look as we'll Or even bet
ter if picked before fully ripe and ripen
ed off the vine, but such fruit lacks i,
quality.
A society which is desirous Of pro
tecting small birds from their natura
enemies - cats-has been formed il
Munster, Prussia. In Westphalia NJ
less than $500 members of the felin'
race were accounted for in IL months.
The rent of good deer forest ofte,
runs into thousands a year. A yer,
heavy expenditure is entailed by th
necessity of keeping fences in order. re
stocking and maintaining large mum
bers Of keepers, beaters and other de
pendents.
Cryostaiae. discovered by Germa
chemist, solidifes under the infuenc
Of heat and becomes liquid at temper
atures under freezing. It is a compoun
I substance said to consist of equal part
p& phenol, camphor and sapoline,
which is added q rather smaller quaint
s ysM turpentine or the essence Of tt,
tenthine.
l9Sssss l The Sarcastic Girl.
have always had ho
II Mematule burial being burie
3 : - gea know.
s. papi6awt Such Q thing is IL
ednnaA Enquirer.