The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-20
FACTS IN a FEW LINES.

The total strength of German cav
airy regiment is 20 officers, 667 men
and 792 horses, go Of which are officers
chargers.
Observation-Disclosures is the
latest acquisition to the German Ian
guage. 1t is the name applied to an an
tiseptic lately discovered.
In the Dominion of Canada there are
about 100000 militia. The permanent
military forces consist of about 1000
artillery, infantry and cavalry.
The bulk of the Russian cavalry is
composed Of dragons, who are trained
to fight on foot as well as in the saddle
and are drilled to attack in mass.
A North SEQ cod fisher carries set of
lines Z, 300 fathoms i'll length, and hav-
ing the amazing number Of 4, $3.50 hooks,
every one Of. which must be baited.
The counties which it is customary to
consider the "west of England are
Hampshire, Wiltshire Dorsetshire, SOM
erset, Gloucester, Devonshiro and Corn
wall.
The largest telegraph office in the
world is ut tho general postoffice, ST.
Martin SIZE Grand, London. There are
over 3, 600 operators, 1000 Of whom are
women.
Henry /. surnamed the Learned, was
the monarch who introduced tho custom
of delivering speeches from tho throne,
which has been transmitted down to
the present day.
1t is estimated that one-twelfth Of
the population of England suffer from
govt. A Berlin physician, DR.. Fehlaner,
says that this malady is often due to
the excessive use of meat.
Englishwomen arc considered to pos
sess more beauty than French, but with
the latter an exquisite taste i'll all that
concerns the toilet moro than places
them on footing with English bellies.
Sir John Sinclair lately attempted to
naturalize Surrey nightingales ut John
O. Groat's. Young were produced, but
as soon as they could fly away they
went with the oldsters, southwark, it is
believed.
For seven years the ST. Lawrence riy-
er gradually decreases in depth, then
for seven years it gradually increases
in depth, tho difference in level being
about five feet. Why it does so no ono
has yet discovered
The lord chancellor's seat is called
tho woodstock" and tho judges like
wise sit upon woolsacl1s covered with
cloth, i'll allusion, it is supposed, to
wool having been i'll ancient days the
staple commodity Of England.
There arc some $1,000 costermopgers
who carry on business in the streets Of
London. Their capital is supposed to be
$3.50, 600, while they arc said to do
trade during tho year of $4,000, 900.
The profits of this turnover arc about
100000.
A good ant destroyer is made up of a
half n pound of flour of sulphur and
four ounces Of potash, which are heated
in an earthen vessel until they are dis
solved. After thoroughly mixing and
cooling beat to powder Infuse this in
water and apply the liquid to the infest-
ed places
The crown Of England is kept in the
Tower of London, and not in the queens
dressing room It is never brought out
excepting on grand state occasions, but
whenever ceremony, such as n draw
ing room or levee. takes place the queen
wears circlet of diamonds in the form
of crown on her head
The distinction among animals of re-
curing least sleep belongs to the ele-
plant. In spite of its capacity for hard
work the elephant seldom, if ever, sleeps
moro than four, or occasionally five,
hours. For two hours before midnight
and again for two hours after O'Clock
these misborn mountains sleep
Among eccentricities of gambling was
"a cruel custom of tho highlands hard
~ yet extinct when John Fraser wrote,
Ill 1850. The clansmen did not play for
money-probably because they had none
to stake-but for the pleasure of adj
ministering six strokes with "single
soled shoe" upon the palm of the van
pushed
Hendon, north of London, has tav-
ern i'll churchyard, with tombstones
all around it, which has been kept there
for many hundred years and is the ONLY
licensed house i'll such place The
original building was burned down 400
years ago, the present house having
been built soon after the restoration of
Charles IL
A trip between London and. Paris has
been made i'll hours 32 minutes. From
London to Dover (7S 81 miles) took |
hour 30 minutes; the passage of tho
channel GO miles) took l hour 10 min
utes, and tho run from Calais to Paris
GS519 miles) was made i'll hours 81
minutes, an average of Sc. miles, ex-
Guiding stops.
One of the most ancient landmarks of
England is Farnham castle, the homo of