Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-21
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.


ieacher is paid about l cent day for
bach pupil.
The army of India now numbers
eSO, 600 men, of whom $50, 900 are ma
five soldiers.
The crows Of Ceylon are protected by
fhe people, because they purify the at
hosphere by acting as scavengers.
There have been over 60 lions in the
London zoo the last 80 years, many be-
ing presents from the queen or mem
bers of the royal family.
The bulk Of the Russian cavalry is
composed of dragons, who are trained
Ito fight Oh foot as well as in the sad
die and are drilled to attack in mass.
London is growing so rapidly and the
population is moving so far away from
the old centers that the suburban thea
ter is becoming an institution of impor-
tance.
Sir Richard Phillips says that in the
Hebrew language there are 1,7O0 rad
heal words. 1t is said that the Sanskrit
Language contains 16 vowels and 81
consonants.
its less than 5000, 900 population, il
has more centenarians than any country
in Europe-perhaps IN the world. They
number 57S.
Cardinal Mezzofanti spoke ia lam
guages and dialects, so of them with
such ease and fuency that he was some
times mistaken for a native of the lands
where they were used.
The German language has greater
power of combination of words than
any other European tongue. By the
liberal use of the hyphen almost any
combination may be formed.
Skates made of gold are popular in
st. Petersburg. One lady had the blades
of her skates enriched with diamonds.
Skates set with pearls and precious
stones have also been in fashion.
In 1915 pneumatic springs were pro-
posed to increase the comfort of car
riages, and it was then that the idea of
pneumatic tires presented itself to Will
liam Thomson, G. E., of London.
The Japanese are now getting used to
glass. At first glass in railway car
rage window had to be smeared with
streaks of white paint to keep passen-
gers from poking their heads through it.
While pearls have long maintained a
popularity in Europe surprising that of
any other gem, it is only within COM
paratively brief period that they have
been so highly esteemed in the United
States.
An unbreakable carriage shaft has
been invented, having a joint which
permits it to fold when the horse falls.
Thus in whatever position the unfortu-
nate creature may lie on or under the
shaft the latter will remain undamaged
England has more than six times as
much capital in railways as Scotland,
and Scotland more than three times as
much as Ireland. The mileage oQen is
IA, Col miles in England and Wales,
$3.50 in Scotland and 3,173 in Ireland.
The pearls from Australia and Pana-
ma are all of medium and large size.
Generally speaking, the India pearls
command the highest prices, because of
their superior form (many of them be-
ing perfectly round) and their brilliant
1uster.
It would seem that the influence OF
climate upon national character has
been greatly exaggerated, says recent
writer. Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt and
Carthage, situated in hot ATTITUDES,
were among the most masterful nations
Of antiquity.
Fair haired people are becoming less
numerous than formerly. The ancient
Jews were fair haired race; now they
are, with few exceptions, dark So it is
in a lesser degree with the Irish, among
whom 100 years ago dark haired per-
son was almost unknown.
A curious custom is made known by
correspondent in Berlin. The butch
ers of that town are in the habit of in
forming their customers of the days on
which fresh sausages are made by
placing a chair, covered with a large,
clean apron, at the side of the shop door
The pearl shell fisheries of the Mer-
GUAM archipelago, i'll the government
of Burma, comprise II, 600 square miles
The gathering of pearl shells is the chief
industry, though of course pearls are
also found. The banks are rented from
the government and rights to fish sublet
on a royalty.
A Frenchman's pipe recently saved
him from Disagreement. He was at
tackled by a discharged waiter, who
threw a bottle of vitriol at his face.
The bottle broke on the pipe he was
smoking, sending the greater part of it's
contents into the face of his assailant,
who was terribly burned
The first carriage supplied with pneu-
matte tires was built for the present
Duke of Northumberland, and they
were afterward adopted for the motor
car, but the wheels were so constantly
requiring repairs that the idea was