The Dickinson press., 1897-06-26
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

FACTS IN A FEW LINES,
Not fsr short Of 900, 900 tons OF dust
is collected in London during the year.
In the private schools Of China
teacher is paid about I cent day for
each pupil.
The army Of India now numbers
$50, 900 men, Of whom 1870. 900 are ma
tive soldiers.
The crows Of Ceylon are protected by
the people, because they purity the at
mosphere BY acting % 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 10
composed Of dragons. who are trained
to fight on foot a. well a. 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 l,700 rad
ical words. It is said that the Sanskrit
language contains 18 vowels and "a
consonants.
It is claimed for ireland that, with
its less than 100000 population, it
has more centenarians than any country
in Europe-perhaps in the world. They
number 57S.
Cardinal Mezzofanti spoke ia Ian
guages and dialects, 80 Of them with
such ease and fluency that he was some
times mistaken for native Of the lands
where they were used.
The German language has a 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 l845 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, o. E., Of London.
The Japanese are now getting used to
glass. At first glass in railway car
riage window had to be smeared with
st1eaks Of white paint to keep passen-
gers from poking their heads through 1t.
While pearls have long maintained
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 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 a.
much capital in railways as Scotland,
and Scotland more than three times as
much as Ireland. The mileage open is
l4,651 miles in England and Wales,
r Rk0 in Scotland ord a 1nQ l., rrn1ool
M. .~S,N .- .~. '>.'N go - a
Luz pea11s "a, - a1om 5 austfalla ana rama
9erors,in To- .ne.I;,,a .ha ~, Taasa ae 800. 80.
command the highest prices, because Of
their superior form (many Of them be-
ing perfectly round) and their brilliant
luster.
II wou4o seem tnat tne annuence OF
Climate upon natlonal character has
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.uL:an -olmns . .ne.s ous.omels = o1 'ne Gays on
Mnl9n s1nn, 1sesn sausases ale .l mace ny
clean anron at tho ] side ~ tho % shon .;.es' dner
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u-:a .ne peal. a, slen "sneI,es re. ol tne met-
e1en at'n.pe.aso, ~ oan .ne government
~ ". oalMa, sompslse - 'ovo squaIe mics;
.ne saene1ans u pearl snells Is sne cnae1
.nuus.ly, a1sn sno1sn MS ~ COURSE pea1,s are
aleo iounu. Luz Danks are tenteo nom
sne sovelnne"' i,M a1'u f'enss 70 nsn suolet
on . 1oyalty'
a 1lenonman pipe recently saved
.aaa na% i1o@ o'sagulemen1 % ae was az
.aoAeo ny uascna1eeo WAIVER VINO
mhe SMle~ os., : oo,.1e % VI v''lao4 az ms 1ace.
.ne no.'to G.oAe W tne plpe no was
smokane' sn senolng see ereateI paft o1 ats
contents anto sne 1ace OF MS assallans'
VINO was 'erf'oly burned.
The first caztage supplied with pneu-
matte tires was built for the present
Duke Of Northumberland, and they