The Florence daily tribune., 1898-06-11
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

lue Lonlon pOiice are vefolnS the
sandwich girls
In Persia the factory hands work
from a. IN, to s p. N.
OF $1,000 hrewories in the world,
30, 600 are In Germany.
Six thousand people sleep In the open
nir in London every night.
There are nearly 27o different re-
igions in the United Kingdom.
Scientists assert that the Hy can make
600 strokes second with its wings.
Taking all tho year round, the coldess
hour of the 81 is o'clock ia the morn
ing.
Tho first large iron bridge In the
world was built over tho Severn in
l7T7.
The bones and muscles of tho human
body are capable of over l, 400 differont
movements.
Moscow's orphan asylum. founded by
Catherine II. is supported by a tax on
playing cards.
The tunnels of the world nre es.-smat-
ed to number about l, i42, with tatel
length of Ola miles.
Nearly $4,000, 900 worth II patout
medicines are exported 4 - the United
Kingdom eaoh year.
The number of visitors admitted to
the state apartments u. Ninasor castle
last year was %. 77S.
Lobsters have ;reat dread of thun-
der and when nas,ia are very loud will
swim to deeper water.
Tho visi.zg states that TIE s.sw Cath
olio cathedral in London will 20 oom-
pleted by tho year 1900.
Burnt sienna is really u paint made
from the aasnrai eastb FOUND in tho
neighbc=hood of Sienna. Italy.
n German professor reports he has
round living bacteria In wine which
hid been bottled s5 or sc years.
The bell OF Big Ben, London, weighs
"a tons; the bell of st. paul's cathedral
now clock has weight of 8 tone.
The German navy has only been In
existence half a century, tho first naval
afii.as having been aupcinted In IS47.
Londen has 5000 miles of sewers,
81, 900 milee of telegraph wires, 3, 400
miles of gas pipes and 1900 miles Of
water mains.
Acoordions were invented in 1890 by
Mr.. Damain of Vienna, and single
German firm now manufacturers over
1900 year. II
Every week e.oo0, 900 oysters are
swallowed by the people of London.
Half of the shells nre broken 5Sp and
used for asphalt paving. ~
The number Of people who have lived
upor this earth since the time of Adam
Is calculated to be somewhere about
SO, 627, 844, coo, 900, 900,
The first printers used to print only
on one side Of pags, and then pasted
together the swo blank pages to give
the impression of one leaf.
In 1904 the habitual users Of the
English language did not number more
than 80. 900, 900. In 1897 their number
was estimated at ITO, 900, 900.
Whenever Queen Victoria goes abroad,
she always has couple of fire extin-
guishers sent out In advance and fitted
up in the touse she is to reside in.
A remarkable eel has been discovered
in the Fiji islands. 1t has peculiar
formation in its throat which causes it
to whistle when in an excited state
The busiest time on tho Atlantic ca
BILE is between the hours of 10 and 10
In the forenoon. During that time on
an average about 900 messages pass over
the cable each way.
The tolling of church bells on the oc-
casion Of burial Is based on the old
pagan custom Of banging gougs when q
body was TO be inferred in order to scare
away the bad spirits.
Germany and Austria have about 100
necessary before the student obtains
diploma. Most of the hotel chefs have
diplomas from these schools
Tho British museum contains the old
est specimen of pure glass which bears
any date. This is little lions head
having on it the name Of an Egyptian
king of the eleventh dynasty.
When Queen Victoria assembled tho
throne, more than 41 per cent of the
people in British islands could not write
their names The proportion in that
condition has now been reduced to per
cent.
The sale Of salt is government mo-
nopoly in China which yields yearly
revenue Of $l1, 600. 600, as the annual
consumption is 8, 300, 900, 900 pounds.
and the Importation of foreign salt ID
strictly prohibited. A license to sell salt !
costs 80, 600 in gold.
The origin of the custom Of widows
wearing caps is extremely ancient. II
NAV he traced hack to the EUyptian and
Greoian practice Of shaving off the hair
in periods of mourning. But as without
hair there was danger of catching
cold, the men wore wigs upon their
bald crowns and the women caps.
A French scientific journa, says the
consumption of tobacco is decreasing In
that country, being at the present time
ahc,,t nnunds n bend of tha ponula- :