Arizona republican., 1898-06-13
CULLED FROM ALL SIDES.

Out of every 100000 persons 1,2o( die from -gout.
 Forty years ago the first missionary was eaten on the Fiji islands. Swallows have been met at sea more than 100 miles from any land.
 In Costa Rica canary birds, buH- finches, and paroquets are special table dainties.
 l According to a German authority the human brain is composed of 300,- 100000 nerve cells.
 In the orange fields of New Zealand the crop has been known to net as high as $1,000 an acre.
 1 Eight million pounds are computed to change hands in England yearly through betting on races. Je-a Lourdes has been visited by an Eng fish band of pilgrims, numbering sixty persons, and including bishop and eight princes.
 Over 400 diamonds are known to have been recovered from the ruins of Babylon. Many are uncut, but most are polished on one or two sides. In fifteen years Russia has sent 624,- GOO persons to Siberia, fully 100000 rel |atives of prisoners having accompanied the exiles of their own free will. Probably few people who visit Lon don are aware that one of the most novel sights of the great city is that of the pigeons around the public build ings.
 The British soldier has not always worn a red uniform. White was the prevailing color under Henry VIII, and dark green or russet in the time of Elizabeth.
 In Chinese books the usual appella- ltions for foreigners are queitze (deviD, yang queitze foreign deviD, fan quei- tze (barbarian deviD, fan zei (barbar- ian dog), and Ii lung (robber.) The insect known as the water boat man has regular pair of oars, his legs being used as such. He swims on his back, as in that position there is less resistance to his progress.
 Bank notes were forged to such an extent after the introduction of e1 notes that in 1902 no fewer than sev- enty extra clerks were employed at the Bank of England merely to detect them.
 
 the throne of Japan seems to hold the worlds record in the matter of pedi- gree. He is the last male descendant in the order of primogeniture as dv- nasty which has reigned 1000 years.
 Experiments are being made in the Russian army with tall observation towers, which may be readily unjoint- ed and distributed among the men dur ing a march. In their drills with these, squads of sixty men can erect com plete structures in twenty minutes.
 During the most peaceful years there are in the world 3,70O, 900 men who are withdrawn from productive occupa- tions to act as soldiers. The pay, equipment, food and clothing of these men cost the worlds taxpayers sum amounting to nearly SS,000,000 day.
 The manufacture of the finder box and flint is still carried on in the will lage of Brandon, on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk. A large demand for the primitive forms of lighting is created by hot, dry climates, such as that of Africa, where matches cannot possibly be kept.
 The conditions under which British sailors and soldiers live are far more sanitary now than in the past. In 1865 more than eleven deaths occurred in every 1000 men afloat, while ten years later the number fell to 6.S, in 1885 to 5.4 and in 1895 to A. In the army the figures are not quite so sat isfactOry.
 Large portions of the old royal cas- tie in Berlin are to be remodeled to
 PrL 6 sire is to be able to offer a comfort able abode to his guests on great fes- tival occasions, who have previously been quartered in various Berlin ho- tels at great expense to the rnlperlaI exchequer.