The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-06
IL 25gGE.ENlY


England, will hold 100000 people.
Little alligators are kept as drawing
room pets in some of the fashionable
houses abroad.
A bicycle is supplied to every police
station in the suburbs of Paris for the
use of the force.
More than 100000 acres of the
earth's surface are devoted to the Gull
tivation of tobacco.
If a snail's head is cut off and the
enimal placed in a cool, moist place
another head will grow.
Some of the screws that are used in
a watch are so small that, to the unaid-
ed eye, they appear like steel filings.
The largest bee-keeper in the world is
a California gentleman, who has 5000
hives, producing 100000 pounds Of
honey yearly.
A shower of toads recently fell on the
railway track in Topeka, Kansas, so
impeding the progress of a train that 1t
had to stop.
It is estimated that the light of a full
moon is at least three hundred thou
eand times weaker than sunlight, when
the great orb of day. is standing at
meridian.
"Familiarity breeds contempt is a
proverb found in n form or another
in every European Oh Asiatic language
having q literature. Its earliest form
is believed to be in the Sanskrit.
The lowest annual salary paid any
one in the Consular service Of this gov
crnment is one dollar. This is received
by the consular agents at Kalamata,
Greece, and Dardanelles, Turkey.
The human hair is absolutely the
most profitable crop that grows. Five
tons of it are annually imported. The
Parisians harvest upwards Of 100000
pounds, equal in value to 100000 per
nnu
"Pay weddings are not uncommon
in some of the rural districts Of Ger
many. All the guests pay a fixed sum
for the entertainment, and the receipts
are used to furnish a home for the
bridal couple.
Barrels, casks, pals, etc., are nov
made by molding wood-pulp in the de-
sired shape, subjecting it to heat in the
form Of hot air or water, steam or other
vapor, and COMPRISING it by hydraulic
pressure.
Many railroad corporations here are
following the foreign custom Of plant
ing fruit trees along the sides Of their
lines. There are a few districts where
apple and cherry have for some years
been the common road trees.
The Court Theater In Munich has a
revolving stage, the part in view of the
audience representing one quarter Of
a circle. A change Of scene a be eff
fected in eleven seconds by bringing to
the front the next quarter of the circle.
According to an official estimate
made in the Treasury Department, the
present population Of the United States
slightly exceeds 100000. This indi-
Gates an annual increase of more than
100000 since the last Federal census
taken in 1890.
An experimental race was recently
made between a skillful typist and an
expert penman, the test being the num-
Der Of times a phrase of eight words
could be reproduced in five minutes.
The typist scores thirty-seven and the
penman twenty-three.
If the many disputes which have re-
Gently arisen in connection with cy-
cling keep on increasing our courts will
soon be so overrun with bicycling cases
that it may be necessary to establish
Il special court to deal with this new
and enormous field Of Jurisprudence.
According to statistics, the number Of
yearly telephone conversations In the
United States is 75,OOO,OOO; of tele-
graphic messages, 65, 900; of arc
lights, 1,O0O,OOO; of incandescent, 49,
OOO,0 600, and several hundred thousand
electric motors. There are 1000 cleo
trio railways. 1t Is estimated that to
100000 persons in this country cleo
tricity contributes a means Of liveIi-
hood.
In the neighborhood of the Bermu-
das the sea Is extremely transparent,
so that the fishermen can readily see
the horns Of holsters protruding from
their hiding places in the rocks at con
siderable depth. To entice these crusta-
ceans from these crannies they tie sew
eral snasls together to form a ball and
dangle them in front of the lobster.
When ;he swallows the ball they haul
him up.
There is in Milan a covered street
Of circular shape rooted with glass and
surm0unted by a large dome, round the
inside of which runs a row Of gas burn
er:: The lighting of these at such a
height was difficult and dangerous un-
fill electricity was made to do the work.
"A miniature railway has been built
close to the lights, on which runs a tiny
electric locomotive carrying a wick
STEPPED in spirits Of wine. When the
time comes for lighting, this wick is set
on fire and the engine flies around,
EfndIing the circle of lamps.
Eggs as a Daily Diet.