The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-09
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

- AN@A tAOnh llltn tAjuIcS ounces
OF carbonic acid gas every "a hours.
The English language of today has no
resemblance to that of 1000 years ago.
Russia is increasing in population
faster than any other country in the
world
1t is estimated that the hair OH fair
head would support tho weight of 500
people.
The Australian dog, the Egyptian
shepherd dog and tho lion headed dog
Of Tibet never bark
There are believed to be stars in OK.
istence beyond the reach of any tele-
scope yet constructed.
During the last 100 years the popu
lation has increased Mt the ratio of near
ly l,000,0 600 annually.
The weight of the Greenland whale
is 100 tons, which is equal to that of IS
elephants, or 44O bears.
Tho Chinese fiddle, in tho shape of
an ordinary hammer, has two strings
and is played with bow
At Chrichel, England, there is farm
on which all the Manufacturers, COWS,
pigs and fowls-aro white
India is entering tho market as "a com.
petitor with Scotland i'll tho manufac-
turc of low grade iute goods
Atse level an object 100 feet high is
visible little over Is miles. If 500 feet
high, it is visible nearly 80 miles.
Near Boise City, Ida, there is a sub
terranean lake of hot water of ITO de-
grees temperature 400 feet below the
surface
a scientist has figured out that Il head
OF fair hair consists of l43, O40 hairs and
dark hair l05, 600 and q rcd head OF
only 30, 900
1t rains on an average EOS days in the
year i'll Ireland, about $50 in England,
at KeZan about 80 days, and in Siberia
only GO days.
Tho longest stretch Of straight rail.
road line i'll America is OH the Lake
Shore railway, beginning Mt Il point
three miles west of Toledo and running
go miles without curve
Roentgen rays have proved of great
assistance to the surgeons of the British
army i'll dealing with gunshot wounds
among tho troops engaged in the cxpc-
dition on the Indian frontier.
The most wonderful astronomical
photograph i'll the world is that which
has recently been prepared by London,
Berlin and Partisan astronomers. 1t
shows at least GS, 600, 600 stars
An electric locomotive in IL Canadian
coal mlno shows saving over mules of
So, 52S i'll 200 days, and an electric
pump III tho same mino shows Il saving
over steam pumps Of 81, 573 i'll 010 days
The thickest known coal seam III the
world is tho Wyoming, near Twin
creek, i'll tho Green river coal basin,
Wyoming. 1t is so feet thick, and up-
ward of 300 feet of solid coal underlics
1000 acres.
The surface of the sea is estimated at
10000, 900 square miles, taking the
whole surface OF tho globe at I97, 600,
600, and its greatest depth supposedly
equals the height of tho highest noun
tain, or four miles.
All English swords are tested bv Il
300 pound giant, the most powerful
workman Ill tho realm, IL man who
would attract attention i'll dime muse.
uln, who drives each sword with all his
force into huge elm block.
From the report of American Consul
jackson at Cognac it appears that the
vintages of that section having been
affected by frosts, the output this year
Will be less than last year and the
quality possibly not so good.
The amount Of capital invested III tho
manufacture of bicycle tires i'll the
United States is estimated by an cx-
change at SIS, 900, 000, tho number of
persons employed ut 3, 900 and tho mum
Der of tires produced annually at 900.
600
Live bees are sometimes shipped on
ice so us to keep them dormant during
the journey. This is particularly the
case with bumblebecs which have been
taken to New Zealand, where they are
useful III fertilizing the red clover
which has been introduced into the col
ony.
Some of the wooden churches of Nor.
way are fully 700 years old and are still
III an excellent state of preservation.
Their timbers have successfully resisted
the frosty and almost arctic winters
because they have been repeatedly coat
cd with tar. Norway pine. thus treated,
seems to best resist decay.
Of AL postal service. that III East In
Iia is the most difficult There are
1000 packages monthly which do not
reach their destinations on account of
not bearing any address. The multitude
of Hindoo dialects is another difficulty
the postal officials have to contend with,