The sun., 1898-03-27
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

The value Of the British crown jew.
els is estimated to be about f3. 900, 600.
In 1859 Pope Gregory MI introduced
tie new style Of time. counting OCT. 8
as the 18th.
When the sparrow hawk is swooping
down Oh its prey, it cleaves space at the
speed Of I5O miles an hour.
Mudie's circulating library in Lon
don has 5000. 900 books constantly in
circulation and employs l7S people.
The first equestrian statue erected in
Great Britain was that of Charles !, at
Charing Cross, facing Parliament street,
A Prince of Wales is of age from his
birth, and chair is placed for him on
the right of the throne in the house Of
lords.
Cobeza di Vaca explored the Gila
river country in 1885 and reported that
the natives were dressed in cotton gar
mcnts.
The Hydra fusca, a sort of polypus,
may be turned inside out like a glove
and will continue to live and eat as
heartily as ever.
In 1000 cases of the morphine habit
collected from all parts of the world the
medical profession constituted 40 per
cent of the number.
A parrot in Connecticut is llS years
IA - f,r in,
family. having descended from father
to son through two or three generations,
The title of colonel comes from a
word almost the same in several Ian
guages, signifying column. The colo
mel was so called because he led or COM
manded column.
At Munich there is a hospital which
is entirely supported By the sale of old
steel pen nibs collected from all parts
of Germany They are made into watch
springs, knives and razors.
/ For long time religious incantations
formed the only method Of treating dis
ease. Litanies were chanted while rem
edies were applied. In Egypt pharmacy
was practiced at All early date.
| The sudden changes of climate en-
countered by soldiers when troops are
moved from one quarter Of the world to
another are estimated as increasing the
annual mortality of Europe by so, O0O
men.
Ninety young women were sent to
Virginia in 1919 and were married to
colonists On their arrival. Their hus.
bands paid the charges of transportation
in tobacco, which was then the legal
tender of the country.
Only three people know the passw ord
Of the Tower of London. and they are
the queen, the lord mayor and the con.
stable. This password is sent to the lord
mayor quarterly, signed by her majesty.
1t is merely survival of an old custom.
The lst and 9th days Of January,
the 29th Of September and the 25th of
March have been celebrated as Christ.
mas day, and it was not until the mid.
die Of the fourth century that the
ent.
There is no plant which animals sc
detest as the castor oil plant, it being
, poisonous to the whole animal world
A goat will starve rather than cat it,
: and those destroyers Of everything green
the locust and army worm will not feeC
upon it.
Cloth is now being successfully made
from wood. Strips Of fine grained WOOD
are boiled and crushed between rollers
. and the tilamcnts, having been cardei
into parallel lines, are spun into threads
from which cloth can be woven in th'
usual way.
Paris is thinking Of cutting down tn,
trees on the strip Of island projectin,
down stream from the Pont Nout be
hind the statue of Henry " and settinI
: up a monument instead in the shape o
. stone construction representing th,
"Vessel ef Lutetia" On the city arms.
| In former days-in coffee houses
! box was attached to the wall, SHAPED
! like the usual aims or collection boxe
. Of today, and over it was the legend
"To Insure Promptness This, il
q course OF time, was rendered by the ini
tials T. l. p, and hence the moderI
. tip.
: In home in Warrenton, VT, is hun;
the large mirror before which Georg
Washington made his daily toilet. TIL
mirror was bought at sale of the per
: sonal effects Of Lawrence Washington
/. great-nephew Of tho first president
and has hung in its present position fo
IS years.
, Some of the adulterations found il
beer are Cocculus indicus, capsicum
ginger, quassia, wormwood, calamu
root, carraway and coriander seeds, cor
peras, sulphuric acid, cream of tartar
). alum, carbonate Of potash, ground oys
j. ter shells, nux vomica. piertoum an
strychnine.
The normal peanut crop is 4, 900, 90
bushels and Americans are SO fond q
the nut that they spend upon it $40,
900, 900 year. Chemists say the pea
nut contains SO per cent of fat and owe
80 per cent Of nourishing compounds
and it is commended by physicians q
an article of food.
Elephants in the Indian army are fe
twice day. When mealtime arrives
they are drawn up in line before