The Florence daily tribune., 1898-06-23
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

a Russian does not become Of ago un-
til he is 90.
Lucifer matches were first made near.
ly 40 years ago.
The unexplored area OF Canada is
1000, 200 square miles
The Eiifel tower is eight inches short.
erin winter than in summer.
The queen of Madagascar dresses in
Paris mode. but goes barefoot,
The first printing press in the United
States was introduced in 1929.
1t was 800 years ago, in Florence,
that the first grand opera was produced.
Since 1892 therc has been decrease
OF l, 900 students in the Scotch univer.
sites.
1t is said that flies confined in n case
with cigarettes will die in less than five
minutes
Tho attendance at public schools in
Italy In 1870 was 2ol, 632, while now it
is a,47l, 05s,
No person in Norway may spend
more than threepenco at ono visit to II
public house,
In many parts of France the coffin of
peasant woman is borne to the grave
upon the shoulders of women
A sponge with the great circumference
of feet inches has been taken from
tho waters of Biscayne bay, Florida,
The city of Damascus, in Syria, is so
ancient that no record of its origin can
be discovered in any written histories
AT sea level an object 100 feet high
is visible n little over i3 miles. If 500
feet high, it is visible nearly 80 miles
The Japanese foot has been praised
for its strength and beauty. Japanese
can walk incredible distances without
feeling weary.
The front end of the great glacier of
Alaska presents wall 500 feet high.
and its breadth varies from three TO ten
miles, while its length is 100 miles
Veneer cutting has reached such per
fection that single elephants tusk 80
inches long is now cut into u sheet of
ivory 100 inches long and 30 inches
wide
Experiments to discover tho best fire
of doors are said to have proved that
wood covered with tin is better than
solid iron
Thrce cannon, formerly part of the
armament Of the British ship Actnon,
wrecked in Charleston harbor on June
%. 1770, have been mounted in park
in st. Louis.
Great Britain has longer sea coast
line than any other nation in Europe.
1t measures 2, 100 miles, with Italy sec
ond, 2,472s miles. Russia ranks third
and France fourth.
The soil of Siberia at the close of
summer is found still frozen for SO inch
es beneath the surface, and tho dead
who have lain in their coffins for over Il
century have been taken up unchanged.
The horse will probably find its occu-
patton gone in Germany sooner than
elsewhere The Berlin Omnibus com
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all its vehicles, and the number of cleo
trio cabs is daily increasing in that city.
Statisticians claim that the earth
will not support more than about 8, 994, :
900, 900 people. The present population
is estimated at l,467, 900, 900, the in
crease being per cent each decade. AT
that rate the utmost limit will be reach
ed in the year cora
The bottle post" is an old institu-
tion on the south coast of Iceland. Let
ters arc put into corlsed bottles, which
are waited by the wind to the opposite
coast They also contain cigar or other
trifles to induce the finders to deliver
the letter as addressed.
Ecclesiastical vestments have given
their names to many feminine fashions.
For years past "nun s Yelling has been
"a regular line" on dry goods counters
"Abbess purple" is perfectly recog-
nized shade and "bishop sleeves are
much favored by dressmakers, especial
ly for blouse bodies
The sugar crop of the world amounts
in normal year to about 5000, 600
TONS of which the larger part, about
4. 500, 600 tons, comes from beets, and
the remainder. 3. 500, 900 tons, from sug-
ar cane. OF the latter the largest pro-
portion comes from the West Indies,
and large amount from the island of
Java.