Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-08-20
GLEANINGS,

ocaflcl lever is extremely rare DOlil
in Asia and Africa.
y ton Of dirty rags is worth about SIC
to u rag picker.
Rarely. indeed, is blue eyed person
found to be color blind.
Both Mary, Queen of SCOTS. and
George II , were buried at midnight.
More people over 100 years old are
found in mild climates than in the high
err attitudes.
1t is SAID that women criminals have
large: hands and feet than the average
woman.
In three Years the expense of running
an Atlantic steamer exceeds the cost of
construction.
1t costs about 81 200 to build an cleo
trio cab of the kind now in use in the
city of Paris.
In Illinois during the past year lis
coal mines were abandoned and ~ new
ones opened.
1t is stated that sharks have now PEN
etrated into the Mediterranean through
the Sucz canal from the Red sea.
Cancels milk is said to be not only
very palatable, but also extremely
strengthening and nourishng.
The cost of fuel on steam railroads is
penses. and on electric roads about five
per cent.
y glass firm recently received an or
der for 800 glass fence posts, to be of the
usual size, and grooved for the recep-
ton of wire.
In the early days the Atlantic cable
tariff was 800 for twenty words and So
for each additional word. Now it is %
cents word.
Sepia is the inky fluid discharged by
the cutie fish to render the water
opaque for its own concealment when
attacked.
The time of sending Il message from
point to point of an Atlantic cable used
to be from five to ten hours. 1t is now
from 80 to go minutes.
Old glass bottles which are more or
less useless. are Low ground up and em-
ploycd as a substitute for sand in the
preparation of mortar.
Hot water lamps are being set up in
London with slot arrangements by
which hot COCO. coffee or soup can be
obtained as we'll as water.
Mark Twain's forthcoming novel is
said to be partly political in character.
The scene is laid in Austria, and parlia
mentary struggles appear in it.
George \. Fowler, of Kansas City.
has given S2l 900 to rebuild the agri-
cultural shops of the University of Kan
sas, recently destroyed by fire.
Artificial teeth made of paper are fur
nishcd by the dentists of Germany.
They are very comfortable, retain their
co.or, are much lighter than China
teeth, and decidedly low priced.
An early Anglo-Saxon custom, strict
ly followed by newly married couples,
was that of drinking diluted honey for
thirty days after marriage. From this
custom comes the word honeymoon or
hOneymOnth.
The Canadian government has sold
the water power rights at Shawinigan
falls on the St. Maurice river, province
of Quebec. They are expected to de-
velop POO 900 horse power
Phillip Sheridan. a member of the
Montreal bar, and a nephew of General
Sheridan, is on his way to the klondyke
as Crown prosecutor and agent for sew
eral companies.
In fasting feats, the sect of jams, in
India, is far ahead of all rivals. Fasts
of from 30 to 40 days are very com
mon, and once a year they are said to
abstain for rs days.
San Francisco is the banner port of
this country for the importation of
opium for smoking purposes. The i'm
portations last year aggregated 12l, 40l
pounds, and the duty of six dollars a
pound amounted to 1928, 400
A big fish known as tuna, was acct
dentally hooked in the back by Clifford
II. Scudder, of Los Angeles, while he
was fishing off Catalina island. The fish
weighed 100 pounds, and towed him 20
miles before he mastered it. The