The sun., 1898-03-27

FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

TANI0 in - VCV IlNc0s
Birthdays were kept even as far back
as the time of Pharaoh.
More than 1000, 900 people are treat.
ed in the hospitals Of London each year.
The average length Of human life in
the sixteenth century was only 1s to 20
years.
An ounce of vanadium is worth SITS
and can be purchased only by 81 ounces
of gold.
The preparation Of human hair for
the market gives employment to 1000
Parisiana
One Of the great kitchens is that of
the Hotel Cecil, London, where so cooks
are employed.
In Chile and the Argentine Republic
it is not an infrequent thing to see wo-
men car conductors.
The longest artificial water course in
the world is the Bengal canal, 90C
miles; next is the Erie, 1868.
Part Of the tombstone over his moth.
er's grave fell on a little child in a
Jackson (Tenn. cemetery and broke his
leg.
Keys Of bronze and iron have been
found in Greece and Italy dating from
at least the seventh century before
Christ.
OF the books taken for perusal from
the public libraries Of Paris, London
and New York 80 per cent are works
of fiction.
The total revenue Of the charitable
institutions having their headquarters
in London amounted last year to over
e6,0O0,0OO.
Some sheep, were frightened by dogs
at Grenoble, France, and 242 blindly
followed their leader" over precipice
$50 feet high.
Last year Italy exported 21, 900 an
tique and modern works of art, valued
at 5000, 0O0 More than half Of them
WcuO W bc1IliaHJ.
The Turkish minister of public works
has submitted proposals to the sultan
for the construction of about 4,500
miles of new railway lines.
In Finland women have the right of
suffrage. They usurp mems privileges
and are carpenters, paper hangers,
bricklayers and slaughterers.
The annual income of the czar is
$17,500, 900, Of the Austrian kaiser ST.
500, 900, Of the German kaiser IS, 900, :
900 and Of the king of Italy So, 900, 900.
The queens bodyguard for Scotland,
the royal company Of archers, contains
the pink of Scottish nobility, whose es-
tates are in the Lothians or on the bor-
ders.
In some parts of New Zealand orange
growing is a very profitable industry.
Sometimes the crop from an acre of
trees amounts in value to more than
$1,000.
There are several new trades in Paris.
You find dog doctors, dog dentists, dog
BARRIERS and dog dressnakers advertised
in the newspapers, aud they seem to be
well patronized.
In Belgium no person is allowed to
vote unless he is a taxpayer to the
amount of 40 francs year. This law
makes the voters only 81 out of every
1000 Of population.
In Paris the trees on the public streets
are treated with as much attention as
are the plants in botanical gardens.
Officials look after their welfare, and as
a result the streets are beautiful and
comfortable.
Tho daily water supply of London is
IT'S, l40, 1873 gallons, Of which about
90, 900, 900 gallons are drawn from the
river Thames and a little over S5, O00,.
600 from the river Lea and from various
artesian wells.
There are more women in British
India (l24, 900, O0W than there arc men,
women and children in Great Britain,
France and Germany put together, with
the populations Of several minor Euro
pean states cast in as we'll.
The Presumpscot (Maine) river,
though small in size, is remarkable for
the large number of lakes which supply
it and for the proportion of its basin
taken up by lake surface There are 45
Of these lakes with all area Of 81 square
miles.
The Marquis do Nadaillac, we'll
known French savant, is afraid that in
a few centuries there will be more
mouths than meat for them. In Russia
alone he thinks there will be 500, ,OOO,.
900 if the present rate of increase con
tinues.
In recent test of floor material the !
most durable turned out to be a tile
made Of rubber. An English earthen
lille comes next. Vermont marble, flag
stone, granolith, marble mosaic, yellow
pine, oak, Oregon pine and teak came in
The order named.
Bishop McKin, the Episcopal prelate ,