The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-28
Curiosity's Column.

ireland has 20. eco Isnen operatives.
chile IL a Peruvian word. denoting LAND
Of snow"
Carpet weaving in Persia is done exc:u-
sively by women.
The war with Tripoli lasted from June
10. 1891. to June 4, 1892.
Alexandria possesses the largest arti-
fetal harbor in the world.
Father Kneipp had enough confidence in
his barefoot cure to leave 100000 marks
TO maintain IL.
The life tree Of Jamaica grows and
thrives for months after being unrooted
and exposed to the sun.
The sound of a bell, which can be heard
5000 feet through the water. can be heard
through the air only 456 feet.
Dresden's new central railroad station,
which has been six years In building, has
been opened for general traffic.
A red sunet indicates a fine day to fol-
low because the air when dry r~efracts
more red or Matchmaking y
At Wharton. Va. a woman working for
an evaporating company peeled 15.4s1 po-
tatoes in 20 days and earned So.
An English advertising firm wants to
board in the banks Of the Suez cana and
decorate them with advertisements.
Prince Oscar. the German emperor's
fifth son. will be appointed a lieutenant in
the navy on July q. his 10th birthday.
The salary of . lieutenant colonel in the
United States army Is $4,000: Of q brigadier
general $500. and Of q major general
$1,000.
A Spanish inventor produces from
grasshoppers q fatty substance which is
declared to make the finest soap yet man.
ufactured.
III excavations In progress Of the home
If Cautav0a RrAAho hova hr0uRhf In
light buildings more ancient than any yet
found in India
II II said that In many Welsh villages
the yew tree and the church are of the
same age, the one being planted when the
other was built.
In q country newspaper. says the -
don Tit-Bits. appears the following
nouncement: "A number OF deathQ
voidably postponed"
The looth anniversary Of the disc
Of Trinidad by Columbus. which will &C.
cur on July 81. win be commemorate by
the issue of a special postage stamp.
Batteries for coast defense purposes can
be mounted in a newly designed turret
which Is similar to those used on monitors
and has machinery for turning the turret
and operating the guns.
To a certain extent all animals that live
In the sea, such as whales. walruses, seals,
dolphins and porpoises. have the power to
store up air. as they breathe only at inter-
walls when they come to the surface for
that purpose.
Africa's monkeys are giving out. In the
neighborhood of the Gold coast they have
been exterminated and last year the colo
ny could only collect s.. $50 monkey skins.
whereas, in 1894. 1es, 45 skins. valued at
500, 900, were exported.
There has just been placed In the spe-
cial libraries floor Of the Boston Publish
ing library a large oak cabinet. made to
hold 10000 mounted photographs and half
tone prints of the worlds best examples
of architecture. sculpture, painting and
decorative designs.
The only place in the world where vio-
lin making may be said to constitute the
industry is Markneukirchen. in Saxony,
with it's numerous surrounding villages,
There are altogether about 5000 people
in this district engaged exclusively In the
manufacture of violins.
State insurance has assumed enormous
proportions in Germany. workmen. In
GLIDING agricultural laborers, to the num-
Der of 1900. 900 were thus protected in
1897, and for 3s1, 900 accidents among these
men the sum of Is, 900. 900 marks was paid
out. Provision is also made for Ill health
and old age.
To find the rarest bird in existence you
must go to the mountains between AMMAN
and Loas. where there Is a certain kind
of pheasant. For many years its exist
ence was known only by the fact that its
longest and most splendid plume was in
much request by mandarins for their
headgear. A single skin " worth $500. and
the bird living would be priceless, for 1t
soon dies In captivity.
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