The sun., 1898-03-06
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
London vas the first city to use coal.
In Manchuria dogs are raised for their
kiDa
Sydney ia now the center Of the Aus
ralian wool trade.
Norwich is the great English center
{ the canary trade.
France produces annually about aOO,.
DO tons Of chestnuts
Dancing as an art antedates music,
nging and sculpture.
A London general omnibus is sup
bsed to earn ElO per week.
Asia comes from the Sanskrit Ushss,
gnifying land Of the dawn
Buffalo has one saloon for every lis
Dhabitants, the largest ratio in that
ate.
Chinese coinage in the shape Of a
bife has been traced back as far ss 2240
q.
There are houses still standing in
nuremberg, Bavaria, that were built in
)6O.
The fad of the Princess Marie Of Rou.
pnia is the collection Of perfumery
ttles.
The hair ON dolls heads is from An
ia goats. 1t is made into wigs by
Us ut Munich.
Burial in Westminster abbey il not a
estion of money, but the interment
bs aggregate $780,
A fine ruby Of more than three oarats
worth more than q diamond Of the
(me size and weight.
The officers Of the Swedish navy are
fnsidered military officers and in full
|ess must wear spurs.
The tomb Of Mohammed is covered
ith diamonds sapphires and rubies
llued at SIC, 900, 900.
There are nearly 10, 900 hounds main
lined in the United Kingdom exclu-
vely for hunting purposes.
1t is stated that sharks have now pen.
rated into the Mediterranean through
be Suez canal from the Red sea.
1t is pretty general belief in China
pat women who wear short hair will
future state be transformed into
Yen.
The title Of majesty was first giveI
Louis XI Of France. Before that time
(vereigns were usually styled "high-
ess. -
Sumatra Kerosene is competing with
e Russian oil in the markets of the
east The supply seems to be mex
hustible.
Some sheep were frightened by dogs
Grenoble, France, aud 242 blindly
followed their leader" over precipioe
30 feet high.
The first piece of cotton cloth made
America was presented to the wife
General Nathaniel Greene, who had
dress made Of it.
1t IL estimated that the amount Of
hter precipitated on this globe annual
in tho form OF rain, snow, etc., is
600 cubic miles.
A pair Of gloves passes through about
pairs Of hands from the time the
in leaves the dressers till the gloves
hch the hands OF tho wearer.
No less than $4,000 signatures are
tded before the petition against the
an Of government assumption Of the
Iway can be brought to a public vote
Switzerland.
Mrs Humphry Ward received $40, O0o
Robert Elsmere, $50, 900 each for
David Grieve' and "Marcella, $15..
o for "Sir George Tressady'' and
8, 600 for bessie Costrell."
John f. Leavitt of Portsmouth, n.
has had a gsvel made from origina!
in the old frigate Constitution AMI
sent it az a present to the Massa.
nsetts Society Of the American Revo.
ion.
)ne Of the novel ideas Of decorative
tct in Japan is to catch tiretiies, keep
Pm III a cage or box Of wire until you
vc company, and then release them
the garden for the guests to admire
talk about.
# the 81 silk mills erected in 1897.
are located in Pennsylvania, & in
W York state, 3, in Paterson. N. j.;
Connecticut. 8 in Massachusetts, /
South Carolina, 2 in Virginia and
Rhode Island.
here are in Tokyo 10 iron bridges
II stone bridges. Besides these
re are about so wooden bridges, each
hsuring upward Of 10 ken. Those
! are Of smaller length are too M.
Fous to be counted.
he discoverer Of the antidiphtheric
'm' DIR. Behring. uses up $17, 500
tn OF chemicals every month in pre-.
ng the serum, which is used in hos
Is not only as a remedial, but also
propbylactic measure (vaccinatioD).
ma stone Of tho Temple of Wing.
Victory, on the Acropolis, at Ath.
an inscription has been found stat. /
that the monument was built by
lrIatcs, who was one of the archi-
of the Parthenon. This fixes it's
at about ago years before Christ.
hnrwnldsen's Lion of Lucerna, -
y the living rock, is cracking and