The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-19
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A state lunch in China contains 1x
dishes.
A sort of opium is obtained from the
The ropes on q f~rst-class man-of-war
cost about 81. 200.
Moscow has a hospital large enough to
hold 1000 persons.
In Hamburg the authorities tar a dog
according to Its size.
Tn cathedral Of Rouen boasts a clock
which has kept time for 500 years.
A new kim of cloth il made In Lyons.
france, from the down of hens, ducks
and geese.
No machine has yet taken the place of
natures teasle in finishing various grades
of wooden cloths.
Nearly 10000 tons Of cork are consumed
by the bottlers of aerated waters. beers
etc.. In England every year.
The republic Of Uruguay has more
newspapers in proportion 10 its popuia-
ton han any country In the world
1t is said that Chinese cannot be teie-
graphed. but tina figures have to be useo
which correspond to certain words.
In ancient times and among inland peo-
ple the possession of a salt spring WAS
regarded as a special gift Of the gods.
Clouds more generally form in the up
per regions of the atmosphere because II
is normally colder in the higher regions.
Colorado has one glass factory. Kansas
one, Utah one. Minnesota one, wyoming
one, Washington one and California one.
In Berlin the pawnshop 10 q royal In
stitution and is not allowed TO make a
profit, its surplus going to charitable pur-
poses.
During the past year full RS eaith LAS
been reported from Colorado. South Da-
kota. Nebraska. New Mexico. Indian ter
ritory and New York.
In 1916 the value of a bushel of wheat
in England was equal to that OF a pound
of nails. Today a bushel OF wheat VIII
buy 10 pounds Of nails.
There is an old superstition. says the
Springfield Republican. that when a mock
of wild geese is seen flying in the shape
of a w war In imminent.
Telegraph wires will last for 40 years
near the seashore. In the manufactur-
ing districts the same wires Will last
only 10 years. and sometimes less.
A having brick, said to be equal ia
granite. while having the advantage oil
regular shape, il now being made In ELS
leben. Thuringia, from copper Stag.
More coffee is used in the United states
than any other country the annual con-
sumption being not far from tSo.o0o,W
pounds, for which American importers
pay about $50. 900. 900 to the growers.
The floor of the rotunda at the LONDON
Coal exchange. where the merchants
gather is unique. 1t is composed OF iniaio
woods. arranged in the form OF a mari
ner's compass. with a border OF Greer
fret. Upward of 1000 pieces of wood are
employed.
Algeria now exports to France some
H. 900. 600 gallons of wine, as one or tn'
results of the irrigation which has re
claimed u, 600, 900 acres of the land from
the Sahara desert and filled II with beau
tiful and fruitful Gases, whose. area IL ex
tending yearly.
Berlin was the scene of a collision be
tween a horse car and a balloon recently
A captive military balloon broke loos'
during a squat and drove across th'
Tempelhof field. dragging with 1t the sol
diers who were holding II. Reaching tn
street. though its speed was checked b!
it's carving away some telegraph wires
IL hit a horse car violently enough L
upset IT with its passengers. Two of tn
soldiers who held on were badly hurt.
From Bruges comes the story of the dis
covery of "a book printed with movapl
metal types IL years before Gutenberg
r Mainz Bible. nj. Gilliodt van Severen, IN
city archivist. In a book called "L'Oeuvr
de Jean Brito,' describes a "Doctrinaf
in the Paris National library as printe'
, by Johannes Brito, 'citizen of Bruges
> printer of books and inventor" in la;
This points to a revival OF the koste
legend, and the tale of his types bein
. stolen by an apprentice named John.