The sun., 1898-03-06
FACTS IN 4 FEW LINES
London was tho i,rst city 10 MS ooal
In Nanchuyia dogs are raised for their

London VA mo ufsC Clty 70 10 Cook
In Manchuria dogs are raised for their
skins
sydney IL now the center Of the Aus.
trslian wool trade.
Norwich is the great English centea
Of the canary trade.
France produces annually about 800,.
900 tons Of chestnuts. I
Dancing as al art antedates music.
dnging and sculpture.
A London general omnibus is sup
posed to earn el9 per week.
Asia comes from the Sanskrit Ushsa,
Identifying "land Of the dawn"
Buffalo has one saloon for every 178
inbabitants the largest ratio In that
state.
Chinese coinage in tho shape Of .
knife has been traced back a. far ~ 2240
g. q.
There are houses still standing in
Nuremberg. Bavaria, that were built In
1850.
The fad Of the Princess Marie OF Rou-
mania 10 the collection Of peEfumery
bottles.
The hair ON dolls heads 10 from An
CORA goats Il IL made into wigs by
girls at Munich.
Burial In Westminster abbey is not q
question Of money, but the interment
fees aggregate $500.
A fine ruby Of more than three carats
ID worth more than q diamond Of the
same sixo and weight.
The officers Of the Swedish navy are
considered military officers and in full
dress must wear spurs.
The tomb Of Mohammed is covered
with diamonds, sapphires and rubies
valued at sl2, 500, 900.
There are nearly 10, 900 hounds main.
tained in the United Kingdom exclu-
sivvly for hunting purposes.
It is stated that sharks have now PEN
etrated into the Mediterranean through
the Suez canal from the Red sea.
IL 10 pretty general belief in China
that women who wear short hair will
In q future state be transformed into
men.
Tho title Of majesty was first given
to Louis XI Of France. Before that time
sovereigns were usually styled "high-
ness"
Sumatra kerosene is competing with
the Russian oil in the markets Of the
far east. The supply seems to be mex
haustibie.
Some sheep were frightened by dogs
st Grenoble, France, and 242 blindly
followed their leader" oyer precipioe
$50 feet high.
The first piecs Of cotton cloth made
N America was presented to the wife
# General Nathaniel Greene, who had
dress made Of it.
Il 10 estimated that the amount Of
water preoipitated ON this globe annual.
ly in the form Of rain, snow, etc., is
$4,000 oubio miles
A pair Of gloves passes through about
800 pairs Of hands from the time the
akin leaves the dressers till the gloves
roach tho hands Of the wearer.
No less than 10000 signatures are
needed before the petition against the
plan Of government assumption of the
railway can be brought to public vote
IN Switserland.
Ars Humphry Ward received $40, 900
for "Robert Els,nere, $50, 900 each for
David Grieve" aud "Marcella,' 375,-
900 for "Sir George Tressady" and
$l6, 600 for "Bessie Costrell."
John e. Leavitt Of Portsmouth, N.
H., has had o gavel made from original
eak in the old frigate Constitution and
has sent it as present to the Massa'
chusetts Society Of the American Revo.
luton.
One Of the novel ideas of decorative
effect in Japan is to catch tiretiies, keep
them in o cage or box Of wire until you
have company. and then release them
in the garden for the guests to admire
and talk about.
vi tuC u I ellh Hills 'i'StS" Aa A'S't
IS arc located in Pennsylvania, 9 in
New York state, 3 in Paterson. N. ). ;
in Connecticut, 8 in Massachusetts, l
in South Carolina, in Virginia and !
in Rhode Island.
There are in Tokyo 10 iron bridges
and II stone bridges. Besides these
there are about 60 wooden bridges, each
measuring upward Of l3 ken. Those
that are Of smaller length are too nu.
merous to be counted.
The discoverer Of the antidiphtheric
serum, DR.. Behring. uses up $17,bO0
worth Of chemicals every month in pro.
pairing tho serum, which is used in hos
pitals not only as remedial. but also
a. q propbylaotic measure (vaccination).
On q stone Of the Temple of Wing
less Victory, on tho Acropolis, at Ath'
ems, all inscription has been found stat
ing that the monument was built BY
Kallicrates who was one of the arcbi'
tccts Of the Parthenon. This fixes III
date at about 450 years before Christ.
Thorwaldsen's "Lion Of Lucerne,
cut in the living rock, is cracking anc
crumbling away owing to the lniiltra
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