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

FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
London was the hrst city to use coal
In Manchuria dogs are raised for their
skisa
Sydney 10 now the center Of tho Aus.
trslian wool trade.
Norwich IL the great English center
Of the canary trade.
France produces annually sbout s0o..
900 tons of chestnuts.
Dancing a. an art antedates music.
singing and sculpture.
A London general omnibus is sup
posed to earn el0 per week.
Asia comes from the Ssnskrit Usbss,
signifying "land Of the dawn"
Buffalo has one saloon for every l78
inhabitants, the largest ratio in that
state.
Chinese coinage in the shape Of a
knife has been traced back as far ~ 2240
B. q.
There are houses still standing in
Nuremberg, Bavaria, that were built in
1O8O
The fad of the Princess Marie Of Rou.
mania 10 the collection Of perfumery
bottles.
The hair on dolls heads is from An
CORA goats. It is made into wigs BY
girls at Munich.
Burial in Westminster abbey is not
question Of money, but the interment
fees aggregate $500.
A fine ruby Of more than three carats
is worth more than diamond Of the
same size 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 $l2, 500, 900.
There are nearly 10, 900 hounds main
tsined in the United Kingdom exclu-
sively for hunting purposes.
1t is stated that sharks have now pen.
etrated into the Mediterranean through
the Suez canal from the Red sea.
1t il q pretty general belief in China
that women who wear short hair will
in future state be transformed into
men.
The tito of majesty was first given
to Louis XI Of France. Before that timo
sovereigns were usually styled "high-
uess.
Sumatra kerosene is competing with
the Russian oil in the markets of the
far east. The supply seems to be inex-
haustible
Some sheep were frightened by dogs
at Greuoble, France. and 242 blindly
followed their leader" over precipioe
l60 feet high.
The first piece of cotton cloth made
in America was presented to the wife
Of General Nathaniel Greene who had
dress made Of it.
1t is estimated that the amount of
water precipitated ON this globe annual
ly in the form Of rain, snow, ETC., is
$4,000 cubic miles,
A pair Of gloves passes through about
200 pairs Of hands from the time the
skin leaves tho dressers till the gloves
reach the hands of tho 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 Switzerland.
Mrs. Humphry Ward received $40, 0oo
for Robert Elsmere," $50, 900 each for
David Grieve" and "Marcella," So.
600 for "Sir George Tressady' aud
$4,000 for "Bessie Costrell."
John E. Leavitt of Portsmouth, n.
H., has had q gavel made from original
oak 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 tirefiies, keep
them in cage or box Of wire until you
have company, and then release them
in the garden for the guests to admire
and talk about.
OF the 81 silk mills erected in 1897,
3s are located in Pennsylvania, g in
New York state, 8 in Paterson. N. D. !;
5 in Connecticut, 3 in Massachusetts, /
in South Carolina, in Virginia and ]
III Rhode Island.
There arc in Tokyo 10 iron bridges
and IL 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'
Eierous to be counted.
The discoverer Of the antidiphtheric
serum, DR.. Behring. uses up $500
worth Of chemicals every month in pre-
pairing the serum, which is used in hos.
pitals not only as remedial, but also
Is . prophyl Tactic measure (vaccination)
! On stone Of the Temple Of Wing.
less Victory, on the Acropolis, at Ath.
ems, an inscription has been found stat
ing that the monument was built by
kallicrates, who was one of the archi-