The sun., 1898-01-09

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years past.
The trustees of the Chicago Public
library have now opened that institu-
tion on Sunday from noon to p. m. to
the circulation of books as well as to
general reading and reference.
A New Orleans paper explains it thus:
"The difference between yellow few, !
anG dengue fever is that yellow fever
kills you and dengue fever makes you
wish you could die when you can 1T. I"
They have wedding feasts on large
scale in India. At recent nuptial at
fair there nearly $50, 900 Of the groom S
friends w.re present The entire week
was given up to feasting and merry
making.
The cod fisheries of Newfoundland
have been followed for nearly 400 years.
They greatly exceed those Of any other
country in the world. The average ex-
port of cod is about 1850, 900 hundred
weight per annum.
St. Louis has placed II, 900 handsome
enameled signs on over 600 miles of its
streets. They were imported from Eng
| land and cost only 36 cents each, deliv-
cred. The native article, Of inferior
quality, costs 5S cents
1t is something Of a surprise to learn
that from Rome, the home Of the arts,
the value of the cheese imported from
that city is only 81, 900 less than the
value Of the paintings-cheose being the
second article Oh the list OF exports from
Rome.
We obtain considerable wool from
Russia, together with horsehair cloth,
albumen Of blood and Hebrew books,
very little of liquors, but much flax,
hemp, bristles, fish bladders and human
hair The Russian has good deal Of
hair to spare
The Netherlands, where the gem pol
ishing industry flourishes, sends us but
Sl2, ,0OO worth Of diamonds and 81, $780,
coo worth Of Sunatra tobacco. The ci-
gar smoker can figure what tribute he
daily pays to the thrifty Hollander and
his industrious colonists.
An American who visited Birming.
ham, England not long ago, found that
in constructing the street trolleys there
the rails are made in Pittsburs. the cars
in Philadelphia, the boilers in Erie, the
engines in Milwaukee and the general
electric fittings in Schenectady.
Projectiles used Ly the United States
army for its great modern guns cost as
follows: Solid shot, s inch, 500. 50 each;
10 inch, $l44. 80 each; II inch, $2l2
each; IL inch mortar shells weighing
500 pounds, sll4 each IL inch mortar
shells Weighing 1000 pounds, $l05
each.
Some of the wooden churches of Nor
way are fully 700 years old and are still
in an excellent state Of preservation.
Their timDers have successfully resisted
the frosty and almost arctic winters be-
cause they have been repeatedly coated
with tar. Norway pine thus treated
seems to Lest resist decay.
A st. Louis man returned Il marriage
license he obtained IL few weeks ago
with this notation on the back 81 am
too poor to get married. viii try again
later on. His tiancee, who cOlItesses to
80 years. says 81 is sufficient money
with which to get married, but he in
sists that $50 is necessary.
Paving llocks made of meadow grass
arc now manufactured. 1t is impreg-
mated with oil, tar and resin, pressed
into blocks and then bound with iron
straps The advantage claimed for these
blocks is that they are noiseless and
elastic, resist, wear we'll and are imper- |.
yious to heat and cold. The inventor is /
a clergyman.
In the University of Heidelberg stu
dents Of chemistry and physics are now
obliged to take out accident insurance
policies. The premiums range from IS .
cents for those who engage i'll practical
work down to 2la cents
for students who only listen to lectures
OH chemistry and witness the accom-
panying experiments.
III Copenhagen the dairy companies
work Oh large scale. At one place the
milk is pasteurized by passing through
500 feet of tubing heated to So degrees
and cooled down by ice at the end, so it
is thoroughly sterilized. In another
place, where they handle 0,OO0 pints
day, every drop is filtered through ster-
ilized gravel, and some of it is sterilized
after that.
The Waterbury Comm Burns club
has been presented with copy Of
"Scots Wha Hae,' Bobbie Burns (the
own handwriting, by Robert
q. Spiers. This valuable manuscript
has been an heirloom in the Spiers fam.
lily for over 100 years. 1t was presented
to his forefathers by the author on his
farm in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, where
he wrote in one day "Tam o O'shanter,'
his masterpiece, and many other beau
tiful poems. 1t now adorns the walls Of
the clubroom, where it is treasured as
priceless gift.