The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-20
FACTS OF INTEREST.

peddler's license has just been granted
al Concord. " H, 10 man named Shabei
Saba Shadie.
Observation-Disclosures is the name Of
A small hamlet in the Isle of Null contain
ing not more than dozen inhabitants.
The value Of the churches and the land
on which they are erected in this country
up 10 July /, 1897. Is estimated at $6So.o0o,-
900.
Cocoanuts first found a home in Florida
when a vessel laden with them was
wrecked off that coast about twenty years
ago.
\ learned professor at Geneva. Switzer-
land, states that France drinks more alco-
hol annually than any other nation in
Europe.
France has set up about three hundred
monuments 10 more or less distinguished
Frenchmen during the last twenty-five
years. and there are now 1T committees
collecting money for more.
The Great Western railway Of England
has made present Of loo suneas TO ''the
greatest traveller in the world" one OF its
employees, who has travelled 100 600 miles
in forty years OF service.
The thickest known coal seam in the
world Is the Wyoming. near Twin Creek,
IN the Green River coal basin, Wyoming.
II is eighty feet thick, and upwards OF 500
feet of solid coal uuderlie 1000 acres.
A new street letter box Is provided
with mechanism for stamping the time %
deposit. location If box and name ~
city or town upon all mall matter deposit
cd. 4 type machine and hiking cushion
for the principal parts OF the apparatus.
An isolated electric plant was recently
installed in a large tea firing or curing
-
lshment employs 300 people. who clean
and sitting machinery after which s. Is
taken 10 the firing rooms. containing | 500
pots. set in brick work and heated by
q slow FIRE, the tea being stirred contiuu-
tousiy by the coolie who attends each pot.
the work going on day and night during
the busy season.
Bathrooms in public schools are
novelty that Boston will introduce in It's
new buildings. The latest structure Of
an educational nature in that city ia 20
cost $2z0.0fa. and viii be fitted with toilet.
dressing and bathrooms for both sexes
with eleven shower baths and foot baths
as well.
Black bears are getting scarce I'm the
Yellowstone park. and DR.. w. A. Croaut
has entered protest with the interior
department against the suggestion OF
superintendent Young that the black bear
Fl ne park be diminished in numbers AZ
/ being captured and given 20 museums.
There are I 5ao people on the C;erroar
efnpero-'s list ~ employee. including "a
female servants. who are engaged in
looking after the TWENTY-FIVE ROYAL ,,sl4cae
ard castles that heiore 10 the crow,
Their wages ara small The women re-
ceive rot more than ~ A month, and the
man servants who number over 800. from
81 % SIS a month.
Glass eyes are now made FOR horses
cats ard dogs IS we'll a. for human hA-
ings. T1esa animals Use larger eve than
man and several are ordered for them AZ
tas same time. 2 : a new one {s ;3.eee~-s7 ~,
a2out once IN six months. The edges be-
rama rouFhered and produce irritation
from 'he acids of the secretions affecting
The enamel
There are. according TO an e72fran,
afchseoogist. No less than from 10 20 10
ez3!I{rjr distinct languages N %or.a
and South America. As the growth 81
( 3aoguage = very slow he thinks tire fac,
~ t1e existence If 50 great A variety Of
snesch or fhe Western Continent rrc..vs
INA, The native red nan had INHABITED
Il FER many thousands OF years.
II Is not generally known 10 ss,,atat-
fishermen taat the common n1ack.rei II
comrnsrcA Is game Ash and when a..
I'll hungry VIII take A. and Ugh, as
: plucksy as ne brook trout They have
20 ps Played sSiilfulIy. as gh@ir mouths
srs very tender. but The hooking xnd sue
ce-~suI landing O. a No. nscksrel. which
often weighs Two 81 tire. rounds wst9 A
roi ana reel = worthy ot ire nroxt skilIfaI
ns1erran.-pieGsbuFg CLrpafch
Under the present metho3 % producing
pattern stencils Of paper. etc. fer on
/ oFoIdery. only SIX shests can he perforated
4. once CT sewing machine, bat, oy a