The sun., 1898-03-06
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
London was the first city to use coal.
In Manchuria dogs are raised for their

In Manchuria dogs are raised for their
skins.
Sydney is now the center Of the Aus.
tralian wool trade.
Norwich ia the great English cente,
Of the canary trade
France produces annually about 90O,.
600 tons of chestnuts.
Dancing as in art antedates music,
singing and sculpture.
A London general omnibus is SUP
posed to earn el9 per week.
Asia comes from the Sanskrit Ushas,
signifying "land Of the dawn"
Buffalo has one saloon for every l7S
inhabitants, the largest ratio in that
state.
Chinese coinage in the shape Of q
knife has been traced back as far, az 2240
B. O.
There are houses still standing In
Nuremberg, Bavaria, that were built in
1880
The fad Of the Princess Marie Of Rou.
mania is 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 intermest
fees aggregate $500.
A fine ruby Of more than three carass
70 worth more than q 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 sl2, 800, 900.
There are nearly 10, 900 hounds main-
tsined in the United Kingdom exclu.
sivsly for hunting purposes
II Ia stated that sharks have now pen.
etrated into the Mediterranean through
the Suex canal from the Red sea.
II is pretty general belief in China
that women who wear short hair will
In . future state be transformed into
men.
The title Of majesty was first given
to Louis XII Of Franco. Before that tims
sovereigns were usually styled "high.
nsas."
Sumatra kerosene IL competing with
ths Russian oil In the markets Of the
iaf east The supply seems to be ipsx.
Aaustibls.
eome sbeep wore frightened by dosl
u Grenoble, France. and 242 blindly
FOLLOWED their lsador" ovor preoipios
80 feet high.
The first piece Of cotton cloth made
y America was presented to the wife
IT General Nathaniel Greene. who had
dress made Of it.
Il 10 estimsted that the amount Of
water precipitated on this globe annual.
y In the form Of rain. snow, etc.. is
-, 600 Cubic milea
A pair Of gloves passes through about
800 pairs Of hands from the time tho
akin leaves the dressers till the gloves
reach the hands Of the wearer.
No less than 30, 900 signatures are
teeded before the petition against the
plan Of government assumption Of the
sailway can be brought to public vote
n Switzerland.
Ars Humpbry Ward received $40, ooo
tu1 "Robert Els,nere, $3.50, 900 each fer
David Grieve" and "Marcella, y $'5,.
600 for "Sir George Tressady" and
$4,000 for Bessie. Costrell."
John r. Leavitt Of Portsmouth, N.
Il, has had gavel made from origina!
sak in the old frigate Constitution and
has sent 1t as present to the Massa.
shusetts Society of the American Revo,
luton.
One Of tho novel ideas Of decorative
effect in Japan is to catch firefiics 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,
IS are located in Pennsylvania, in
New York state, 3 in Paterson. N. D.;
Sin Connecticut, 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 SO 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 antidiphtherie
serum, DR.. Behring. uses up sl7, 500
worth Of chemicals every month in pre-.
pairing the serum, which is used in hos.
pitals not only as a remedial, but also
a. . propbylactic measure (vaccination)'
On q stone u tho Temple Of Wing.
less Victory, on tho Acropolis, at Ath'
ems, an inscription has been found stat
ing that the monument was bnllt by
kal!:crates, who was one OF tho archl'
tects Of tho Partbenon. This likes lts
date at about 4J0 years before Christ.
Thorwaldsen' "Lion Of Lucerna,
cut in tho living rock, is cracking ana
crumbliny away owing to the lnhllra,
ton of water in the sandstone CHI Oh
which it forms part. 1t ~ TO 10 lre-