Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-24
Curious Condcnsations.

Opium kills about 10000 persons an
nualy in China.
The annual production OF the pee Iafhl-
~ Is $1,000 tons Of honey.
In the whole OF Europe the women nave
a majority Of 45D,V0.
Forty tons of rust have been taken out
~ the Menai iron tubular bridge at one
cleaning.
The London and Northwestern is the
only English railway company to make It's
own rails.
There is enough salt in the sea TO
cover 1000 square miles with layer one
mile in thickness.
There are 400 different species Of toad
stools and mushrooms found in Great Bri-
tain alone.
The officers Of the Swedish navy ar"
considered military officers, and In IT.!
! dress must wear spurs
There is a clock i'm Brussels which has
never been wound up by human hands II
is kept going by the wind.
The salary of a captain Of a transat-
| lantic liner IS 5000 a year. The wages Of
the men are GA . shillings per month.
French Judges and judicial officials are
prohibited by the etiquette of their pro-
! fession from riding in an omnibus
| The cost Of fuel on steam railroads IS
/ about 10 per cent. OF the operating eX-
nenses. and on electric roads 1t is ABOUT
3 per cent.
II IS estimated that the total cost of
| the new union station of Boston. when
completed, will be the enormous sum OF
| $l2OOOOoO.
Last year Italy exported 2l,o0O antique
and modern works Of art, valued at
! e12oOOO More than half Of them went
| to Germany.
over 100000 bottles, Of the value Of
s95.ooo are recovered each year from Inv
dust-yards I'm London, and returned 10
their owners.
Germany has about GO0c0 commercial
travellers on the road 800 days OF the
I wear. The cost OF keeping them Is esu-
mated at 10000 a year.
one direct result of the Suez Canal
has been the introduction into the Medi-
terranean of sharks, which previously
were unknown there.
The region about the Dead Sea Is one
Of the hottest places on the globe, ana
the sea is said to lose 100000 tons OF
water a day by evaporation.
\ servant girl on a farm near Cam
| brai. in Northern France, has lived Il
years with the same family. She Is now
"a years of age, and still does her Work.
There are nearly $1,000 dentists prac-
ticing upon peoples teeth in the world.
A dentists case of instruments nova
DAYS contains between 800 and 100 arti-
Giles.
Fgvpt IS the only country in the world
where there are more men than women
The male sex in the dominion OF tho
I[bedive exceeds the female by lG'VO
The most expensive drug is physostig-
| mine an ounce of which would cost
nearly 81 100000 1t is prepared from the
Calabar bean, and is used in diseases q
| the eye.
Strawberries pay better than anything
else raised on the Texas coast IN the
region of Alvin, it IS said, and the value
Of the output for the present month u
estimated at $1,000 a day.
"Fiasco" originally meant bottle OF
flask When the Italian glassblowers
detected flaws in the vases they were
blowing. they made an ordinary bottle OF
| the failure, and hence the name.
Workmen who were deepening tho nVeI
Main, near Karlburg, recently, discovered
the trunks OF six great oak trees buried
! In the bed OF the stream. The wood II
very hard and has turned TO the color OF
ebony.
d # is the longest building In England, be-
ing nearly a quarter OF a mile long. The
next TO this particular dimension Is
Wentworth Wodehouse. In yorkshire the
seat OF Lord Fitzwlliam.
Contrary TO a widespread belief that
hard woods give more heat in burning
han soft varie -, 1t has been skowr
that the creates power IS possrssed 10y
tho wood of the .f n tree, WHICH Is very
soft. Fir stands heNt 20 Hhueh' anu al
most equal 10 II. 49,
among birds there are Few better
fighters than a goose or gander more
!, particularly. The ragged white RUSSIAN
1eese bite ferociously. II If no more
1eck with them; they bite and hang CT
with all the tenacity OF bulldog.
? In the West Indies lemon rain
almost a daily luxury. Three OF loul
J lines or lemons are sliced INTO water ah'
allowed 10 lie for half an hour ~ orue'
, | tbat the Juice may be extracted. A re
T markable sense OF FRESHNESS anu ''0'''''
c ness is given TO the skin.
! | ~ .ncient times and among inlanI
oeonles the possession OF salt sprin'
. | was regarded as a speclal eh' 90 ti
? IDS The Chaonians I'm Epirus na ont
e which flowed into d stream VIII p. her
4 were no fish and the legend 'as ina
i ueracles had allowed their forefather
. 20 have salt instead OF nsh.
= Rootblacks are seldom seen on IN
g streets OF Berlin. owing 10 the fact ina
Q il Is one OF the duties OF German servan
o Urls TO shine shoes in the household. AM
l. NJ porters 10 attend to them In hotels
Y There are bootblacks at the principal ran
Il way depots. but they hnd more patron
: among women than among MI
II Herring fishermen are, many OF them
: remarkably superstitious. For instance
v an some fishing boats whistling Is ior
!, hidden and neither milk nor burned orea
is allowed aboard. Furthermore, not eve
the name OF that unlucky animal. IN
mare. may be mentioned. and a cornmo
method of furnishing the enemy is t
\ ,brow a dead hare into his boat.
. French memoirs OF the fifteenth cen
y fury celebrate the name OF Pauline q
. yiguiere. virtuous and accompiishe
maiden. who 80 ared the enthusiasm q
her contemporaries by her enchanting rae
q | ora hsure that the citizens OF her natiV