The sun., 1898-01-02
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

medicines are exported from the United
Kingdom each Year.
Seven hundred Cinnamon in San
Francisco have Wofessed conversion in
the Salvation Army
There are parts Of the Ganges valley
in India where the population averages
1900 to the square mile.
Muriel Mustard ia the name under
which London S-year. pianoforte
prodigy is Drawing the world.
a cent stamp must adorn every day
book, ledger or other account book kept
by business house in Mexico
immigration at the port Of Philadel-
phia fell off more than so per cent dur.
ing the year ended June 80 last,
Corrected returns made by the labor
bureau give North Carolina cotton and
woolen mills l,044,3 1856 spindles.
A naturalist of eminence finds that
land birds make their journeys in the
daytime and water birds by night.
An English agriculturist has succeed
ed in the cross fertilization Of grasses,
clover, cereals and other food plants.
A New Testament jammed in switch
made train on the London and North
western railroad jump the rails recently
1t is reported that the Carnegie COM
pany expects to sell 10000 tons of steel
rails in Holland during the coming sea
sOll.
The Japanese do not care much for
Lovels Among n, 600 new books print.
ed last year only 462 were works Of tic.
ton
1t takes 1000 of the Korean coins
known as cash to equal 81 Travellers
need an extra bullock to carry their
funds
The profits are said to be larger for
the amount of capital employed in poul
try keeping han in any other branch of
live stock breeding.
London has 40 piano factories, i'll
which 90, 600 instruments are made ev-
cry year, 10000 elephant tusks being
required for the ivory
Thirteen crimes We're punishable by
death when Queen Victoria ascended
the throne. Today there are practically
but two-trCason and murder
A geographically well posted l.tles
trian succeeded the other day in setting
foot III the course Of 5 hours and 40
minutes III seven German states
French Guiana is said to have the
most violent thundcrstOrms i'll the
world The thunder is almost dcafen.
ing. and the peals come i'll quick success
sion
When cotton thread was tiEst made.
$40 yards of it weighed one pound
Hence 1t Is No. J a pound containing
twice that nulnier of yards is No :,
and 50 On
y colorlesS LAX for writing upOn pos.-
al cards, etc, Is made by mixing to-
gethcr water aud ST. phuric acid, TIE
becoming pcrulaln ntlT vlSiLis
when heated
"Fifty years ago, 10 says the Decker
town IN ..y independent, 'nclrly cr
cry town IN this SusscAy county Hluunu-
I'd in diStlllrrius Nearly All haNe now
~
Bricks made If plaster ui PARIS and
cork are HOW used N the CONSTRUCTION
If powder nNlls IN case # cyplOsl Il
they offer slight resistance ard alp lry-
.,u tn atoms
Green rests the syc Np~tlu@ the
eye c!ttn means to re-! Tie Nr>ts :,uu
he rtiro>llnI,nt Of the csc L. ~ hgros
,uly to comfortable life as the g,utW1
i iAp uInrr LGul.y tulcps by tyod
! y 5 tail l. sNIH t. unrrrn"Iy iuai
'.lp the condition Of tnr animai Il i,
bangs !OU>r It shows that the u'g i uut
well and thHt its food SHOULD u& changed
II It hr co,i.h tightly thn p,a /, u,uNhy
!rd happy
The Brazil Lut contains tru,u IL t. II
seeds, which all grrIunute al unp time
HE most yiIorUu, unr gets lir.t iMtuW.h
A small hole at the top to the open air.
and thcreUrmn il stranslss aud feds
upon the lrst
The annual average OF decimal peri.
DDS Of the benevolent contributions ii
he Methodist Ell.cola! church from
1910 t. 1890 has risen from SOS, 200 TO
&, 3O4, 800 and tie average per member
from - cents to 81 O2
The German army has il swimming
school for troops where every one must
learn to SWIM The best Swimmers are
able to cross Il stream nt several hun
lred yards width, even when carryu.
their clothing, rifle and ammunition
The hill near Jerusalem whore the
Of Jesus occurred is formed
If limestone Tue shores of tho Dead
sea are lined with pulnice stone show.
,rcd ont Of some volcano that destroyed
SUdOm and Gomurruh, which cities
finally sank beneath the waters OF the
Dead sea
Members Of the Chinese imperial fam.
lily will soon be railrOadcd to the GENE,
terry 1t costs from 800, 600 to 400, 900
tacls for the transportation Of Il member
Of the harem and 1000, 900 tacls for
an emperor or empress. A railroad from
Peklng to the nluuSOlCunls is projected
in order to cut down these expenses
Lord Kelvin estimates the time since
the earth became sufficiently cooled to
become the abode Of plants and animals
to be about 20, OU0, 900 years, within