The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-01
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

AS "NSioSo uSO Ill WulCu women
marry Ill civilized countries is 231I
years.
The eyes of tho birds that fly by night
are generally about double tho sizo of
those of day birds.
Accommodation for bicycles has been
added to the attractions of the theater
at Namur, i'll Belgium.
The crown princess of Denmark and
the queen of Portugal are the two tall
est princesses in Europe
On all British passenger steamers COL
lectlons are made at the Sunday services
| Tor tho Seamens Aid fund.
British detectives and prison warders
rely chiefly on personal recognition for
detection of "habitual" criminals
A burning gas jet is unhealthy in a
bedroom, because one gaslight gives out
as much carbonic acid gas as two sleep-
ers.
well known society woman of Lon
don has an album containing photo
graphs of all her costumes for tho past
ten years.
There are $4,000 maidservants in
London-that is to say. they are nearly
equal ill number to the whole population
of Sheffield.
London halter who has been OBJ
servant says that mems heads grow ap-
preciably up to the time their owners
arc 60 years old.
Instances of extreme old ago arc more
common among those who exercise
themselves with gardening than in any
other employment.
The rate at which the Zulus can tray
ell upon emergency is astonishing Some
Will cover as great u distance us sc miles
i'll six hours. Eoyht miles an hour is All
ordinary pace
Tho Chinese havo kitchen god,
which is supposed to go to tho Chinese
heaven at the beginning of each year to
report upon tho private life Of the fam
lilies under his care.
The Veteran Volunteer Fircnen's as
ISOLATION of Louisville has Just received
an old leather bucket which was once
used by George Washington i'll fighting
fire i'll Alexandria, Ky.
One reason why female physicians are
so plentiful in Russia is that tho coun-
try includes among its inhabitants over
1000 Mohammedans, who do not al
low male physicians to treat women.
The river Nile has its rises, but those
that do mischief are not frequent. Dur
ing tho last 1000 years there has been
only one sudden rise of the Nile, that
of 1929, when 10000 people were
drowned
Tho secret police Of Paris is distinct
from the regular force Tho members,
as q rule, arc unknown to each other,
and often u second detective is sent to
watch the first employed upon an i'm
portant case.
The city OF Baltimore, with nearly q
half of the total population of tho state
of Maryland, has less than one fifth of
the membership of tho house of dele.
gates and about one-ninth of the MEM
bership of tho state senate
In an article on CONSUMPTION In
Cattle Conveyable to Man. (Nineteenth
Century, james Long says that lit is
not improbable that more lives are an
nually lost through tho consumption of
tuberculous milk than would be occa-
stoned by war with Il first class power"
Along the Connecticut river, between
the city OF Hartford and Springfield,
Mass, distance of about % miles,
there lies il beautifully fertile valley,
rich i'll picturesque scenery, where in Il
belt about 20 miles wide is grown nine
tenths Of the so called Connccticut to-
bacco.
The London parks committee and
technical education board have been i'll
structed by the county council to report
upon tic practicability OF laying ont
plats OF ground i'll certain parks in such
manner as will afford assistance to
schccl pupils i'll tho study of practical
botany.
Some expert declares that Il GO min
ute engagement between two big fleets
OF tho modern type would involve IL
cost OF over $500, 900. And this estimate
takes into view only expenditure of am
munition and wear and tear of guns
leaving ont of consideration damage to
and loss OF vessels.
Very ancient is tho history OF tho
poppy. Its name is entwincd with that
OF the lotus of Egypt and tho thyme of
Greece. 1t was one of the flowers the
ancionts dedicated to Venus. The Shir-
ley roppies in our gardens arc descend
ants OF the wild red poppy of Europe,
often called the corn rose, about which
Burns and Tennyson have written.
The caribou or reindeer of Newfound-
land roams over an area of some %, 600
miles ct unhroken Wilderness IT. is IL
magnificent creature, some of tho lar
ger stays which havo been shot having