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

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Seven hundred Cinnamon in San
Francisco have professed 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 is the name under
which II London S.year.old pianoforte
prodigy is Drawing the world,
A cent stamp must adorn every day
book. ledger or other account book kept
by a business house in Mexico.
Immigration at the port Of Philadel-
phia fell off more than so per cent dur.
ing the year ended June 30 last.
Corrected returns made by the labor
bureau give North Carolina cotton and
woolen mills l,044,3S spindles.
A naturalist of eminencc 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 il train on the London and North
western railroad jump the rails recently
1t is reported that the Carnegie COM
pany expects to sell TO- 600 tons of steel
rails i'll Holland during the coming sea.
sOn
The Japanese do not care much for
novels Among ~, 600 new books print.
ed last year only 462 were works of tlc,
tion
1t takes 1000 of the Korean coins
known as cash to equals 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 than in any other branch Of
live stock breeding
London has 10 piano factories, in
which 80, 600 instruments are made ev-
cry year, 10. 600 elephant tusks being
required for the ivory
Thirteen crimes were punishable by
death when Queen Victoria ascended
the throne. Today there are practically
but two-treason and murder.
A geographically well posted pedes-
trian succeeded the other day in setting
foot III til" course of 8 hours and 40
minutes III seven German states.
French Guiana is SAID to have the
most violent thundcrstorms III the
world The thunder is almost deafen
ing, and the pca!s come i'll quick success
sion
When cotton thread was first made,
$40 yards Of it weighed one pound
Hence II Is No \ pound containing
twice that number of yards is No. :,
and so On
\ colorleSs ,ni, for writing upon post
al cards, etc, is made by mixing to-
gethcr water and sulphur" acId, The.
writing becoming rcrmaM' ntiy visiLir
when heated
"FlIty years ago, rays the Dprl.cr.
town tN j. independent, "nrHrIy rN
cry town III this, SUSSEX county abound
I'd i'll diStIllerlr> Nearly all have now
disappeared
Bricks made Of plaster Of Inl$ and
cork arr now used IN the ronHtrurtiun
Ct ruWdtr miiI, In Gaze q eNrlo>lru
they offer slight resistance HHH are lrG.
LrI ~ atoms.
G"oM rests tie ,}. N9,'uE tn"
eye ott.n means tor}i IT,, uDrltN anG
the rr.ry.hhut Of the ,yu Is ~ u,c,s.
sury to uMioltul lo life "s tie r.usW%!
Of the other bodily inccs hy rond
y II? tail Is >aId t. uncmmY'y audi
cat" the cuAd,tI.M Ct the ANIMAL If II
hangs .oosa it shows that the lJ. is no,
we'll ind THAT Its feed .Luua bs ,um-,d
# it be colIra tl4lNLy Tie la& is hna!tay
and happy
The Brazil Hut contain, tr,m il,o ~
seeds, which ali grrnHnate at ono time
The utlat vigorous olr gets iiI-t through
Il small hole at the top to the open AR
anu ti't'"I I'i II SHIhrl'H hitN l'ltH
upon the lrrt
The annual average Of decimal peri
1dS Of the hrncyoI,nt contributions Of
tho Methodist Episcopal church from
1910 to 1880 has RISEN trGm sos, zoo to
S2,1U4, 800 and the average per member
from Is cents to SlO2
Ia, L,,,
school for troops where every one must
learn to swim The best swimmers are
able to cross Il stream Of several hun.
drcd yards width, even wh'n carrying
their clothing, rife and ammunition
The hill near Jerusalem whuro the
cruCiliXion Of Jesus occurred is formed
Of limestone The shores of tho Dead
sea are lined with pumice stone show.
cred out Uf some volcano that DESTROYED
Sodom and GCnorrRh. which cities
finally sank beneath the waters of tho
Dead sea
Members Of the Chinese imperial fam.
lily will soon be railrOadcd to the Gene
tcry 1t costs from 800, 900 to 400. OUU
tacls for the transportation of member
Of the harcm and 1000, 900 taels for
All emperor or elnprcSs A railroad from
Peking to the mausulrums is projected
i'll 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, COO, 900 years, within
limits OF error ranging between lj,UOO,
coo and 80, 600, OOOyears. From similar