The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-12-10
FACTS OF REAL INTEREST.

The largest wrought-lrOn plll6T II ~
Delhi, IN India. 1t is 60 feet high, and
weighs IT tons.
Sixty thousand tons Of cork are
used for the bottled beer consumed
annually in England.
In some parts of Italy the govern
ment has to spend $4,000 to collect
$1,000 worth OF taxes.
In the reign OF Queen Elizabeth the
ordinary expense OF the BRITISH navy
was only $4,000 a year.
Bamboo pens still retain their holo
in India where they have been In use
for more than 1000 years
\ staff. tician states that half tho
wealth IA the United States is In the
hands OF some $500 persons
Christian science has finally reached
the City OF Mexico, where the lad mas
quite Il following in the Anglo-Amer1-
can colony.
Probably the oldest operative treaty
is the Concordat Of Horns. which has
governed the relations of the Cathoifc
church in Germany since llz@.
The house Of Capet has the longest
unbroken succession in the male hne
from Hugh Capet, King OF France In
9s7, to Louis Philippe's abdication In
1913.
In times of scarcity the South ART
can natives sometimes rob the ants
nests and as many as five bushels OK
grain have been taken from single
nest.
Experiments now show that dur1s8
profound sleep a noise not sufhclent 10
awaken the sleeper produces percept-
IDLE rise in the temperature OF the
brain.
Bacteria multiply rapidly. and they
do it in a curious way. \ single one
breaks itself in two. then each hal1
grows until it becomes as large as the
original
Few people are aware OF the inn
1nense weight which a diver carries
with him under the water. The div
ing boots alone sometimes weigh 1OO
pounds each
Frederick the Great composed the
"Marche Real" the national anthem OK
Spain, and Pedro I. Of Brazil tho
"Hymno CONSTITUTIONAL" the national
air of Portugal.
German university students have In
creased in number from about 10000
twenty-five years ago, to 1924 last
year. The increase is out or proper
ton to the population.
Or the $4,000 officials in Berlin an
many as 1900 give their services free.
About 1000 of these superintend tho
charity affairs. and 1000 preside over
educational interests. etc.
A crusade against American chewing
gum has set in in London, the health
authorities issuing a warning against
it's use. and declaring that 1t is moro
dangerous than the ice cream sofa
from the penny-carts.
The French language, it appears, IL
better adapted to the purpose OK the
telephone than the English. 1t IL
stated that the large number or slpAA-
ant or kissing syllables in English rem
ders it !, less easy and accurate means
OF communication.
The Hindoos consider their dead Al
sacred. and do not allow them to DO
handled by alien hands, the nearest
male relative-son, father or brother
preparing the body for burial. and IL
there be none OF these relatives, son
is adopted by the family for the pur-
pose.
Hot air has recently been employed
with some success in the treatment OK
FONTS which have been st1nened or
distorted by chronic rheumatism or
govt The limb is encased in a large
cylinder into which very hot dry air
is introduced. The temperature OF tho
air within the apparatus Is often above
that OF boiling water, yet patients are
said to be able to bear 1t FOR several
honrs without discomfort, and 1noeoo