The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-02-27

the world is the Bengal canal, 0O
miles; next is the Erie. 1858.
Part Of the tombstone over his moth
er's grave fell on little child in
jackson (Tenn. cemetery and broke hi
leg.
Keys of bronze and iron have beef
found in Greece and Italy dating from
at least the seventh century befor,
Christ.
OF the books taken for perusal from
the public Libraries Of Paris, Londol
and New York 90 per cent are work.
Of fiction.
The total revenue If the charitable
institutions having their headquarters
III London amounted last year to owe,
GG,000,000
Some sheep were frightened by dogs
ut GrtnUblc, France, and PAP blindly
followed their leader over u rrccipice
100 feet high.
Last year Italy exported q, 000 an
tique and modern works Of art, valued
at 5000, 600. More than half Of them
went to Germany.
The Turkish minister of public works
has submitted Proposals to the sultan
for the construction Of about 1850
miles of new railway lines
In Finland women have the right Of
suffrage. They usurp mems privileges
and are carpenters, paper hangers,
lricklaycrs and slaughterers.
The annual income of the car is
ST, 500, 600, Of the Austrian kaiser e., 8.
800, 600, Of the German kaiser 50, 600, :
coo ard Of the king If Italy So. O0O, coo.
The queens bodygnard for Scotland,
the royal company Of arcllers, contains
the pink Of Scottish nobility, whose ,S-
tatos are III the Lothians or on the Dor.
ders
IN some parts Of New Zealand orange
growing is very profitable industry.
Sometimes the crop from an acre Of
trees amounts in value to more than
$1,000.
There are several new trades ia Paris.
You find dog doctors, dog dentists, dog
BARRIERS and dog dressmukcrs advertised
III the newspapers, aud they seem to lie
well ratroniz,d.
In Belgium no person is allowed to
vote unless he is a taxpayer t. t'c
amount of 40 francs u year. This I.A
makes the voters only 81 out Of ever,
1000 of population.
In Paris the trees On the public stree.
are treated with as much attention \.
are the plants III botanical gardens.
Officials look after their welfare. and H.
II result the streets are btantlt,.l aid
comfortable.
1ir daily water supply Of Lundon
10, ~, lSh gallons. tf which airu,
10000, 900 gallons are drawn from ,Ir
river THAMES and IL little over 81, 600,
GOO from the river Lea and from varInu.
wells
lhtlc are more women in British
India { l2i. eco, 0c0) than there are men,
women and children in Great Britain
France and Germany put together. With
the populations Of several minor Euro.
pcan states cast in as well.
The Fr'Hnmp>cCt tiainc) river, /
though small IN size. is remarkable for
the large number Of lakes which supply
1t and fer the proportion Of it., basin
taken up hy lake surface" There are a.
of these lakes, with an area I'll q; sururp
miles.
The Marquis de Nadaillac, well
known French sayant, is afraid that in
u lew centuries there will be more
mouths than meat for them. In Russia
alone he thinks there viii be 500, 600,
600 If the Present rate If increase con.
IinucS.
III Il recent test Of floor material the
most durable turned ont to he a tile
made Of rubber. An English carthru
tllo comes next Vermont marble, fac.
stone granolith, marble mosaic, yellow
plhe' oah, Oregon pine and teak came in
the order named.
ElShop Mckin, the Episcopal prclate
II Tokyo, says that of 4 total Of $50, 600
converts i'll Japan the Roman Catholics
ire first, with about 50, 900, and the
ircek Catholics second, with 23,OUO
The Episcopullans number in the neigh.
JorhoUd Of TO- 600
Among nulnismatics one Of tho most
sought after colonial coins is the High.
y copper. They are of several varieties
mo were struck in ~, by Samuel
highly, who was u physician and a
blacksmith at CRANKY, Conn. lie OBJ.
ained the copper from mine near by
ma shaped the coins at his forge.
On stone Of the temple of ewing.
ess Victory, " on the Acropolis, at Ath.
MS an inscription has been found stat. ,
ns mat the monument was built nv
Aaillcrates, who was one of the arch;.
ccts OF the Parthcnon at the beginning [
u Pericles' government. This fixes its
'ate at about $50 years before Christ,
All over the world some 50 languages {
ire represented by newspapers. Many I
re printed III two Or thrco languages.
.ngIlsh in such cases being generally I
me- Inc newspapers of Austria show n |
reater variety in this respect than {
hose OF any other country, including {
Il inc list German, Italian, French,
IayEar or hungarian, Greek, Latin.
'o!&h' Ssrvlan, Slavic and Hebrew,