The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-05
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.

The fruit business of Omaha, Neb., is
valued at $l,5D,OOO annually.
To maintain the charities department
in Boston last year cost STA ,Si3.
The human body emits rays which act
on a sensitive Photographic plate.
In the vicinity of Norfolk, Va, about
1900 acres are devoted to the culture of
radishes
An examination made in Rochester OF
the eyes of 1905 school children showed
that 252 had detective vision.
The wool on the back of a sheep is a
shepherds barometer. The curlier the
wool the finer will be the weather.
Scotland has LAG parishes without pau
pers, poor rates or public houses, the abb
sence of the last, perhaps, accounting for
that of the first two.
A recent contrlvance for protecting the
legs of horses from flies consists of d
band attached to each leg, with a number
of cords dangling from each band.
English collectors complain that the
prices of rare books on musical topics are
going up rapidly on account Of the in
creasing demand for them for the librar-
les of rich Americans
The consumption of rubber in the Unit
ed States has attained enormous proper
tons, and is still rapidly increasing. In
1896 we used 3400O,0O0 pounds, in 1897 over
~, 100000, and in 1898 4i,2j6,026
a plan has been adopted in England for
political purposes, in which in every con-
sttuency a Protestant hundred is or
ganized to promote the return OF Pro-
testant members to Parliament
The Chicago Tribune, having kept a
record of crime for ten years, declares
that the saloon business of the United
States is directly chargeable with a total
Of j3,iS6 murders during that time.
Paper teeth are the latest thing in den
tistry, They are made of papier- -mache
which is submitted to a tremendous
pressure until they are as hard as re-
Quired. Their peculiar composition rem
ders them cheap.
An expert has risen to explain that
stage fright really comes from a, disor-
that persons meditatng public apoear-
anccs should be careful of their diet and
adhere 10 regular habits
Loud's Island, on the coast of Maine,
Is one of the very few places on earth
where are no taxes. This island, other
wise known as Muscongus, was over
looked when Maine became a state, and
| was put into no town or county.
Twenty locomotives from the Baldwin
ana the SchenectAuN Locomotive works
will be shipped to England in the steam
| ship Nutteld this week. This shipment
makes something over sixty American
| locomotives that have been shipped TO
| England IN the past year,
Canals, and particularly ship canals,
| are costly undertakings. The Suez canal
| cost 800 900, 900, the Manchester Ship canal
| $50 GOO COO, the North Sea canal $37, 800 900,
| the North Holland and the Corinth cam
| ais SIS OG0, 900 each, Whilc the partly COM
| pleted Panama canal has swallowed up
! over %5O,o0O.O0O.
The keel Of the largest steamer ever
| built on the Pacific coast viii bc laid at
| the Union Iron works In a few days The
vessel Is designed for the Hawaiian trade,
| aud Will he built for the American la
| wailan Steamship company, and be called
| California, 1t will be 45l feet long, and
will have carrying capacity of 5000
! tons.
| The illiteracy Of new recruits for the
| English army is commented upon by the
report just published IN Lendon, Only
Al i'm 1000 are well educated. and IS are
| utterly illiterate. Thirty-five per cent
] Of the applicants are rejected for physi-