The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-07
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Afghanistan has q regular army OF
about 10000 men.
Spain has 1927 iron mines. 46i coal. and
81 lead and silver mines.
Roasted pig is the central dish of
Christmas dinners i'm China.
Since natural gas was first discovered
i'm Indiana, 72lS oil wells and 334S gas
holes have been sunk.
South Dakota has a surplus OF money
in the state treasury. 1t recently took
up $4,000 of bonds not due until 1910.
The importation OF fruits and plants
from the United States Is now prohib-
tied by the Netherlands, switzerland,
Belgium, Austria and Germany.
There are three varieties of the dog
that never bark-the Australian dog,
the Egyptian shepherd dog and the
''lon-h headed" dog OF Thibet.
Victoria. "A lloness In Sanger's circus.
near London. has given birth TO six
cubs. This is believed to be the great
est number born at one time i'm captiv-
ity. The cubs have been named after
Queen Nictoria's children.
The Canadian government has pur-
chased li0 Eskimo dogs for shipment
To the klondike region, where the cam
ines viii he used To carry the mails.
The animals were imported from
Greenland and Labrador at cost OF
$50 each. and We're selected for their
superiority i'm speed, training and
weight.
The annual field manoeuvres of the
British regular and volunteer forces are
much hampered by restrictions growing
out of laws forbidding trespassing on
game preserves. Enclosed woods and
plantations" cannot be entered by
troops. despite the fact that i'm war
woods and plantations" are frequently
the keys of positions.
AT Danzig the Prussian government
Is about to establish a technical insti-
tute with 40 professors and as many in
structors. It's specialties Will be hy-
draulic engineering, ship-building
marine engines, electricity and agricul-
tural chemistry. Th~ object of the
school is To apply science to the needs
Of the low-lying maritime districts OF
Prussia along the Baltic coast.
A bill has been introduced i'm the Con-
nectiCut legislature TO provide that
sunday shall be observed as the indi-
vidual shall see fit" SO long as he
shall not disturb or interfere with any
measure proposes to permit golf. foot
ball, horse racing and other games, the
selling of newspapers, milk. meat and
other necessities, and the blacking OF
boots.
Englands Chancery Court has re-
fused in a recent case to recognize the
validity i'm England Of legal American
divorces. \ widow, who applied for
dover, was shown To have been married
-four times I'm eight years and TO have
the three previous husbands still living
from yhom she had been divorced \
Florida decree was selected for the test.
ana Mr. Justice kekewich held that Il
was void in England.
Twenty people own nearly Is per cent.
OF the real estate within the limits of
Greater New York. and pay taxes upon
nearly $400, 900 600 worth of land. The
tax assessor says that one hundred and
hfty people. whose names might b.
taken from the books own 80 per cent.
If all the real estate in Greater New
York. and the tendency is TO increase
instead of diminish these enormous
The National Colonization Aid soci-
ETY. OF America. which has Just been
organized by influential colored men
Df Chattanooga Tenn, VIII ask Con-
yress To set apart n large tract of land
n the West for the exclusive use of ne
Sroes. where they may set up an indc-
Dendent government of their own, sub
ect 10 the general supervision of Con-
yress. Many influential white men arr
In the project. and are lend
ng IL their moral support.