The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The British Empire embraces 10000
islands.
The breaking strain Of an inch rope
is 5000 pounds.
A diamond for cutting glass lasts
about three months.
Russian railroad trains have smoking
cars for ladies.
over II. 600 900 fans are exported in one
year from Canton, China.
Smallpox is the most infectious dis
case. Then comes measles.
The smallest cows in the world are to
be found i'm the Samoan Islands.
Maine has taken a census of it's hens
and finds IL has l,577 1852 of them.
The average of wrecks i'm the Baltic
Sea rs one every day throughout the
year.
The length Of the Grand Canal, from
Tientsn To Hangchau in China. is $50
miles.
In Russia servants kiss Their mis-
tress hands both as morning and even
ing greetings.
Hohenstadt. i'm the Grand Duchy Of
Baden. has selected woman as it's
town clerk
Orange production of the Pacific coast
last season was the greatest in Califor-
MAS history.
Beggars are unknown i'm Melbourne.
The poorest part OF the city is the Chi
nese quarter.
The grave OF an unmarried woman i'm
Turkey Is often indicated by a rose
carved in stone.
In three years the expense OF run
ming an Atlantic steamer exceeds the
cost OF construction.
Chocolate is still used in the interior
of South America for currency. as are
cocoanuts and eggs.
An iron mill company in Ohio has
succeeded in making "A fine quality of
cement from furnace Stag.
The University of Oregon when the
fall term opened had 90 students and IL
professors and instructors.
Two women are employed as track
walkers on a section of the Central Pa
cific Railroad east of Wells. New.
The buildings in the course of erec-
tion az Vancouver. -. c.. are said to
show total value OF s1,o0o,oO0.
A Norwegian engineer has invented a
ing gum and soap from seaWeed.
The Portland. Vancouver and Yakima
Railroad viii. il is said be running
trains into Vancouver, Wash, by next
March.
Miss Maria Sandoval, who is Mexico's
only woman lawyer. won her first case
the other day in the st. Louis criminal
court
The length of the Grand Canal from
Tientsin 60 Hang-Chow. China. s $50
miles II connects great ports with rich
coal regions.
Sir Thomas Lipton's latest scheme for
giving meals To the millions is still be-
ing criticised by the small tradesmen
and shopkeepers.
The manufacture OF rattlesnake oil.is
said TO be a growing and profitable in
dustry az Valley Center, SAN Diego
county. California.
The most rapidly growing or German
cities is Dusseldorf Twelve years ago
il had 100000 inhabitants. Today It has
10000.
Nine men constitute a jury I'm Mexico,
and "a majority gives the verdict II
the jury is unanimous there Is no app
peal
There is u rosary i'm the British Mu-
scum made of the vertebrae %
snakes backbone. Another Is composed
of rats teeth.
The population of the earth at the
timc Of Emperor Augustus Us estimated
at 100000 " is now estimated 10 be
about l.5SO.Oco.oo0
Astorians recently enjoyed the spec
tacle OF a rainbow In the moonlight ~
appeared over Scarborough head. and
was visible Tor a minute.
\ nephew of President Dole. of the
Hawaiian Islands Mr.. w. II. Dole. has
lust won a $4,000 fellowship in archi-
lecture I'm Cornell University
Tho singing Of certain masses has been
forbidden IN the Roman Catholic
churches of Cincinnati. because they
too closely resemble operate music
The word "macaroni'' Is taken from
greek derivation. which means the
bicssad dad" in alluai0n 20 the ancient
custom of eating at fcasts for th dead.
The largest mass of pure rock salt iu