The leader., 1899-12-06
FACTS IN A FEW LINES

Eggs without shells are shipped f,o,.
Russia to England. wi"
Hundreds Of Americans are at vo..
in Russian factories.
Bees raised in Texas are shipped n
all parts of the world
Electricity is suggested as n s,h..,
tute for the guillotine In France
Prices in fashionable London
taurants are increasing gradually
The average wages of a domos,,.
servant in London is s1SS per weet
Australia is to have naval resor,.
modelled on that of the United Statos
Last year the income tax vio,,a,
Great Britain a revenue of 500 5oo ooo
Meal made of corncobs, ground =
used to adulterate many food produc,.
Women employed on japanese Zoo
farms work IL hours and are maid -
cents day.
The cable rates between South Afri
ca and England are to be reduced 70
shillings a word.
Sebastian, n big black cat owned nv
Cumberland NId) woman, wears
diamond earring in each ear.
A Brooklyn man says every woman
says ut seems to me" at least sir
times when she makes a speech.
Japan will not restore captured shins
to China, but win sell her new allv
! 100000 Mauser rifles and 2IOOOOOo
rounds of ammunition at low rate
There are no textile mills of any i'm.
portance in the Transvaal, and as
consequence large quantities of cot.
tons and woolens have to be imported
SO many Chinese officials are resign.
ing that the empress dowager has or.
dered the punishment of those who an.
ply for leave without pressing neces.
sity.
The cheapest postal service in the
world is that OF Japan, where for two
sen-about seven-tenths of a penny
letters are conveyed all over the EN-.
pire.
The government of India is disposed
to employ electricity as its motive
! power in the great central factories.
which it intends to set up in Jubbul.
pore.
All street railway companies operat
ing in the city of New York are re-
quired by law to run at least one clos
ed car in every four at all seasons Of
the year.
In Germany, during the year ending
July, 1898, out of 3S7, 991 persons look.
ing for employment 222, 595 found oc-
cupation by means of free employ.
ment agencies.
! The Japanese, prompted by naval ex.
! igencies, are about to cut a sea to sea
canal, so that their smaller vessels can
pass quickly from the Pacific to the
sea of Japan, and vice versa.
The output of sardines on the Maine
coast is likely to be increased from
100000 cans in 1898 to 100000 cans
this year, in consequence of the intro
duction of a new canning machine
The Siamese are much impressed
with the powers of the sewing ma
| chine, and to meet their demand for
these helps to busy women some Amer
| lean firms lately sent a shipment to
Bangkok valued at SOB $50.
The results of a series of expert
ments made by German dairy experts
show that milk that has been heated
| for 10 minutes at 70 degrees c. scarce
! ly loses any of it's capacity of being
converted into cheese.
The new street cleaner is a combina-
ton Of the ordinary cleaner with a re-
volving brush and the water cart
When the vehicle is set in motion, the
water sprinkles the ground and then
| the brush sweeps aside the mOiStened
dust and rubbish.
The only place where "black dia-
monds" are found is in the Brazilian
province of Bahia. They are usually
found in river beds and brought up by
divers. Others are obtained by tunnel
| ing mountains. The largest specimen
ever found was worth $4,000.
The beer which is consumed through
out the world in a single year would
make a lake feet deep, 3a4 miles long,
/ q mile wide, or 2,319 acres in area. In
this vast lake of beer we could easily
drown all the English speaking people,
to the number of 10000, 900, through
out the entire world.
The notion that skyscrapers are OF
modern American origin is controyert'
ed by Professor Lanciani, who notes
that in ancient Rome, in the time OF
Augustus, laws were passed, on the
| ground of danger from fires, against
the high buildings, some of which
reached an altitude Of 10 to II stories
Canals, and particularly ship canals,
are costly undertakings. The suez
ship canal $9O,0OO,OO0. the North sea
canal 37,50O,OO0 the north Holland
and the Corinth canals $l5,C0O,OOo
each, while the partly completed Pana'
ma canal has swallowed up over S2oo''
100000.
India has immense coal deposns'
from which the output in 1896 was
1851 800 tons. In the Bengal dlstrlcl
alone the Ranigurg and Baraker collier
es are estimated to contain l4,OOO,OV
tons; the Karampara collieries, o'ooo''
100000 tons; the Bokara collleries'
1900, 1000 900 tons, and the Djherrla col
ieries. 465,000 tons.
Interest in the medical mission III
foreign lands Is constantly increasing
Natives in the north of Africa CONE
long distances for treatment, ana WIN
Bedouin characters, encouraged Dy inc
sultan and living in lawless indepenu'
ence, who treat their own women as
cattle, are singularly amenable 10 'n'
women missionaries.
The cost of operating the greae
| steamship Oceanic Is between SiVV"