The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-06
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

Doctors say that cold ankles kill more
women than nerves and diseases put to-
gether.
Nobody ever secs Hebrew or n Qua
ker beggar. Those people are noted for
taking care OF their poor.
OF the 2S,0O0,OW tons of shipping en-
gagged I'm transoccanic trade only 300 600
tons are now Of American register.
The longest ear of corn ever seen In
South Jersey was raised this fall. 1t
is seventeen and onehalf inches in
length
Pretoria, the capital of the South Afri-
can Republic, is thirty miles north of
the CITY of Gold" and lies 4,5oo feet
above sea level.
During the first six months Of the year
million English workers secured an
increase of wages, while only 1900 had
suffered decreases.
The automobile industry In France is
making astonishing progress. There are
now 1900 concerns making automobiles
who have turned out $3.50.
A scientist has calculated that the eye
lids of the average man open and shut
no fewer than 1900, 900 times in the course
of single year of his existence.
While the infant mortality in sweden
and Norway is not over IL per cent, 1t
rises In the German empire to " and in
the Bavarian highlands to 40 per cent.
The heart Of vegetarian beats on an
average OF 5S to the minutes; that of the
meat eater Is. This represents a diner
ence of 10000 beats in twenty-four hours.
West Virginia has become the first
state for oil and lumber, the second for
coke and third for coal. 1t has thirty
six railroads projected. eight of which
are under construction.
In South Africa the warmest month
is February and the coolest is July The
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Central Europe. The rainfall for the
year is light, varying from 3 to 20 inches.
What is probably the most venerable
piece of furniture in existence is now in
the British Museum. 1t is the throne of
Queen Hatsu, who reigned in the Nile
Valley about a thousand years before
Christ.
The onion is now being doomed as a
reliable weather prophet. 1t is said that
when the winter is to be cold onions
develop two or three skins, whereas II
the winter is to be mild they consider
one jacket sufficient.
The surrogates of New York county
| are inclined to think that the ordinary
habiliments of an American citizen are
| not dignified enough for their court. So
| they intend hereafter to wear black silk
| gowns, similar to those worn by justices
| Of the Supreme bench.
| 1t has been decided by the North Caro-
| lima Supreme court that a prisoner SEN
| fenced to confinement in the penitentiary
| for life, whose sentence is afterward COM
| muted for a term of years, is entitled to
| the statutory Communication for good con-
| duct only from the date of communication
| The portion of the state of Washing
| ton west of the summit of the Cascade
range is covered with the heaviest con-
| tinuous belt of forest growth in the Uni
| ted States. This forest extends over the
slopes of the Cascade and Coast ranges
| and occupies the entire drift plain sur
rounding the waters of Puget sound.
! According to an apparently authentic
article in a French periodical, not less
than 10000 aristocrats are at present con-
fined in the prisons of Europe. Russia
stands first, with 1900 blue-blooded law
| breakers, while Italy deserves to be ac'
corded second position, her places fol
detention harboring thousands of noble
| men,