The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-28
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

Millions of bone dice are annually i'm
pG=:e from France.
The state of Nebraska has invested ST.
100000 in voting machines.
Missouri recently shipped forty carloads
Of live chickens to Hawaii.
EthnOlogists now declare the Aztecs to
have been of Semetic origin.
The highest death rate in the world is
in IA small subdivision of Bombay.
The Lombards introduced the custom of
charging interest for the use Of money,
A new automobile is being built for the
Prince of Wales, who will operate 1t
himself
Those without occupations have the
longest life expectation, according to NOR
tality tables
Ex-Governor L. Bradford Prince, of
Santa Fe. n. NJ, has over 1000 Pueblo
Indian stone idols.
japanese swords have the high temper
of the famous Damascus blades without
their wonderful fieXiblity.
Asiatics who are addicted to immod-
crate use of the betel nut develop dis
ease resembling locomotor ataxia.
A company has been formed in France
to further exploit the production of Pro-
fessor Moisson's artificial diamonds
There is reported to be a horse 81
| years old in the private stables of a gen.
tleman at Passy, in the suburbs of Paris.
A New York physician is perfecting an
| apparatus which will furnish ultra-v -viole.
rays from sunlight for consumption treat
ment
THE Society of the Big Knife" is the
| namc of an oathbOund society in China
| formed for the purpose of eXterminating
| all foreigners.
| Turkish sultan restricts himself to a
| boiled egg diet because this food cannot
be easily poisoned.
| reduction of four shlllings a word in
the cable rates between South Africa and
| England has been announced, to take
effect on September /.
Ancestors of Presidents Tyler, Lin
| coin, Hayes and Cleveland were among
| Major John Mason's band OF thirtv-flve
pioneers who founded Norwich, Conn.
Scientists declare that the physical de-
| terioratOn of the human race, which has
| been going on for centuries, has ceased
| and a gradual Improvement commenced.
The little town Of Morehead, Kan, has
| a cooperative hotel. laundry hall, cream
| cry and canning factory and Co-Opera-
| tive dining hall, with several cooperative
| farms nearby.
| Among the pets of the Mexican presi-
| dent is a large bug of rare species. 1t
| was deliberately hand-painted and gildHd
| by an artist and remains lively, despite
! its ornate covering.
The elevator originated in Central Eu-
rope The earliest mention Of this mod
| ern necessity is made I'm a letter of Ma
| poleOn l addressed to his wife, the Arch
| duchess Maria Louisa,
Masked pitfalls OF qucksand occur I'm
| the dry plains of Arizona and are covered
| with a tTeaCEerous crust of clay that has
| been spread over them I'm fine particles
| by the wind ard baked dry by the sun.
The island of Heligoland, scarcely three
miles in circumference rising abruptly
| 200 feet out of the seals visibly crumb-
| ling away and effacing itself in the
waves moro rapidly than any other place
| of equal size known TO scientific obser-
| walton.
Several salOonkeepers I'm Manchester,
! O., have adopted a novel method to keep
| loafers away from the fronts of their
| places of business on Sunday, Early ey-
| cry Sunday morning the window sills
| and dOorsteps are treated to a fresh coat
| of paint This prevents the loafers from
dropping into an easy posture and they
| move on to a more inviting resting place.
The secretary Of the Kansas Society Of
| Labor and Industry says that "if there
| are idle men I'm Kansas it is their own
fault There Ia plenty of work to he done
| at fair wages. or course, the laboring
| men will continue the effort to secure
| higher wages, because many of them are
not receiving as much as they should but
| at this time there Is plenty of work al u
| fair price"
| Ignorance Of tho law on the part of a
| lawyer is not tolerated i'm Chicago, where
| John Mccormick, an attorney. has just
| been fined $50 and sentenced to thirty
| days In jail. lie incurred the wrath Of
| the court and of tho members of the Chit
| Cago Bar association by display of ig-
| norance I'm a suit in which he was acting
| as counsel, lie filed a document puport-
| ing to be a demurrer, which was irregu-
l lar and not in proper form,