The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-13
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.

Last year the income tax yielded Great
Britain a revenue of 22500,000.
About 5000 laborcrs are at present EN-.
ployed on the Panama canal.
Business failures In Great Britain dur.
ng 1899 were $780, against 1885 in 1885,
Pens to the number Of $500. 900 are used
throughout the world every day In the
| week.
The bank Of SPAIN has outstanding
l9.70O,O0O less In loans than 1t reported
| year ago.
II the moon looks pale and dim, expec,
rain; If red, wind: and II her natural
color with a clear sky, fair weather.
There are at the present moment be.
tween 500 and 800 commissioned officers
in the army who have risen from the
ranks.
Note circulation Of the Bank of France
at the opening of January-$S32. 500, 900
was the largest In the history Of the in.
stitutiOn.
There are fourteen Harvard graduates
In the Fifty-sixth congress, now in ses.
sion, of whom four are senators and ten
representatives.
In France and Italy II Is believed that
the maiden who buries drop of her
blood under q rosebush will be rewarded
with rose-tinted cheeks.
The people of Kansas have $4,000, ,OOO
laid up In their own banks, practically all
ministration came into power
Siamese people have so superstitious a
dislike for odd numbers that they strive
always to have an even number of rooms,
doors, windows, closets, etc, in their
houses.
A church in Leavenworth, Kan, has
obtained a circuit court Judgment against
the Chicago and Great Western Railway
company for disturbing Sunday services
by working trains near the church.
1t was a belief among the Egyptians
that the third finger of the left hand was
connected with the heart by means of a
slender nerve. From that belief came the
custom OF wearing the wedding ring on
that finger.
During the past year 7s4Ss Italians
emigrated to the United States; 3,546
were males and 22,9i3 females. They car
ried with them s7sS.s05. Just LAS Ital.
ians were refused admittance to the
United States.
One of the largest forests in the world
stands on Ice. 1t Is situated between Ural
and the Okhotsk sea. A well was recent
ly dug In that region. when 1t was found
that at depth Of 800 feet the ground
was still frozen.
One Of the most valuable handker-
chiefs In the world Is owned by the queen
of Italy, and Is valued at $4,000. It took
three women more than twenty years to
make 1t. 1t is so fine that the queen
keeps 1t In Jewel box the size Of an or
dinary beanpod.
As one would naturally expect In a
country where the provision of freight
cas- Is so generous, the total amount of
cars Is SO generous, the total amount Of
In advance of that OF any other country
the total given in millions being for the
United States, 9l:; for Great Britain. iS7 /;
Germany. 276; France. l20; Russia, 97, ana
British India, 80 tons.
More Vermont maple sugar Is made
every year In Davenport. Ia. from cheap
yellow sugar Favored with vegetable ex-
tracts than can he produced from all the
maple trees in the whole state of Ver-
mont. Currant jelly is manufactured
from the cores and parings of apples
utilized after they have been evaporated: !:
glucose, sugar, q vegetable acid and some
coloring and favoring matter complete
the delicacy