The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-30
MULTUM IN PARVo.

Six bul.rings are in course Of conjunction IN
France, and there will be many mo:s eH ans
II the government does not mt iricre.
The apple crop this year will be enormous.
All through the apple belt the trees are loaded,
and every indication points to an abundant har
vest. The crop may equal tie phenomenal one
in 1895 The outlook for peaches, too. is ex-
cellent.
The largest steamers in the world are about to
be built at Stettin, in Germany, by the Vulcan
shipbuildiug firm for the Nord-deutsche Lloyd
service from Bremen to New Io:6. Their
length will be 100 feet, horsepower scout 5V,0C,
speed 23i2 knots
Tombstones or other heavy masonry can be
set accurately in place by newly patented
method, which consists OF placing soluble sup
porting blocks between the stone and its base, al.
lowing the stone to be adjusted over it's bed
when the blocks are dissolved and the stone
settles into place.
A curious legal wrangle has arisn in Chapman
Kan, over the attempt Of the county authorities
TO collect the dog tax on canine belonging to
clergyman. The latter insists that the ami
NAL watches faithfully about the sanctuary, and
therefore, as church property is exempt from
taxation by state law.
The annual crop OF mushrooms In France Is
valued at 81, 600 OO0 and il is said that there are
sixty wholesale firms in Paris dealing exclusively
in them. In the Department OF the Seine it
appears there are some 5000 caves in which mush
rooms are grown; and about 800 persons are
employed in their culture, and rarely leave these
caves.
A company is preparing to build road across
the Great salt Lake. The route will he over
the water. Two trestlcs will be built, one eigh.
teen miles long and the other seven miles long
the promontory dividing the stretch. The com.
pany has completed all its surveys, and work.
men are distributing material and fitting out
pile drivers and boats.
About $50 prominent Chinese business men met
in the hall Of the United Chinese Society at
Honolulu recently and organized political good
government club. 1t was not decided which
party the organization would affiliate with. The
main purpose is 30 secure the rights OF the mem
bers as American citizens. The present mem.
bcrs are either naturslized citizens Of Hawaii
or native born.
Cebu, p. l., reports the arrival Of great swarms
Of locusts, to the huge delight Of the native
boys, who capture them by the buckctful, To
the palates of some natives they are a great deli.
cacy They were reported to be so thick that
they were photographed, the result being only
as that produced by dark, cloudy day They
did not light Ia Cebu, but the flight was an hour
in passing
II is not quite seventy years since there was
no school In the limits Of Chicago. The first
schoolhouse was built by woman, at her own
expense, in 1891 Ten years later there were
four district schools. with four teachers, each
receiving $500 a year For the last school year
the total appropriations were over s7OOO,O0O
There are $50 public school houses with 5000
teachers and over 255 900 pupils, including eight
high schools, with $500 pupils,
Link Glen, of Orr, Kan, who enlisted for ser
vice in the Philippines, was wounded in tn leg
in his first battle, and when the wound healed
he found that the injured member was two inches
shorter than the other Tie was fitted with a
cork ksoed shoe and sent home, Soon after hi
return he met with an accident and broke the
other leg. When the bones were set, curiously
enough, both legs were found TO be Of the same
length but his height had been reduced by two
inches.