The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-03-30
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.


large.
The leasing of water flowed lands
| for oyster beds In Rhode Island yields
1000 annually.
| Engineers estimate that 10000 horse
power can be developed along the Chi
cago sanitary channel.
The colony of New South Wales,
Australia, expects to have 10000 tons
of wheat for export this season.
| An important element of the voting
population of the cosmopolitan city of
Buffalo is composed of the Polish vot-
erS.
| Switzerland has three institutions
for the cure of drunkards which record
permanent cures in one-half the cases
treated.
The North Carolina penitentiary was
self supporting last year and returned
to the state $4,000 borrowed during
the year.
Exclusive of private charities, Eng
land spends something like f18,000,000
year in providing for the necessities
of the poor.
In the number of locomotives the
United States comes first with a total
of 36,746. Great Britain comes next
with 1862.
In the last IL years the number of
physicians in Germany increased So
per cent, while the population increas-
ed only IA per cent.
The new twin screw steamer Rhine
of the Bremen-New York line has room
for 40 first class, $50 second class and
1900 steerage passengers.
The army death rate is lower in
Great Britain than in any other coun-
try. In France it is nearly six times
as high as in this country.
Americans prefer electricity for run
ming automobiles, the French petro-
leum and the Russians wood alcohol,
costing in that country 8 cents a gal
Ion.
Greece has followed Italy's example
in forbidding the expectation of an
tiquities. Notice has been served on
foreign governments and learned So
cieties.
The total number of paid employees
of the New York state government is
1921. of whom fully 5000 are direct
~ connected with Albany departments,
and majority of these reside in Al
bany.
Indiana has 80 counties. In these
are 1,016 townships. OF this number
46 were named after Jackson, 46 after
Washington and 20 after Harrison and
Jefferson. Wayne and Clay each were
honored IL times.
The American Political league. new
organization, is to have national con-
vention in Boston on July 4. 1t will be
the only convention Boston will have
and the only one that the American Po-
litical league will hold.
In 1898 the venerable Massachusetts
town of Salem voted against the grant
ing of liquor licenses within it's bound
aries. In the election of December,
1899, it voted the other way-2,957 for
license and $500 against.
A great decrease in the use of the
horse may be expected in the near flu
ture, Experiments in England have
proved that heavy freight wagon traffic
can be handled by motor power at one
seventh the cost of horsepower.
The total number of paid employees
of the municipal departments in New
York city is $4,000, and the department
of street cleaning which has $500,
employs twice as many as the depart
ment of public charities which has
LOGO.
Asbestus six feet in length has been
found on the Orange river banks. 1t
is coarser than the Canadian product.
but is more valuable ON account of its
length. The Griqualand West Copper
company and the Cape Asbestus com
pany are mining the fiber at profit.
Highland seems to be popular
name for railway station among the
mountains of Africa. There is a High
land station in Natal There is anoth-
err one Of the same name in Kafiirland,
on the line between Port Elizabeth and
Grahamstown, beyond Alicedale June
ton.
curious poison which is called ezcal
A grain of it has the effect of starting
an irresistible desire for eXertion. The
victim begins walking briskly round
and round in small circles till he drops
dead in his tracks. There is no pain.
but much excitement.
Foreign residents in China are accus
toned to seeing their half dozen coolies
taking meal together. sitting around
a bucket of rice and from four to six
small savory dishes of fish, pork, cab
bagc or onions. They I'LL their bowls
from the bucket and help themselves
to the various relishes with their chop
sticks.
The stand of colors won by Colonel
|. Ephraim e. Ellsworth's United States
Zouave cadets in competition in Chi
cago In 1859 and the next year on an
extensive tour in the United States
and Canada has been intrusted by the
surviving members of the company IL
the Chicago Historical society for per
petual keeping.