The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-04
RANDOM FACTS.

ststisticisu says that in Mexico ITO
distinct Languages aud dialects are used
By the people
The single saloon in Calhoun Mo. clos
ed its doors on January l. and the place
loses $1,000 year revenue thereby.
II is said that the women of Korea have
no names. They are simply designated as
the daughter" or the sister OF so-and-
so.
The citizens of Presque Island. Me-. have
subscribed size to aid the servant girls
who lost their possessions in a recent hotel
fire.
The circuit court of Lafayette county,
No.. has been compelled to adjourn On ac-
count OF the prevalence of smallpox in that
locality.
The citizens of Chillioothe, Mo-. are ex-
cited over the report that man found a
| pearl worth S200 in a raw oyster last week.
Many people are investing in bivslves.
A bill has been introduced in the New
| York Legislature requiring the date of
\ canning to be inscribed upon all canned
goods oSered for sale in the Empire State
markets.
| There is such a scarcity of water be-
1 tween Clinton and Kansas City. No.. that
railroad engines are compelled to haul two
| tenders to supply them until they get
through the drouth district.
In laying new fire alarm cable between
Randall's and Wards Islands. and the main
| line of New York locomotive was used in
hauling the cable into place The engine
performed the work with ease.
Germany's highest observatory is now
completed. Its location is Sehnee Hoppe.
the summit of the Lilesian Mountains. Mt
an elevation OF 5.2le feet. The observatory
will be managed as a Prussian state insti-
tute.
An English firm that makes scientific In
struments now sells quartz fibres COM
nerciaiIy. They are specially suitable for
suspending heavy magnets. and finer ones
suitable for galyanometer suspension are
also supplied.
D. r. Martin. OF Rochester. Indiana. is
one of the oldest sections in that State |
He has served continuously at the Roches- |
ter Cemetery for forty-four years. He has |
acted in his capacity as sexton at the burial |
of 1882 persons.
The Indians of the interior OF Bolivia are !
their own taiors and hatters. They wear /
shirts and headgear made from the bark
OF tree, first soaking it in water to
soften the fibre and then heating it 10
make 1t plisble.
A dog belonging toS Chesterfield, y. H..
farmer has taken charge OF d family OF
four diminutive pigs. and cares for them
every night. allowing the mother only one
of Der family the smallest of the group.
Both the dog and the pigs seem to be
well satisfied with the arrangement.
American bottles aEe preferred to all
others for the export trade, and especially |
in eli m VIII I
English goods come into close competition.
American glass is said to stand tropical
climates better than the English. the rea-
son being that it is better annealed.
The German War Department, it is said.
actually keeps in stock duplicates of all
the bridges in the empire considered like
ly to be damaged or destroyed in case OF
war; aud what is more, it has duplicates
of a good many French bridges, and of
other countries in which it is interested.
A Unionyille, Mo- newspaper mentions
the names of seven candidates for repre-
sentative twenty three candidates for
sheriff, fifteen candidates for county
treasurer. nine candidates for prosecuting
attorney. thirteen for county judge. and
adds ENORMOUSLY that it hopes no one has
been overlooked.
New York's proposed 500 100000 rapid
transit tunnel is creating great stir in
Italy and southeastern Europe. Steam
ship line agents are carrying the news TO
Tie remotest hamlets of Galicia, and the
resulting rush of immigration in the
spring is expected 10 break all records OF
influx OF foreign laborers.
Hubert Herkomer of Mexico. it is said
aspires, like Michael Angelo. TO do every
thing He paints in oil aud water. etches.
fa stulr.a
machinist as well as scene painter. carves. I
and is an architect. For all the varieties
of his artistic work separate rooms are
arranged and fitted up to serve the spe-
cial purpose for which they are designed.
An ostrich farm in Florida has at last
made a successful attempt to hatch an !
ostrich egg in an incubator Previous
efforts at Omaha and Los Angeles had been !
futile Florida now has the only arlificially
Matched ostrich in the Unite1 states. The
incubator which brought the bird from its ,
shell required Al days of careful watching.
and the thermometer was kept at ITO de-
grees.
How closely the world is knit together |
commercially is instanced by the fact that
some 800 lapidaries in New York alone are
out of work because OF the failure OF the
supply OF diamonds from South Africa.
Since most of these workmen are married
men, Ave or six hundred people are af-
fecied. In Amsterdam and Antwerp it is
said four or tve thousand men are idle
from the same cause.
One of New Hampshire's most in
teresting colonial relics is in the possession
of Capt Edward \. smith, OF Manches-
fer. The curio is - leather pocketbook
which was carried by Capt. stephen
Smith, the grandfather Of its present OWL
err during the War OF The Revolution. IL !
is said TO have once heid many important
military documents referring to the move
ments Of the Continental army.
The present campaign in South Africa is
practically the first opportunity the British :
military authorities have had OF putting
the cycle corps to a real test. The eyclist
corps attached to tlie Durham Light In :
fantry recently covered route Of 90 miles
in one day for the purpose OF obtaining I
information of the Boer forces. doing some
skirmishing ON the way. The veldt in dry r
is admirably adapted for cycling.
From its four heads m the Boston
to Batesville. where il leaves
the Ozarks and enters the Arkansas low
lands. White River is succession of as
curves No other river on the ,
so often and so nearly doubles 4
upon itself. From the sOurce TO the hat 4
is a distance on a straight line Of 4
perhaps 150 miles. White River between I
these points has course OF over 500 G
miles; some estimates make it 700 miles. h
Miss Ella Ewing. the Missouri giantess. y
Is subjected to much Inconvenience during {
her travels by the circums,ribed quarters /
She is compelled to occupy. The girl is h