The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-11
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

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 Nhrco pints of liquid day are sufi. sies for the average adult
 Nieseg reporters arc employed in the sallero a tho houso of oommous
 AlasksA babies when they cry arc ..hsld snter water until they stop
 The effort to mako sugar trom bests dates back as far as the year i7G7.
 The inhabitants of Cochin China much prefer rotten eggs to frosh oneA
 A Missouri man filed a An answer to bis wife's suit for divorce an agreement dgned by both "to disband."
 It is one of the privileges of Chinese commanding officers that they may only oe beaten by the hand of their general The Arabic streets of SpAnish Toledo. which has been described as "Ekelo. ton city, Are now lighted by slsctrici- y.
 Mr. BAlfour is one of the fastest speakers in the house of commons at. tering an average of l6o words a min ute William Nsfi of Colorado unearthed ix baby coyotes on bis ranch and train. cd them SO that they followed him like dogS
 The guarantee fund for the Paris ex. position of 1900 amounts to sl5.0o0.- o0o The balance will be defrayed by state and city.
 The working classes form 6s per cent the middle class ss Der cent and the upper class per cent of the population of this country.
 In the Crimean war 96. SIS lives wers sacrificed. and at Borodino. when the French and Russians fought. 7s.000 men were left dead on the battlefield
 The United States shore lines of the great nkes are as follows; Ontario. 2s0 miles; Erie. SEQ miles: Huron. olo miles; Superior. s55 miles; Michigan. i.s20 miles
 No enc can tell where the diamond goes Co in combustion. Burn it and ii leaves no ashes The flame ia exterior. like that of a cork. and when is has blazed itself out there remains absolute ly no trace of iL
 The heron seldom flaps his wings at 2 rate of less than l20 to i50 times e minute This is iscounting the downward strokes only, SO that the birds wings really make from 240 to 800 dlstine, movements a minute.
 London Vestries are obiecting to pay. ing burial fees to clergymen for services tnSi are never held owing to the sup prsSssSn-ns tbs-pariSh burial grounds in Lamberth lilcne q i4. 900 has been paid out in this way in Ave years
 In California thero were experiments in storing raislns SO .S to have them as free from seeds as the ordinary currant. Success has followed. till now seeded raisius are becoming an important item among the fruit indus;Fiesof California
 An immense sun dial. certainly the !. largest in the world. is at Hayon Horoo. large proz.Ontcry extending 1000 feet eove the 4Egoan sea. As the sun s swS-cs arosnds che shSiow of this noun tam it touenes one by no a circle of is- landS which act as ho marks
 There are only aboliSOO Germans in Spain, but many ci a occupy prumi. nent orSness posi' The electric business, which Is ? }ning to assume great proportions ia pain. is almost entirely in German AdS The Ger. mans of Madrid have llr own club.
 Up to the end of is9i Aussia had ex. pended within a frasaon of s2OO. OOo.. 900 on hSE g;esut Siberian railway. Be- tWsef this and 1900 an outlay of anoth' rsr SiOO, 900, 900 is expected. when the road will be in running order. with through trains from St Petersburg Co the Pacific.
 Near Briaucon is the Alpine Glacier du Casset, which is now being regularly worked as an ice quarry. the product being shipped by rail to Paris. The ice vein Is about 100 feet wide and 25 thick. and it is found that it can be worked at a profit. making the first commercial use of the glacier so far known.
 The German army dogs are trained when they find a dead body Co set up a prolonged nu,riiug B no one comes, they take the dead mans cap or some small le and with this in their teeth gl on hu.; for their tr. iner whom they lead ta tae spot. If ih' man isWuluL,i Ls gives hts cup @ Q dog and the sane oJJylt is accomi .i5. d.
 A St@a r-ilcess has written the fpl lowing lt.er e. t.e medical o' 'er in ctarse ct ,ce C tle cen -uum, ,..s n tbc SAau s'at,,: Gia.ly sup:ly u. the unduucullrcd Lc-iciucs ty Llarcr. as asl unw,ll b-iug fell down trCa elet Laat. nnl trt-c One does Ci smell iug sllt. one d0. !. e. ccgciag hcsdacEe. one does for Ccs, .ss ;-e p-.n at neck.
 Dr. sheldon Jackson. superintendent, Cf government schools in Alaska. denies the report that tho reindeer brought to the territory have starved. A large herd has reached tho moss growth; regicr away tgom the A,t and are doing well Moreover. the Llplandcrs who came with them propose Co bring herds o' their own and embark in tho bus,iness of raising reindeer for sale and tur use 10 transportation.
 Hemp Is of antique origin, for it was used by tho Scythians at least 500 year. before tho Christian era. lt grows wild in India and many parts of our OWL land. and it was known Co the Chimes thousands of years ago The Romans were familiar with the use of hemp foi ails and cordage India and Persia II the native home of hemp, and it is cul hrnted in the United States in Ken.