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FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

2,02l, SUI RUSSIANS
There are nearly 300 crossing
sweepers in London.
Good newspapers are printed at the
treaty ports Of China.
Wood pulp paper as military clothing
is used 10y the japanese troops.
over 1000 cars of freight to and
from the orient pass annually through
st. Paul
If all the money in the world were
divided equally, each person would get
about $50.
China's Grand canal Is the most won
derful artificial waterway In the world.
1t Is over POO miles long.
Massachusetts prison population is
larger by 10 than it was a year ago,
the total July being G,5iG
4 French engineer is trying to apply
air in such a way 10 machinery as to
make it serve as q lubricator.
The man who crossed Niagara falls
on Blondins back lives in Chicago.
Blondin was the greatest rope walker
of his day.
The Prussian government is about TO
take measures to preserve various
kinds of trees that are In danger of
determination.
4 well known economist has figured
out that out of 9S chief national in.
duStries IN given year only % gave
men work 300 days in the year.
The question Of having female fac
tory inspectors is being discussed il
Switzerland. and the measure is ad-
vocated by the owners Of factories.
Last year the Quebec provincial de-
partment of crown lands. or Of lands,
forests and fisheries, as it is now call
ed. yielded a total revenue of S1.O43,-
coo.
The new steel bridge across the ST
Lawrence river at Quebec viii re 1000
feet long and 100 feet above the river,
thus enabling the largest ships TO pass
under.
The wild honey crop In Texas this
year. says an Austin correspondent.
will exceed all previous yields in the
memory of those who are Interested In
that industry.
Durham, South Africa. has become q
winter resort and contains some OF the
finest residences in the world. They
are surrounded by tropical trees, flow
ers and fruits
Permission has been obtained from
the ear TO establish a sort of young
mems Christian association among rail
road employees in Russia. Il is TO be
called committee for the improve
ment Of young men,"
Keepers at the Central park zoo 10
New York are vainly looking for some
means Of preserving the elephants from
rats. The latter gnaw the feet Of the
big brutes until they are lacerated
and no way has yet been found to pro
tect them.
Last year there were coined $4,000,
600 more pennies than in the year be
fore. and the coinage of nlckels. dimes,
quarters and halves increased largely.
In dollars and cents the increase in
minor coinage for the fiscal year is
about S3.7OOOOO.
Daniel NJ. Nilloch. an American div
or, undertook TO ride a bicycle at the
bottom of the sea a few years ago. In
his heavy diving dress, weighing over
200 pounds. he was lowered into 20
feet Of water and rode the machine for
a considerable distance.
Fruit is principally valuable for its
salts and free acids, required by the
system at all times, but more especial
liz when the weather Is warm. Fruits,
owing TO these, cool and purify the
blood and keep the entire alimentary
canal In healthy condition.
The Chinese almanac is the monopoly
Of the emperor, none other being allow
ed within its dOminiOns. No Chinaman
deems his household complete without
a copy of this unique document, on ac-
count Of the wonderful information as
to lucky and unlucky days which 1t
contains.
There are today but three bands Of
Seminoles left in Florida. SO com
pletely have these people been dlsin-
tegrated that no tribal relations now
exist between them. They have no
acknowledged chief, and they recog-
nize no mans authority. They num-
Der about 600.
In the France Militaire a writer con-
tends that the Introduction of quick
firing guns into warfare has not revO-
lutionized 1t by any means and that
such changes as have become neces-
sary are Of a technical order merely,
which do not In the main affect the
role Of artillery In action.
Three years ago congress passed
law forbidding the importation into
this country Of any tea Of a grade low
er than good and imposing a duty Of 10
cents on every pound of tea brought
into our ports. Owing to this law 1t is
impossible for the American people to
get anything but good tea to drink.
1t is something Of mistake to sup
pose that women In China have no
rights that a man is bound to re-
spect. The idea that she is Of no i'm
portance is altogether Incorrect. In
her home, as a wife. she exercises an
authority that would make n denizen
Of the western world gasp with won
der.
In the window Of an old curiosity
shop not far from the British museum
in London may be seen an deliberately
carved ivory toothpick with the fol
lowing intlmation attached: Tooth
pick formerly the property of Oliver
Cromwell; supposed to have been the
one he picked his teeth with before he
signed the death warrant of Charles L.
The number Of adherents Of the
Orthodox Russian church has greatly