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special performance is about $4,000.
Col. Henry Peyton, on the staff Of
1 Gen. r. Z. Lee, is dead in St. Louis.
| Big crabs are found in India. Some
of them measure two feet in length.
The skin of elephant Charlie, killed
in Crystal palace. London, weighed
ton.
In Spain the infants face is swept
with pine bough to bring good
luck.
In Ireland belt Of woman's hair
is placed about the child to keep
harm away.
A 100000 yarn mill is to be erected
near Tailadega, Ala. It will have TO-
900 spindles.
Garlic, salt, bread and steak are
put into the cradle of q newborn
baby in Holland.
Most spiders are possessed of pois-
on-fangs, but very few are dangerous
to human beings.
The total Chinese losses during the
siege of the legations in Picking are
estimated at 5000.
The arbitration law has been in
constant use in New Zealand for
about four years and q half.
! In Nebraska there are 141 log
schoolhouses, ST built of sod, one OF
baled straw and one of steel.
1t is estimated that the number OF
Germans and their descendants in
the United States is 15,OOO,oOO.
! The 'burning mountain" of Mon
tet, in Aveyron, France, is coal mine
which has been burning for several
years.
In the completed list Of 4o,S22
! pieces of game killed by Emperor
, William since 1872 there is only one
whale.
: A New York florist says that the
lily of the valley is poisonous, and its
stem should not be placed in the
mouth.
/ The total quantity Of diamonds
found in 1898 in the Transvaal was
22.s43 carats, valued at a43,730 ($212,-
612.O4).
, The army death rate is lower in
Great Britain than in any other coun-
try. In France it is nearly six times
as high.
/ The emperor Of Austria always
used to send the late king of Italy
annually a present of 100000 picked
Virginia cigars.
Kansas has two head Of cattle, one
hog, one-third of a horse, and one
9th Of sheep for every man, woman
and child in the state.
Fort Marion, in Florida, is the old
est fort in the United States. 1t was
built in 1865, Of logs, but has since
often been remodeled.
The German emperor has been
known to change his costume IL
times in IS hours. His wardrobe con-
tains more than 1000 suits.
A nugget of zinc found recently
weighs exactly ton. 1t is a beau
tiful object, being covered with
cubes of pink spar and galena.
Forty years ago Japan had only
coast;ng vessels. Now it has several
steamship companies, the largest OF
which runs thirty-three vessels.
The tube of twelve-irch gun has
fifty spiral grooves. inside, which
cause the shot to revolve Is times per
second as it rushes through the air.
The Turkish mother loads her child
with amulets, and a small bit of mud,
steeped in hot water, prepared by
previous charms, is stuck on its fore
head.
=. / Mobile beats Birmingham in popu'
lation by the slim margin of fifty
four. The new census gives Mobile
4 population of 3s,469 and Birming'
, ham 3s,415.
Three million more years is the
. limit of human life on earth. Vi
such, at least, is the computation
, recently made by DR.. I. J. J. See
astronomer of the naval observatory
: at Washington.
Pope Leo Nil. owns pearl left
! to him by his predecessor on thu
E throne of st. Peter which is worth
S 100000, and the chain OF 81 pearl:
, owned by the Empress Frederick Il
l estimated at $175,O0O.
All the English railways have nov
4 agreed to carry $50 pounds OF bag
: gage for each frst-class passenger
: free of charge, 100 pounds second
0 class and 100 pounds and 60 pounds
: respectively, as previously.
: The soft hat was introduced t
t America about 1850 by Louis Kos
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