The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-05-10
FACTS lNA FEW LINES.

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Hamburg added 40 new steamers to
Its fleet last year. 1t now numbers
1876.
Two years ago the Beers had in their
pay 10 German officers. 40 French ana,
40 Russians.
Out Of l.J.S.Ga4 votes polled In the
last election In Mexico only 02,172 were
against Diaz
The worl,l is calling for American
manufactures at the rate Of over ST.
100000 a day
President Kruger's ultimatum Is the
first that has ever been received by
Great Britain
The car OF REssia's army Is the only
one In Europe that can boast Of femi.
nine medical officers.
Merchandise imports into France
during 1880 decreased $51. 900, 900; ex-
ports Increased $T9.640,00
A 10 ton gun, though 1t can fire only
80 full charges. can fire 100 three-quar-
ter charges and 800 half charges.
For the last ten years there has been
an Increase of 1000 annually In the
number Of Great Britain's insane.
"Pelleo' of the Zulu tongue is In gen.
eral use in South Africa. 1t is literally
translated into English as dome for"
An Egyptian who has arrived In
New York to join dime museum ex-
hibition Is Z feet II inches tall. he Is
only % years old.
The earnings Of the Hamburg Amer
lean steamship line for 1899 were 49,
0O0. 900 marks. an Increase Of 100000
marks over the preceding year.
President Anderson of the southern
Mormon mission field says that there
are 1900 Mormons In South Carolina
and 10000 In II southern states.
Russia's Asiatic possessions are three
times the size OF Great Britain's, but
hold only 23,0O0.0O0 inhabitants as
compared with England's 297, 000,0 900
subjects.
II will cost $4,000 to put the exposi-
ton building at Philadelphia in shape
| to seat the $4,000 people expected to be
present In the hall during the Repub-
lican convention.
Tile success Of the Germans In the
war Of 1870 has been attributed by ex-
perts to the conveniently carried pre-
pared food supplied by the sausage
makers Of Berlin.
About 250.000 Mormons remain In
the Utah region. from Canada to Mex
/ leo, with about $4,000 more elsewhere.
Mormons act together, as directed by
the Mormon priests.
There are over 100 gold mines In the
immediate neighborhood Of Johannes
burg. stretching out on all sides OF the
city. The monthly output Of the mines
was IS tons Of gold.
/ Twenty sets OF the Marconi appara.
i tus will be installed on our warships
The first charge for each set will be
$500, and an annual rental Of $500 pei
set will be paid to the company.
We buy each year 100000 senti
mental valentines at an average Of II
cents each and 20o00.000 comic valen
tines costing I cent each. This II
turn means an outlay OF 100000.
A man In Philadelphia makes living
by selling foreign hotel, express and
railroad labels to people that paste
them on their baggage to create thu
impression that they have been abroad
| The Hindoos, who are largely veg
etarians. have been and are the chile
sufferers from the plague. doubtless
owing TO diminished power OF resist
ance as well as 10 their insanitary sur
roundings.
A Boston cemetery company has de
cided to exclude automobiles from ID
burying ground lest the horseless vehi
cles should cause runaways, which
might create havoc among the tomb
stones and monuments.
A significant sign of the part Japai
hopes TO play In the future Ia China !
that the japanese government has def
initely offered to establish militar.
academy at peklng to educate Chimes
under Japanese officers. II Is belIeye'
China Is favorably disposed towar,
this proposition.
n A new currency has been introduces
Into Austria. Hungary. The Austrian
form has disappeared and with II ais
J the kreuzer. OF which there were 10
In d form. The new unit Is called th
krone (crownl. and II equals half
form. One crown contains 100 heller
and the latter therefore equals half
kreuzer.
An agricultural expert ventures {
prophecy that before the twentieth Ger
tury reaches middle age farming I
England will be mostly carried on b
syndlcates. His conclusion Is that Oh
laborer's dislike to the soil Is roote
and permanent and that the only wa
to get on will be by cultivating larg
areas and making free use Of machir
cry.
The Hospital Book and Newspapt
society. which distributes reading ma
. ter among hospitals. prisons and slim
lar institutions In many parts OF u
country. has issued ifs annual repor
showing that last year II distribute
b.Sl2 books. 25.5IT magazines, 71.14
weekly and Illustrated papers and fu
~ 100000 daily papers.
Spinach II now In high favor as q
article OF diet. Chemists affirm Chi
Il contains more Iron to the square Inc
.'than most Of the renowned ferrue
nous remedies" Spinach not on
! contains salts Of Iron and potassium
but other salts. which are good q
j the liver and the blood. II therefo
7 improves The complexion.
! A girl In Germantown, Pa, has Q
"unlucky room" No one can enter
without walking under n small ladde
| Tho niirror IL cracked. and ppncOg