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tory.
The name of fremont street mall In
Boston has been changed TO Lafayette
mall.
Great Britain imported 100000
great hundreds Q,920,O00,0 of eggs
in 1899.
Stock raising would be a profitable
enterprise IN Korea were it not that
rlnderpest is endemic.
Charitable persons send fG,OO0,000
every year to the secretaries of chart
ties and missions IN London.
In every Siberian city the most con-
spicuOus and finest buildings are the
churches and the government build
ings.
On account Of the unsanitary state
of Kiao-chau German papers urge that
the garrison there should be changed
every year.
Chicago has a bird hospital, the only
one of its kind, it is said, in the world
where sick and wounded birds are re-
ceived and cared for.
The Dutch coins in British Guiana
are to be demonetlzed. Ample time
will be given for holders to get them
exchanged at the treasury.
Improved methods of cultiyating
cane and perfection of the machinery
used in extracting the sugar promise
TO increase largely the output of sugar
from the Hawaiian Islands.
The pie bakers of New York attrib-
ute the great demand lately for their
product to a disappearance of the be-
lief that pies are indigestible Even
athletes now eat pies in training
Bankers estimate that American Wis
itors TO the Paris exposition will spend
abroad this year 100000 more than
is usually spent by Americans in Eu-
rope during the vacation season.
Although Canada's situation among
the principal wheat producing coun-
tries, with respect TO quantity, is hum
bled, with respect to quality it is high.
The output is also increasing steadily.
In the province of Quebec the citi-
zens sOlace themselves with home
grown tobacco. They have a patriotic
idea that 1t Is superior to the plant
raised In any other section of the uni
verse
Logs are the cheapest thing IN 81
IBERIA, but If the forests are cut as rap
idly for the next century as they have
been Of late years "reforestation" will
become as pressing a question as it is
in America.
One Of the missionaries at Karput
values the boots and shoes he lost as
e result Of the outbreak there In 1880
at $50. Another asserts that the boots
and shoes he lost were worth So. and
a lady missionary values hers at SIC.
There is no native market in Korea
Of any consequence for foreign meats,
lard or pork stuffs The diet Of the
natives consists chiefly Of rice, with
fresh or salt vegetables, fish-whlch
abound in the adjoining waters--and
beef.
The health committee has been au-
thorlzed to establish a depot or depots
In suitable parts Of London for the
preparation and sale of sterilized milk
for infants and that the sum Of $1,000
be placed at the disposal Of the COM
mittee for the purpose.
A church bell cracked in ringing at
the village Of Schleithein, near Schaff-
hansen, Germany, few days ago.
When taken down, 1t was found to be
Of the year 1852. Accordingly it is
older than the Schaffhausen bell which
inspired Schillers poem.
When coal, the propelling power of
speed, becomes cheaper, ocean travel
will become much more rapid than It
Is at present. There are a few who
intimate that within the next ten
years one can go from New York TO
Queenstown in four days.
Geese are less in favor with the Brit
ish public than formerly, but there is
a demand In excess Of the home sup
ply, especially at Christmas time, and
France reaps this benefit almost exclu-
sively, it being estimated that 100000
to 10000 are sold in London In De
cember
There is a noticeable increase Of veg
etarianism in Philadelphia. At the cor
ner of Park avenue and Berks street
there is a church whose attendants are
all vegetarians 1t is an evangelical
church and differs in its creed from
other denominations only in the fact
that its members are pledged to forego
q diet of flesh.
Paul, the distinguished ostrich in the
Cincinnati zoo, has been cured Of pa
ralysls by the application of electricity.
The bird caught cold, and his long legs
became paralyzed. The keeper applied
a strong electric battery, and on the
first day the ostrich's legs began to
twitch. The treatment was continued,
until now the ostrich is as active as
ever.
At the electric cab station In Boston,
where there are over 100 automobiles,
arrangements are provided for working
the carriages after the batteries have
been removed. An electric cable Is
suspended from the roof, and this
transmits the power to the carriages
by the aid of a plug so that the car
riages can be run around the floor with
its aid.
The well on the grounds Of the Good
Shepherd, In the town Of Wauwatosa,
Wis, has been bored to the depth of
1880 feet, one of the deepest wells In
the world The contractor has con-
cluded that he cannot obtain n flowing
well and therefore stops. The water
rises within so feet of the surface and
ls soft, limpid, of excellent quality for
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