The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-06-06
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.


Artificial flowers mixed with the reai
ones are lust now used for table deco
rations. i
A perfect network of underground
tunnels Is proposed for Paris which
will rival its famous sewers.
One of the benefits accruing to Cana
da from the war is the increased prob
ability on an all British cable.
The corporation of Scarborough Eng
land, has decided to name a new tnor-
oughfare "Ladysmith avenue"
It costs 81, 400, 900 a year to maintain
the "a royal palaces of Emperor VIII
liam throughout the German empire:
Irrigation work In Mexico is making
n heavy demand for iron pipe, dredg-
ing, excavatIng and pumping machin-
cry.
There are between 700 and 800 breed
ers of Guernsey cattle In this country,
and the cattle number about l2,ooV
head.
British agrIculturlsts are slowly wax
ing ND 10 the advantages OF scientinc
methods of dealing with diseases OF
crops. :.
The estimated cost Of the projected
memorial bridge across the Potomac, ~
Washington e from 100000 to ~
OO0, 1000.
German csnsuls have been establish
Cd in every eYy and large pwR N SQ-
~, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay SAa
argentina.
The Australians are trying hard to
obtain n market in London for the pas
sion fruit, which is SO popular Mt the
anupodes.
The openAg of the FIRST electric hne
In Mexico was marked by the coinage
of a new Spanish word, motorista, FOR
motorman.
1t may surprise sope people to learn
that a modern Atlantic liner must earn
about $4,000 clear per trip before @
penny Of profit Is made.
1t is estimated that there are oo,oeU
settlers more than last year In Mani
! toba and the territories, and OF these
| about 5000 are Americans.
At the Lakeside club on the South
Side in Chicago the cigarette Is per
mitted and the pipe is barred on occa'
sions when ladies are present.
The Massachusetts house of repre-
sentatives has passed bill providing
for the use of reformed spelling In the
public documents Of the state.
Barbed wire will probably be classed
hereafter as war material, as 1t has
been used with such good effect In the
Spanish and English Boer wars.
The new sewage farms near Paris
are giving trouble, as 1t is found that
the local wells are infected, and an cpl
demic Of intestinal troubles has ensued.
Apothecary shops with women clerks
are not only becoming more common
in Russia, but they are said to be spe'
cially favored by physicians and the
public.
Nelson was 80 when he won the VIC
tory of the Nile. Wellington was only
40 when he opened the Peninsular war
Cromwell was 46 when he won N
Naseby.
One of the Dominion line steamers
has been provided with complete
laundry which is capable of caring fol
the ships wash and that Of the passen
gers as we'll
Two hundred and fifty Of the Park
police are to be mounted on bicycles
They will carry Il saber on the handle
in the daytime, and a revolver will b.
attached to the shoulder Mt night.
A Mississippi law forbids' corpora
tions in the state to hold real or person
al estate to an amount exceeding $3.50,
600 except manufacturing companie:
and banks, which may hold property Z
the value of 81, 100000.
To provide drinking water on loco
motives n southern man has designed
tank to fit in one side of the larg
water tank on the tender, the body o
the small tank being surrounded b.
the water in the large tank to keep tn
drinking water cold.
Eight lads are gathered in one groul
in The English Army and Navy Illus
in a little English village. All joiAe'
tie navy and were Widely separated
and all have fHahy sSne togsthsr :
tfs'same ship and il the safhe mes
on the Campus.
The bubonis plague bacillus resen
bles a minute cocoon, slightly roundt
at both ends and. ribbed lengthwis,
Unlike the Asatic cholera bacills.
which is a distinct comma bacillus
sometimes varied by the spiral form
that of the plague is almost unlforml
straight and of infinitesimal size.
At the electric cab station in Boston
where there are over 100 automobile!
arrangements are provided for workin
the carriages after the batteries hav
been removed. An electric cable
suspended from the roof, and thl
transmits the power to the carriage
by the aid Of a plug so that the ca
riages can be run around the floor wit
its aid.
Speaking of British armored cruiser
the London Graphic says: "It is paint
. to find such vessels as the Nelso
Northumberland, ASincourt, Aehille
. | Minotaur, Black Prince and Warri'
! figuring in our list under this hea
None Of these seven vessels Is fit
cruise, and the admiral who sent the
in their present state to sea In WI
, would be committing murder"
Clinker from the refuse destrueto
at Bradford, England, which in 1S'
. cost nearly $4,000 for carting al
| dumping is now turned to profttah
purpose in mortar and concrete ma
ing. Ground and mixed with cemeI
= 1t has been found to give excellent I
, suits for the formation of reservoi
| ! and inverts. During the winter mont
| | screened clinker has found favor f
sprinkllng on roads made slippery
the frost.
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