Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-14
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

The great Napoleon once applied Ia
permission TO enter the British navy.
New ZeaIand's export of gold wa
s2-ooo.oto gseater in 1880 than In 1885,
The mineral resources Of venexueE
consist OF great mines Of iron, copp.
and gold.
A statue Of George Washington
erected In the public park In Caracal
Venezuela
Cards and dominos are the favorft
for losing pennies by the Eng
Iish soldiers
From Costa Rica come the best an,
largest bananas that are sold In tn
American markets
The last was the greatest year 70
pears that the New Jersey farmer
have had for a decade.
The president Of Switzerland onl,
gets 81. 200 a year. and the law for
bids him TO succeed himself.
The lumber consumed In the Cnitec
States last year is estimated to aSgre.
gate $500. OOO. 600 cubic feet
The New York p~ostofice did q bust
ness Of $143.2OO.OOO In 1899. an In
crease Of . per cent over 1895.
In Kafirland cattle constitute thu
chief currency. In old Russia skina
were used in buying and selling.
Nearly $500 residents Of Minnesota
shared In 1899 in the tree planting
bounty. receiving $40 an acre.
A New York florist says that the lily
Of the valley is poisonous. and Its stem
should not be placed In the mouth.
One Of the greatest borax deposita
In the world Is In the mountains Just
north Of Daggett, in the Mohave des.
ert-
The burning mountain" Of Montet-
IN Aveyron. France. Is a coal mine
which has been burning for several
years.
About 400 sets Of Christmas cards
that Is TO say. over LOCO new designs :
are placed upon the market every year
by one arm.
The leading products OF southern
California are citrus fruits. dr.ed
fruits. canned fruits and vegetables.
grain. beef sugar. gold and petroleum,
There were 80 emigrants for eye-y
LOCO persons In Germany last year.
against 43 In 1897 and d. In 1851.
Bremen and Hamburg furnished most
of these.
A project Is on foot ( o connect Ice
land with northern Europe by cable.
The Northern Telegraph company Of
Copenhagen has made q proposition
for q contract
A confederation of hotel proprietors
In Italy has sent a petition to the gov
eminent asking for better protection
and encouragement Of foreign travel
ers in the kingdom.
The board Of education and the po-
lice department Of New York are the
I'VE most expensive departments OF
the municipal government Collective
ly their maintenance costs SIS. 100000
a a
Owing to the o%versupply Of potatoes
in New Zealand the farmers n 9TH
ers who have stock have taken to
feeding them with potatoes. including
horses. cows and sheep. The potato
diet gives the horses sleek coats.
Both In British Columbia and In
Washington the more important posi-
AAoLb ~ AlC III NohAlS iSS i
by whites. while the Chinese furnish
nearly all the labor. being rapid and
expert workers and content with mod
crate wages.
A notable feature Of b present ap-
fled for appointment to the
New York police force Is the small
number OF clerks among the candi-
dates. There Is q smaller number than
It any previous time In the history of
the police department
New York's park commissioner is
permits to automobile owners
to the number Of two or three q week.
Up to the present time only electric
carriages have been permitted to en-
inc carriages are noisy.
A number Of firms In the shopping
districts Of New York will shortly
{ the Manhattan Elevated
company a petition requesting
hat company to adopt some
hat will lessen the oar nj din Of
rains passing on the elevated struc-
within the next ave years Missouri
will startle the world" prophesIes
state G~eologist Gallagher In a recent
with b great amount Of
cad. zinc. copper. nickel cobalt and
.oal mined In the state. Missouri Is
,ich In these minerals, the richest Of
my state in the country"
Vermont in maple sugar stands first
n the Union. making nearly 100000
annually. More butter per COW
s made In Vermont than In n other
more pounds Of wool per sheep
ire clipped than In any other state,
md more bushels of potatoes are rails
d per acre than In any other state.
Second only to the French are the
Chinese when II comes to culinary
kill. n With simple materials they
will contrive to put together a meal
would shame an ordinary Amer
cook. In peasant families the
wife or daughter does the cooking. but
n all large establishments the cooks
no ,r~o-ieh iv mpn 1