The leader., 1900-08-29
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

Germany sells the bulk OF Its
scotch" whisky In India.
The profits of Great Britain's postal
service are S20,O00,OO0 year.
Tennessee pays the chief justice Of
its supreme court salary of $500.
The telegraph will be extended 1000
miles south of Khartum by the end Of
the year.
London In midsummer experiences
an hour less of daylight than does
Glasgow.
Under British rule the cotton crop of
Egypt has doubled and now amounts
to over 5OO,OOO,OOO pounds a year.
According to a report of the labor
commissioner of New Hampshire the
shoe output of that state last year was
So, 100000.
Cigarette smoking is not allowed on
the exposition grounds in Paris. Vio-
lators of the prohibitive order will be
subjected to heavy fines.
A statue of William Z. Gladstone
is to be erected at Athens in the gar
dens of the Zappelon in recognition Of
his services to Greek independence.
Long before school boards were es-
tablished in England Canadian chill
dren were instructed free Of cost be-
tween the ages of and IL. This edu-
cation Is compulsory.
A person In robust health walks with
his toes pointed to the front, while one
with his health on the wane gradually
turns his toes to the side, and bend Is
perceptible at the knees.
Cape Nome is only two degrees be-
low the arctic circle, and yet the prob
abilities are that within year or two
1t will become the site of town with
all modern improvements.
The collection of fish In the aqua
RUINS of the London Geological garden
has been augmented by the addition Of
several living specimens of the curious
blind fish from the Kentucky caves.
As the Dnieper river takes a south
westerly direction In order to discharge
itself into the Black sea 1t passes a sue
cession of rapids, and 1t is proposed to
utilize the power Of the rapids for the
generation of electricity.
The Celestial Empire, weekly
paper published in Shanghai, is a per-
| feet mirror of eastern affairs and exer-
other side of the world, although al
most unknown In America.
Two hundred and ninety millions of
dollars for poultry, the proceeds Of one
year, compared with $1S6,000,000 for
hogs for the same time, tells with EN-
phasis the enormous magnitude Of the
poultry business. We are still import
ers Of eggs.
Eghty-four per cent of the entire
state of Idaho is still public land
amounting to more than 100000
acres OF this area it has been est
mated by the government geological
survey that 100000 acres can be sue
cessfully irrigated.
Fishermen in Holland kill all fish as
soon as they are landed, w lie French
fishermen, on the contrary, allow then
to die of suffocation. The Dutch Gus
tom is the right one, because fish thai
are promptly killed are in better con
dition for the table.
If the craze for automobiles contin
ues, they will before long entirely SUI
persede the use of the horse at thu
nations capital, for not only have they
become a fad with society people, bu
the shops, the express companies ant
the transit companies are rapid!
adopting them.
Comparing Canada's gold mines will
those In South Africa, the Quebec
Chronicle says that the Johannesburg
main reef is about so miles long b.
seven miles wide. In western Canada
the Lake of the Woods gold distric
alone is about $50 miles long by abou
$50 miles wide.
The capital invested by insurance
companies in Russia amounts to 5000,
100000. The number of persons in
sured in 1899 was q, ia, the insuranc
amounting to $50, 100000. OF the abov
amount S2O,92O,35o was received b,
American insurance companies, tn
balance by Russian.
Indians are making rapid strides il
the paths of education. The Chicka
saws have five colleges, and the Creek
have ten. The Choctaws have no col
leges, but have 100 common schools II
which the higher branches are taught
The expenses of educating the Indian
are borne by the federal government.
Govt is disease of middle and ad
yanced life and affects men more oftel
than women. 1t Is believed tina
heredity plays an important part in it
production, but the. main cause is I'LL
doubleday an unhygienic mode Of liy
ing, especially errors in diet. The treat
ment Of govt Is dependent upon 1t
causation.
The prejudice against pies, NOR
imaginative than real, is dying out
Many persons II DIV eat pie for break
fast. Combined with coffee or mill
it furnishes fine repast, and athlete
after sumptuOus meal of this charaC
ter easily digest it in ten minutes
active exercise, so some people say
Others do nos indorse the assertion.
The senior class of college at AL
bany, Or, recently secured an i'm
| AAiNH'N WIN nCiShiHS hSdliy INV
pounds for class stone. 1t was al
ready to be placed in position on
night, but next morning had disappear
ed. Seventeen juniors had during tn
night loaded the two ton bowlder Of
Il dray, carried it off AID dumped
into a creek.
A CHASTITY relic of the late Spanish
American war is on exhibition benin
the bar of Il saloon on Front stree
Philadelphia. 1t is q mass of silve
Spanish dollars, numbering son re 50(
which have been melted in fa ltasti
shape. The silver was found on tn
body of a half roasted sailor on til
Spanish warship Maria Teresa IL list af
er the battle OF Santiago, when Cerv'
ra's feet was annihilated.