Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-22
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

In 1900 there were 200 horses in Aus
tralia. In 1900 there are 100000.
On a nursery at Brisbane Water
there are nearly 100000 exotic trees.
Scandinayians are numerous in New
Zealand and Germans in South Austria
liza.
The British and Foreign Bible socie-
~ recently celebrated its ninety-sixth
birthday.
There are 344 cities and towns in
New York state which have a public
water supply.
Regina, the headquarters of Canada's
northwestern provinces mounted pO-
lice, is a typical prairie city.
The Americans in the Klondike have
exactly the same rights and privileges
and pay the same taxes as Canadians.
The report of the Ontario department
of immigration for 1899 shows that
4,015 steerage passengers settled in
Ontario.
The income tax in India is levied on
all incomes of f33 and upward, and
then only one man in 700 comes within
its scope.
The number of persons in Berlin
whose income exceeds 1925 year and
who must therefore pay an income tax
is $4,000
Waiter girls in Munich restaurants
seldom receive any pay from their en-
pl0yers. Their fees amount to from 30
cents TO So day.
About $50 women servants are en-
gagged by Emperor William to look aft
er the % royal palaces and castles that
belong to the crown.
Westralia is the only AustraIasian
colony that pays neither the members
of the legislative council nor those of
the legislative assembly.
"Gnat fever is the new scientific
name for malaria, since it has been
shown that it is through mosquitoes
that the disease is conveyed to human
beings.
One of the companies of Canadians
which took part in the final attack on
Cronje was wholly composed Of French
Canadians who were unable to speak
English.
The total capacity Of the boiling
down, chilling, freezing and meat pre-
serving works in New South Wales is
estimated at 100000 head of sheep
and cattle.
The principal rivers and streams of
Tasmania have been stocked with the
fry OF English salmon, brown trout,
salmon trout and Loeb Leven trout
bred in the colony.
The Ferris wheel was composed of
200 tons Of iron and steel and con-
tanned thousands of separate pieces
While on the Midway il carried 1,750,-
600 people and made about $S25, 900
gross receipts.
The Berlin Tageblatt remarks that
while many Iaboring men were without
work in Germany last year this was
not owing to an absence Of demand.
but to the insufficient supply of raw
material and coal
Saturday sessions of congress are al
most always such dull affairs that
many members have suggested it
would be about as we'll if both houses |
We're to adjourn over each week from
Friday to Monday.
Engineers say 100 foot wide canal
IL to 10 feet deep between Lake Supe-
rior and Grand Forks y. D., is an engi-
neering possibility. The scheme is a |
grand one. and the agricultural north |
west wants it carried through
In the five years from 1894 to 1898
India produced nearly 10000 tons of |
salt. or about ], 200, 900 tons every year. |
This is obtained by evaporating the |
brines of lakes and wells and the sea |
as well as from rock salt mines.
An electric railway to be 400 miles |
long and to cost $4,000 900 is to be |
with the appreciation OF |
the government to the extent of $4,000
300, connecting the states of Tabasco,
Hucatan, Chiapas and Campeche, Mex
leo.
For preserving timber from decay an
has patented a new treat
ment consisting of immersing the tim
Der in a solution Of arSenous acid and |
an alkali until thoroughly impregnated,
after which a coating of sulphate of
copper is applied.
The Americans introduced the first |
sewing machines into China after great
difficulties and taught the Chinese their
use, and today in the furnishing cities
II Shanghai, HOngkong and even in
Peking the tailoring establishments are
benefited by them.
German army authorities are now
on a cotton stuff as a
for balloons. 1t is treated
with rubber before being used The
fabric is said to have great strength
and is better than silk. which is apt to
generate electricity.
An odd cycling freak is to trim a
piece of brown paper to fit the lens Of
he lamp and in it to cut eyes, nose and
mouth. The effect is certainly star
ling. 1t resembles at short distance
he deaths head that rustic youths
,arve from turnips and light up with
.andle fixed inside.
The enlarged portrait swindler. who
has found so large and fruitful n field
n this country, has reached Paris.
fhe concierges OF apartment houses in