The leader., 1900-02-21
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.


The banana produces per acre A
times more food than the potato and
131 times more than wheat.
1t is reported that an English capital.
list Is thinking Of investing a large sum
OF money In tea culture In South Caro-
lima.
"Crumwell' Is how the protectors
name was pronounced in the old DAYS,
and this Is how Lord Rosebery speaks
of him.
Blue eyed people are rarely color
blind. The gray eyed are usually the
best In distinguishing slight variations
in tints.
Should Russia ultimately succeed In
her scheme for dominating Asia she
will become mistress of some 10000
900 people.
There Ia practically no difference. so
far as the food value Is concerned, be-
tween the white shelled and the brown
shelled egg.
Albemarle island Is the largest Of the
Galapagos Islands. Its area Is 1880
square miles, and 1t has n peak 400
feet In height,
Tho French peasants who live near
the sewage farms of Paris have enter
ed protest because of the contamina-
ton of their wells.
The three chief characteristics Of Pc
king, the Chinese capital, which most
impress the newly arrived visitor are
dust, stencil and dogs
ANY artist In any country may COM
pete for the annual prize Of $500 left
by Rosa Bonheur to be awarded the
best painting in the Paris salon.
The only embassy in Washington
that flies the flag of foreign country
Is that Of China. The flag of the Chi
neso empire is always displayed there.
The report of the new Panama Canal
company shows that nearly half of the
new capital Of 65,OOO,Oo0 francs has
been expended in the four years out
lay.
In all the towns of the Philippine Is
lands which are under American con-
troll any native who may be found out
Of doors after $50 p. IN. without pass
Is fined So.
There has been on exhibition In
Wetherby, Yorkshire, what is claimed
to be the largest bullock in the world
1t stands III hands high and weighs
nearly ton and half.
Cooperative factories in Great Brit
ain last year made profits aggregating
over S1,000.O00 on Il capital of a little
over $11 100000. This is more than 10
per cent on the Investment.
At recent auction sale in Paris
copy of the 1865 edition of the Fables
of Lafontaine" brought 500 francs. 1t
belonged originally to one of the court
ladies of Queen Marie Antoinette.
Experiments made in Baden, Ger
many, in regard to coeducation have
convinced the authorities that there is
no harm in it and that it has advan-
tages, especially in the smaller towns.
New Mexico contains nearly 10000
600 acres. OF these there are about
24,0OO,000 acres contained in land
grants, Indian and military reserva-
lions, railroad grants and government
entries.
-Four million seven hundred thousand
cubic yards is in round numbers the
amount of material that has been re-
moved from Duluth-Superior harbor
under the continuous contract in the
season Of 1899.
Several soda lakes have been found
in the foothills near Ashcroft, B. c.
Their bottoms and shores are incrusted
with a natural washing compound con-
tanning borax and soda quite equal to
the washing powders in common use.
In Paris a newspaper publishes some
statistics which show that in a certain
period only l death and 33 injuries
were caused by automobiles, and dur
ing this time CT deaths and 745 injuries
were caused by vehicles drawn by
horses.
4 Missouri farmer announces as a
result of series Of experiments that
with corn at % cents bushel the first
100 pounds Of hog cost the breeder
81, the second 100 cost $2.75, the third
$3.50, and the last 100 pounds Of a
porker weighing 400 cost $4.25.
The water used at President McKin-
ley's table at the White House is OBJ
tanned from an old spring In Franklin
square, which once supplied several
other house in Washington, but which,
since the introduction of more modern
systems, is now used by the White
House alone.
The papers of India speak Of Lady
Curzon as heroine because of her no.
Bile courage in accompanying the vice.
roy on his tour for the relief of the
plague stricken districts. The personal
devotion and self sacrifice Of the vice
rene are said to be winning the heart
Of all classes.
Between Higuera and Vallena, in CO.
quimbo province, Chile, the report
comes that most remarkably rich dis
covery has been made. Manganese,
copper, gold and silver are reported in
quantities and richness to change the
financial conditions Of the country il
they are developed.
An elephant in the Paris zoo had the
toothache so much that he became
melancholy, and a surgeon found one
of his teeth so far gone 1t had to be ell
Their filed or pulled. 1t was decided to
fill it. No an9sthetic was given the
big animal, which seemed to under
stand the surgeon was working for its
good, and 1t patiently stood the ham,
mering and filing.
The London Lancet says 1t is doubt
full whether any nicotine ever reaches
the mouth Of the smoker except that
present in the moistened tobacco which
is in contact with the lips. The smoke
products of tobacco do not contain any
important quantity Of nicotine. the
chief toxic bodies before related to
that interesting series Of organic bases
known to chemists as pyridines.
An Editors Life Saved by Chamberlain's