The true northerner., 1900-08-17
HERE AND THERE
Automobile omnibuses cost as high
as $4,000.

Automobile omnibuses cost as high
as $4,000.
The attempts to introduce the AM
erican brook trout in Enslish waters
hive no, heretofore proved sace essfui.
Alb ut fifty per cent. of the school
boys OF the District of Columbia use
tobacco ia some form.
Cigarettes are smoked almost exclu-
sively in Germany. Austria, Russia
lnd Greece. and generally through Lu-
rope.
An automobile recently covered the
distance from Coventry 10 London, 92
miles, In four hours, this being an av-
erage of 23 miles an hour.
Experience in the Russian winter
manoauvres shows that fer marching
snow is much more tiring than ordi-
nary muddy roads.
The tigers stretch exceeds that or
the lion. Five men can easily hold
down lion. but nine are required 10
subdue tiger.
One of the few parts of Windsor
Castle which has remained unchanged
since its first construction, in ll64, is
the royal hllcnen.
The official estimate Of the mineral
wealth of Siberia would indicate that
this country is, minerally speaking,
one of the richest In the world,
There is no canning industry among
the Chinese. All their sauces ard
oompotes are preserved in earthenware
Jars. or in old wine and beer bottles.
Good chairs are the most difficult
pieces o. Old furniture 20 find they
receive harder use than any other
pieces OF furniture, and oonse luently
wear out quicker.
The biggest pontoon bridge in the
world is being constructed on the lyme
for the Spanish goyernm mt III Will
be in six sections, and is capable Oh
bearing up $4,000 tons.
In st. Helena there are descendants
of cotored men. who Mo.e biOdght TO
the ISLANDS l0O years aso. I-ey are as
black as their distant cous as on the
coast of Guinea.
Switzerland has Nv about sixty
macaroni and noodle toc,oii 8, when
supply the whole demerd Of the coun-
try. although the Swiss come next 10
the Italians as macaroni IA ers.
There is at least one country in the
world where IL costs nothing to die. III
some of the cantons Of switzerland all
of the dead, rich as well as poor, are
buried at the public expense.
The enlarged use of crown filings
or complete gold teeth that has been
developed in the last ten years mas
taken from our gold supply a very
large quantity of the metal.
new educational plan is being
tried in Copenhagen. No books are
used but the boys are instructed orally
when they perform at the same time
some light manual labor.
What is said to be the oldest living
creature in the world belongs to Mr..
Walter Rothschild. 1t is a giant tor
toise. weighing quarter of ton, and
Il has lived for $50 years.
In the province of Quebec the eiti-
zens solace themselves with home
grown tobacco They have patriotic
idea that 1t is superior 10 the plant
raised in any other country.
South Bend, Ind, a city OF 4l.OOO
people. had no less than fourteen no.
tells of various grades. Among them
is the Oliver, which was built at a cost
OF 5000 goo, and is considered by tray
cling men the finest in Indiana, If not
In the West. Mr.. Oliver. who built
the hotel. was reproached by friend
for putting 80 much money in an en-
terprise that was sure to lose him
money. He replied that he built the
hotel as a monument And" said he,
"if it does not cost me more than $780,
600 a year, / will not complain
The mercury at Cape Nome, Alaska,
from January Is to January %, rang
ed from 16 degrees below zero to 3S
below. January 26 it rose to degrees
above, and till February II II contin-
ued above, reaching 20 degrees.