The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-27
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.

The Christian Endeavor society is now
! represented in every country of the
! world.
The total distance Of the projected
| "Cape to Cairo railroad in Africa is 1864
| miles.
The Salvation Army has opened a new
| food and shelter depot at Wellington,
| New Zealand.
, A miners lamp using acetylene gas.
, has been introduced into the Selbeck
! mines of Germanv.
The grandson of the first woman to
! become Christian in Eululand was re-
| Gently ordained a missionary.
Competent judges have estimated the
number of deer slain by sportsmen in
| Maine in one season to be 10000.
While cents Is the lowest price at
| which one can get shaved In New York
| the lowest price for a haircut Is cents.
A hunter has been employed by the
Canadian government to kill wild ami
| mails for its exhibit at the Paris Exposl-
| ton.
Texas Is the greatest pecan nut grow
ing state in the Union. 1t produces two
| thirds Of the pecan nuts that are mar
keted.
A Chicago company proposes to furnish
| electric light and trolley power for San
Juan, Porto Rico and all the country for
miles around.
lnlS year tne tnltcu otdtcS Will eApOit
about 100000 bushels of its wheat crop,
about so0oo,ooO Of which will be in the
| form Of -four.
Eighteen thousand bills and joint rCsO-
lutions were presented by members in
the last congress. 1260S in the house and
| 5,S55 in the senate.
Lake shipping furnishes the cheapest
transportation In the world. the rate be-
ing approximately three-quarterS of a
mill per ton per mile
The Salvation Army has taken han
in Paris close to the Exposition build
irgss where services will be conducted
daily for the benefit of visitors.
Table Mountain, at Cape Town, South
Africa, is a magnificent natural curiosity.
1t is nearly 4,cOO feet in height, and has
level top about three square miles In
, area
In the Drakensburc Mountains, In Ma
tai. is a natural formation known as
Napoleons Kop. 1t gives an eXcellent
bust representation of the Little Cor
poral.
AS now surveyed from New York to
Buenos Ayres the intended Pan-Ameri-
can railroad would be 1921 miles lorg.
To finish and equip 1t would cost at
least $500 600 900.
In Manila the Presbyterian missiona-
ries hold services every Sunday in the
Young Mems Christian associations tent,
and on Thursday evening In the private
residences of Filipino, who himself has
been Bible reader for many years.
An association of women in Oregon
has been formed to work against the
wOmans suffrage amendment which is to
be voted on in that state next year.
These women say woman's suffrage has
proved itself a failure in school elections.
An Ohio man has patented street car
floor which will prevent people treading
on sitting passengers toes, the edges of
tho floor being double. with the upper
thickness supported at intervals on
brackets to lift it high enough to allow
the passengers toes to slip under.
The Second Unitarian church, of Bos.
ton, recently celebrated its two hundred
and fiftieth anniversary. Samuel Mather
was the first minister of this church.
Afterward Increase and Cotton Mather
filled the pulpit, and 1t was here that
| Emerson served his only pastorate.
The first armored trains used i'm war;
fare were crudely built affairs and orig
mated during the civil war. In spite Of
this early use, it is a strange fact that
no patents have been issued in this coun-
try for armored cars, though English in
vcntors have made many important inn
provements.
1t has been almost universally noted,
says the Family Doctor that wherever
in the world fesh-eating is increasing.
! cancer is Increasing at the same ratio.
F., The rice-eating natives of India are al
| most wholly free from cancer, while
pork-eaters and free users of animal
| food suffer from 1t.
Another of the monster blasts which
| are at intervals brought off at the large
Quarries at Furnace. on Lochiynesde,
| Argyleshire, took place recently and
| proved successful. There We're four tons
| Of powder used, and it was estimated
! that some 10000 tons of rock were dis
| lodged by that blast.