The Seattle Republican., 1901-05-31

OF INTEREST
Of Points and Things of
Public Interest.


Public Interest.
RELIABLE FACTS
England's Telegraph Experiment
Remarkable Polish Wedding
Distance Through the Earth
Klondike Royalties and Reve-
nues - London's Population
Mint's Coinage-Uncle Sans
War Expenses-World's Wheat
Crop Since Record Has Been
Kept.
Africa is said to have 2OO,000,000
people who have never seen a Bible
or heard the gospel preached.
An argument against government
ownership of telegraph lines is found
in England's experiment in this mat
ter, she having lost 100000 since
she first took hold of them, and her
annual loss in operating telegraph
lines at present being So, ,500,0O0.,,
Speaking about California, the
Golden Gate state, it is learned from
an official source that it is $50 miles
long and contains 158,000,300
square miles.
At a marriage in Poland recently
the bridegroom was 88 years old,
while the bride was but IS. In at
tendance at the wedding were eleven
sons of the bridegroom by a former
marriage, the eldest Of whom was
so years old and the youngest Al
There were also present of the bride
groom sixty-three grandchildren,
thirty-nine great grandchildren,
twenty-one children Of the fourth
generation and four of the fifth.
The famous Black Bull inn Of
London, the house in which Sarah
Camp laid the scenes of ''Sairey's
Tea Talks With Her Friend Betsy
Prig," is to be torn down. The house
is 800 years old and is near the home
of Dickens.
Sugar is said to have made its first
appearance in Europe in A. D. 1926,
coming from Asia.
Scientists now claim that thev
have made accurate measurements of
the earth and its diameter through
the equator is 1926 miles. The
earth according to this report is fiat
tened at the poles, which is proven
by this measurement. It cost $780,
900 to complete the work.
Reports from Mexico say that the
volcano Popocatapetl was used as a
source for sui phur more than 400
years ago.
The state Of Florida has decided
to continue its convict lease system
to the highest bidder for another
four years.
The government of Russia has is
sued an edict against school girls
wearing corsets, to which the corset
makers reply, corsets worn by school
girls under IA years Of age are harm
less, as they are never tightly laced.
From statistical reports it is learn
ed that there are 10000 persons in
this country engaged in making
lamp chimneys.
The average wages Of 73,845 en-
plOyes of industries in New HamD-
shire was $354.42 per year of $685.
per week.
The fire at the home of Thomas
B. Wanamaker, near Philadelphia.
consumed rare paintings valued at
$50O,000.
Capt. A. B. Lucas. the first man
to strike oil mean Beaumont, Texas.
has been sued for $4,OOO,OOO by Pat
lilo Higgins, who claims to have
given him information of the where
abouts of oil.
Up to 1901 the Canadian govern
ment had collected ROYALTIES from
the Klondike placer mines amount
ing to $2,040,192.61. The same
government has received revenues
since 1896 from the Yukon territory
amounting to $4,376,673.16.
The coal product of Great Britain
represents 5O,OOO,OOO horse power
per annum or the work of OOOO
working people.
The Fifth Avenue hotel of New
York is to be torn down and a hotel
sky-scraper twenty-five stories high
is to be erected in its stead.
1t is learned from Chicago paper
that there are 100000 pianos in use
in Chicago Fifty years ago there