The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-18
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

Out OF 10000 farmers in Norway, all hot
II 900 own their farms.
Cotton exports brought TO this country Sllo-
100000 more in 1900 than in 1899.
The first Rhine steamer made its first trips
from Rotterdam TO Cologne in 1915,
The customs receipts in sydney. G. D., IN
1900 were So2,9o3.io, ana in 1909 Sl325S1ol.
Passenger traffic between New York and Eur
rope in 1900 showed /. marked increase over
that OF several previous years
The largest sponge ever sent TO market was
from the MEDITERRANEAN; it was ten feet in cir
cumfcrence and three in diameter
The illiterate nations are chiefly Russia.
Spain, Turkey and the uuprogressyc nations Of
the Orient and of South America.
Dublin has only 90 acres less Of paris ian
London The latter has l, 500 acres. still both
cities are short of breathing spots.
genuine Stradvarius violin is worth what.
ever the person owning 1t may ask. At $1,000
it would not be deemed cXtravagant.
In an old curiosity shop near Westminster
is fishing bag formerly belonging to Izaak
Walton, bearing his initials and the date 1916
The total WELD OF the catch of fish in Canada
last year was s2i sol zoo, being an increase ri
about 81, 300, 900 the catch OF the precedn;
year.
The Penobscot tribe OF indians, which num-
bcIcd ai5 In 1850, /, now about 400 strong.
Maine app,opriatcs annually 5000 for their
beuett.
Foreign exports at New Orleans last year
reached a total OF $4,000, 900, the largest on
record and an increase over the previous year OF
Sij,000,000.
Three score aud 10 years in tue Psalmst's
measure OF life, but in Caithness, Scotland Il
man OF 20, unless married, is described lad,
or by his brother OF ~ as boy
An expert claims that the eastern slope of
| the Andes in South America Is richer in gold
than the klondke country and gold can be
taken with much less work and privation.
In 1900 Sweden had population Of 2350,Ooo,
and at the present time. in spite OF the large
| emigration which has given 1,0oo,0oo people
| 10 the United States the population Is $3.50, 900.
Sir Robert Ball has been telling a youthful
audience in England that every hundred years
| the sun loses ive miles OF its diameter. TO sl.
| lay anxiety, however, he mentioned that the di.
| ameter OF the sun is $4,000 miles, and that
| 10000 years hence the diameter would still be
| $4,000 miles.
| Japan has Of late years greatly increased her
| cavalry, and still more recently added nearly
| forty held 5attere. TO her artillery, and as the
country itself produces practically no horses
suitable for this purpose, the necessity for i'm.
| porting them is urgent.
| The school commissioner o' New York city
have just made public the list OF anitors o!
school buildings for the coming year. 1t APP
pears that the average pay of jantors is about
| one.third greater than the average nav OF
teachers in the public schools.
| branch of the Society Of Nayeovcr de
scendants has been organized in Wisconsin. The
new oHshoot has started out with os ncmbprs
| % Of whom are women. 10 he eligible ono mrs,
b. a Iineal descendant Of a Messenger who land
ed from the MayAower at Plymouth in Decem
Der, 1890
The Vermont custom of not hanging 4, CON
victed murderer until two wears after The pass
| ing OF the death sentence upon him Is foundcd
on the assumption that any possible doubt a.
to his guilt will be removed in that time. ant
all danger Of putting an innocent man 70 dealt
Is thus eliminated
During the wear inst ended IN. total amount
OF public beaueSts in this country WAS $40 i6I a;
against $40, 7io.o65 in 1899 Tho amount Give,
10 educational institutions In 1900 was sai o32 "a,
| TO charities, sI3.6oI. 722. 10 churches. ~ 100
COS; TO museums and art galleries 50 I45 3al
and to libraries. 40 06l Ooo
| A watch. believed IN have be.u lost som,
time about 1927 which has been found o, POI,
| erly Island at the r,outb of the Conrocti,rr
river, IA attracting great attention from ami
ouarisns This watch is n large silver ono an,
on the inside OF The oute, case ia cnurayed .
name which cannot h, made ont and tho dat
1927
A sensation was cap.sd In Ne,y Westp,inster
near Vancouver. ths other dsy. nv th. disc,v
ery of $40 worth Of sne and coarse Grain gol,
In the cron oi a wild goose The goose wa
shot at Pitt lake. which II fad bv pun,ero,,
mountain streams lbe s,nd bsrs along IN