Richmond daily palladium., 1901-11-28
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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In Prussia 5.o1o men and l.349 wo
men committed suicide in 1859.
The retail price Of meats IN Chicago
is higher than it has been for years
+ Large quantities OF American coal
/ are called for in the region Of I'a.es
tine
I The native Indian tribes of Alaska
number 29.536. a gain of 4.1o2 IN reu
years.
/ Manchester England. has mere pub
+ lie houses than any other city in thf
( kingdom
There are 10000 Rritons living il
the United Kingdom NJ present who
were born in the colonies
/ Recent Investigations enable New
i York city 10 point 10 her asphalt pay
/ ing as tie costiiest on earth
] Malaria continues TO be d greater
I scourse of the British army in India
( than any other fatal disease.
/ The census of 1900 shows that there
1 are 13.191 negroes 10 every lea.G1
/ whites compared with I351o in 1880
The total value of the manufacture
/ of bricks and tiles in the United States
/ in 1900 was SI6336.S1l and Of pottery
T
! $40. 76S.G7o.
I japanese cotton mills have no advan
+ tage over American mills despite the
+ fact that the average daily wages for
men is L. cents and women 91a cents
I No fewer than 1900 Paris landlords
have refused 10 provide a proper drain
age system in their houses in accord
ance with the new sanitary regula tions
The worlds national indebtedness is
estimated at S31 POI. 149.214. ten times
as great as the worlds national debts
amounted to during the Napoleonic
wars.
Ten thousand English sovereigns.
after lying for nearly l25 years al the
bottom of East bay. Lake Champlain.
Lave been recovered and are now de
posted in the Allen National bank in
Parhaven.
The gas accounts of the city of Glas
gov show a total reveslue for the past
year of sSG9.492 and expenditure OF
fS42. .423. The quantity of gas made
was 6.Iol ,361 800 cubic feet and the
quantity sold 5.475. $4,000 feet.
The city of Philadelphia has in its
treasury more than $4,000 belon aging
10 peTSoUS WHO never tdlleu ioi IL " "Htb
their bonds. registered and nonregis
tered ma atured and became payable or
who left uncollected coupons on their
bonds
The newest floral wonder is the Shas
ia daisy. originated by a flower grower
of California. 1t measures a foot in
circumference and when one was ex
hibited recently in a florists window
in San Francisco people literally flock
ed 10 see it.
Deer forests are much more eXpen-
sive in Scotland than grouse moors.
They range from f1.000 to $4,000 or
even $4,000 for the season, according
TO the sport obtained and whether the
place gives salmon fishing and grouse
shooting as well as deerstalking.
Last year 3S6 tons of cigarettes. val
ued at Sl.73T. 900. or fully five times as
many as ten years ago. were consumed
in Germany. These cigarettes came
from France. Austria Hungary. Rus
sia, Turkey. Egypt. Algeria and the
United States, 60 per cent coming
from Egypt.
A good portion of the money invested
in Hawaii is owned by residents of the
islands. but some comes from the Unit
ed States. Not long ago loan of a
quarter of a million dollars on the es-
tates inherited by Prince David and
Prince Cupid was taken up by San
Francisco capital
The great iron ore companies of
Spain have combined under English
capital. and fifteen immense and mod
ern blast furnaces will be built as
quickly as the material can be fur
nished. England must have cheap steel
to meet American competition. and this
is the only way to get it.
Two large German iron concerns, the
Hasper and the Baroper which paid
respectively 80 per cent and 15 per cent
dividends last year. have passed their
1901 dividends. The Hasper carries
forward its entire net earnings as spe
cial reserve against possible losses on
the company's accumulated stock of
iron.
An arrangement has just been made
whereby the Berlin gas lamps in the
streets Will be lighted automatically
and simultaneously by means of an
electric attachment The current VIII
be switched on from the central sta
tion, and a spark will ignite The gas
which viii be turned on by a special
apparatus.
Paris is only just beginning 10 realize
the priceless treasures which il has Sc
cured by the late Baron Aduiph Roths-
child's bequeSt of mediaval gold and
silver smiths work TO the Louvre. 1t
will all go into one room, which is now
being prepared for il but it Will repre-
sent value of Si.oo0,0O Most OF the
objects are connected with religion.
In ST. Louis the nutcracking indus
try gives employment to considera-
BILE number of persons. there being
three plants in the city. The nut
crackers are driven by electricity. each
nut being fed individually into the