The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

In South Australia there are only s. women
for every 100 men.
The worker Wasps, like the worker bees are
smaller than the queens or males.
The worlds manufacturers Nsc ninety tons OF
gold and olj tons OF silver year
\ little railway at Onset Bay, On Cape Cod,
operates the only horse car in New England.
London has twcntv.onc municipal cemeteries
and ten which owned by private companies
A Detroit physician says that IS per cent. OF
the people have a touch OF consumption some
time in their lives.
The people OF arizona are returning thanks for
the heaviest rainfall there for twenty years
Rains are not an everyday occurrence in that
territory.
S,ccplc Clayton. in North Bucks, England
claims the distinction of being the first parish
to adopt the public libraries act in the reign
of King Edward VII.
The biggest aud most costly hotel in Boston is
to 20 IN this season on the site of the Bruins
wick. II is TO bc in elegance a rival of New
York's Wallorf.\storia.
The German papers allcgc that most Of the
purple drapcrv used in London at the queens
funeral. came from Germany, whence large or.
dcrs were executed ~ tho shortest notice.
Chinese are not entirely clothed In cotton
The ordinary annual crop OF silk in China is cs.
timatcd a, about 2looo.ooo pounds. of which
over bl per cent, u consumer IN inc country
where it is produced.
A vilvordr peasant has Just come into a for.
tune of G2,O0O.OOO. left to him by cousin who
died in Russia. ~ hen the dead mans father
WAS in misery the peasants father was the only
brother who would help him
The jury in IL recent trial in Wales comprised
one man named Hughes and eleven named Jones.
Seven of the latter bore the Christian name Of
John. The prisoners name the same as that
OF the seven jurois-John Jones.
The Rev. \. j, lIauShcy. OF Mason City. ILL.,,
has during his clerical career married 1887
couples md conducted over I.,loo funerals. So
lar as is known this record has not been ex.
ccedcd by any minister the country.
The automobile trip from Paris 10 Berlin,
which was 10 have taken place in May. is. by
arrangement between the Paris and Berlin clubs.
postponed until July 40. "Chautcurs" in Paris
intend TO do the trip within two days.
The Greek Inspector General Of Antiquities
states that the brcnze statue or a youth recently
discovered at Cereo, in the Ionan islands.
dates from the period OF Phidias. and is the
most perfect and beautiful relic OF antiquity yet
brought 10 light.
The Massachusetts commissioners OF prisons
suggest the commitment of common drunkards
for indcinitc periods and their employment in
ganu labor for the state. They point out that
payment OF fine does not make "A man any
the leSS II uTlnklIu, nor mas II mith, II any,
reformatory effect, whereas. iita their opinion.
the plan they suggest would aid in rcclaiming
them.
Since the patent office was first established. in
1900 only 5,157 patents have been granted to
women. There are other interesting figures.
There are other interesting figures. There have
been 40 patents issued to colorcd men, of whom
Is were granted to one inventor and - to an
other. More than so per cent OF the patents
issued are 10 citizens Of the United States.
One OF the most prominent Baptist preachers
in the vicinity of New York has made it prac-
tice in all his plstoratcS 10 write his resigna-
ton within week of his entrance upon a new
field sign. seal, and deliver it to the proper
official with the remark: "Thcre. now. Never
ask me for my resignation Whenever you want
me to 20 Just break open the envelope write
in date 10 the document and offer it to the
congregation"
Professor ". NJ Wheeler describes species Of
ants which raise mushrooms" for food. They
first cut leaves into small pieces and carry them
into their underground chambers Then they
reduce the leaves TO pulp, which they deposit
in heap. In this heap the myre'ium Of spr-
les oi fungus finds lodging, and, the subtcr.
,ancan conditions iavoring such result, minute
dwellings produced on the vegetable mass.
rhtse are the "m,lShrooms, which constitute
almost III, sole food oi the colony of ants that
cultivated them.