The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-07-04
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The shipping trade along the Central
American coasts is to large extent In
German hands.
The Bank of France compels custom
ers checking out money to accept at
least one-fifth in gold coin.
Three hundred Mediterranean lemons
yield only 20 ounces of citric acid
against % ounces by the California
fruit ts
A Strassburg newspaper reports the
discovery at Neustadt of the bones Of
reindeer while digging a cellar four
yards deep.
A New York paper says the biggest
industry in that state Is the public
school system, with 1,2O9,574 pupils
and 81, 900 teachers. 49,
Ascension island, the British station
in the south Atlantic, has been connect
ed by cable with Sierra Leone and
thereby with England.
OF the 2O,6OS,251 bottles of cham
payne exported from France in the
past IL months it appears that at least
100000 bottles came to this country.
Officers who lose arms or legs in the
service Of the British army will in fu-
ture be supplied with artificial limbs at
the cost of the government. No provi-
sion, it seems, Is made for the private.
It is said that at present the new
steamship Celtic cannot be loaded to
her utmost capacity, as she would in
that event probably ground ~ the bar
of New York harbor, where the depth
at low water is about 80 feet.
Last year the coinage of gold in the
United States amounted to $1O7,937,-
ITO, bringing the total of gold coined
from the foundation Of the mint to ST.
147.OSS,113. At the present rate that
total Will be duplicated within the next
20 years.
There has been a marked decrease in
the population of French India of late
In five settlements. with a total of 273,-
185 inhabitants, there has been a de-
crease of more than 1000 in the last
ten years, though they have been free
from famine and plague.
Frosts are unknown in the orange
belt of southern California, and the
growers are constantly experimenting,
with the result that the fruit has been
brought to state Of perfection scarce
~ dreamed Of Is years ago, when it
was coarse and stringy. with more pulp
than Juice.
American material for the building Of
railroads, tramways, etc., continues to
be exclusively employed in Mexico.
The latest order in that line placed in
the United States amounted to a large
figure, for it was destined for three
lines of tramway around Medina, in the
state of Yucatan.
Owing to the ravages Of the peronos-
pora, the larva Of a small moth, in the
wine growing provinces of Greece,
great distress exists, in some districts
the people being absolutely starving.
Whole families are leaving their homes,
most of them migrating to America,
1000 people having left lately. ..N
In order to obviate the frequent dis
putes as to the ages Of children the
steamboat authorities in Switzerland
have decided that in every case where
doubt arises the child must be meas
ured. All children under two feet are
to have free passage, while nose be-
tween two feet and four feet are to pay
half fares.
The dressing of the hair is the most
important part of Chinese woman's
toilet The district she comes from
may always be known from the man.
ner in which she does her hair. 1t also
indicates her station in life. Young
girls, whether married or single, wear
cues, eoiling up their hair. as their
western sisters. do, on attaining a GER
tain age.
For military and naval purposes the
nations of Europe spend annually
$75O,OO0.OOO. They keep under arms
continually more than 100000 men.
with six times as many ready to fly
to arms when the word "mobilize' is
spoken. 1t is estimated that the COM
munity loses at least 5000 a year for
each man who is kept under arms and
is therefore unproductive.
The RESERVATIONS which are now being
carried out in the Castle of st. Angelo,
Rome, have resulted in the discovery
Of some curious frescoes of the if
teenth century. 1t is even hoped that
possibly thick coatings Of whitewash
still cover the frescoes by Pinturrichio,
representing the whole of the Borgia
family. That such frescoes existed in
the time of julius II Is proved.
In many parts of Spain the ''stove''
In general use is made from an empty
petroleum oil can by cutting a hole
near the bottom on one Of the sides to
make draft, the can being lined with
gypsum to the pleasure of the con-
structor, giving the fire space accord
ingly. The stove thus made, primitive
as it is in appearance, is effective in
purpose and costs the equivalent Of but
few cents of our money.
The latest fad of critics, the New
York Press says, is to rebel against
the names of months. They point out
that 1t is absurd for Europeans and
Americans Of today to dedicate one
sixth of the year to the memory of
Julius Caesar and Augustus, to name a
third after heather gods and god
desses, to have two months of doubtful