The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-16
KNOWLEDGE IN BRIEF.

In Bavaria only per cent Of the army re.
cruits have sound teeth.
A German physician Or. Bruhacher, declares
that 1875 per cent. OF dyspeptics have unsound
teeth.
Tasmania in proportion to its area, is the
richest Of Australasias colonies in mineral
wealth.
At the German universities there we're last
winter 3i,363 students; at the French, 2o,ool
students.
Oxford undergraduates who do not dine in
the college halls will be hned S. for each
dinner hereafter.
In Oxfordshire, England. the superstition pre-.
walls that the arrival Of a German band in a
village portends rain.
Our ostrich farms are profitable. Birds are
worth 800 apiece and A good specimen yield;
about S25, worth OF feathers at plucking.
Few women consider that they carry some 40
or 50 miles of hair on their head; the fair.
haired may even have to dress 20 miles OF threads
OF gold every morning.
The oldest known weapon was the club. The
clubs Of the lake dwellers Of Switzerland. stud.
ded with stones in default Of nails, and thus
making formidable weapons, have been recov.
cred from their habitations.
The population Of Belgium, according to Of.
hcial figures, reached 6,7+,532 on December 81,
1899. OF which total 3,362.43ia were males.
2is5,3s4 spoke Flemish only, o,4s5,o72 spoke
French only. and 7oo9o7 both languages.
The greatest river is the Amazon. 1t is navi'
gable for ocean steamers for 1000 from its
mouth. At parts Of its course one bank cannot
be seen from the other; the observer seems TO
be looking out upon a sea OF fresh water.
The population Of Idaho has increased So per
cent since 1900 that Of Montana 70 per cent,
North Dakota 81, Wyoming As, and Washington
45. Nevada is the only state which shows an
actual decrease in its population since 1890.
Last year the markets Of New York paid
as revenue into the city treasury s25s,o00 from
rents exclusive of s4s, 900 collected from stalls
and privileges in Walabout market Brooklyn,
and So 900 from market cellar rents, total OF
more than $500, 900
Glasgow University conferred l20 honorary de.
grees Of doctor Of laws on the occasion nj its
four hundred and hftieth anniversary. Among
the American recipients were Professor William
G. Farlow, Of Harvard, Professor Thomas d.
Seymour OF Yale, and Professor Paul. Haupt Of
Johns Hopkins.
The Roman pen, or STYLUS, was an iron i'm.
plement. sharp at one end like an awl and fat
at the other like paper cutter. 1t was used for
writing on tablets OF wood or ivory covered
with wax. The sharp end was employed for
writing and the fat for erasing or correcting
what was written.
Among the British newspapers there are now
100 Advertisers, $50 Timeses, lio Newses, l2s
Gazettes, l20 Chronicles, 10 Heralds, loi Jour
mails, 96 Expresses. 70 Guardians. 6s Observers,
As Standards and az Mercurys. There are 40
Free Presses, IS Telegraphs, 81 Mails, 30 Posts,
90 Independents, 90 Couriers and as many Ex.
sminers and % Echoes.
The frst labor day Japan ever knew was
observed in Toxic on April last The cele.
brstion was proposed and managed by the Niroku
Shnpo, a newspaper, "a friend OF the labor
ing man" Scarcely tee days had passed after
the Arst announcement OF the Niroku' under.
taking when more than $4,000 laborers eagerly
secured their tickets OF admittance to the pic.
mic
The four states in which there were no Proh.
bition votes cast at last years general election
were South Carolina, in which the dispensary
system oi liquor selling by the state exists;
Wyoming, the pioneer American constituency
10 adopt woman suffrage; Nevada, the only state
which is losing its population, and Mississippi,
in which the proportion OF voters Is less to
the population than in any other state
The South includes onefourth Of the total
area and one.third Of the population OF the
United States Its cotton and cottonseed alone
gave il an income last year of s5i5 900, ,OOo--the
largest value of any single crop in the world
Its corn and lumber products brought in the
snug sum Of 3o0,0oO,ooo. Moreover, the South
raises so per cent. oi all American tobacco
mines 90 per cent of all its coal, produces ls
per cent Of its iron, has 30 per cent. Of its
total railroad mileage, and steadily increasing
percentage Of its manufacturing.