The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-12-20
FACTS IN FEW LINES

square niles greater imam the UnlIeu
States
Ireland has 4OS ablebodied persons
to 1000 inhabitants, Scotland 424 and
England 432.
Nova Scotia fruit has been we'll re
ceived on the Scotch and English mar
kets this year.
In North Carolina ard Louisiana only
three persons out of every four can
read and write.
The Chinaman carries a fan, even if
he is a soldier on active service or if
he is going to his execution.
Losses in sheep, stock, wool and sug-
al represent for last year alone in
Queensland total of f7,50O,000.
An American dealer has reduced the
price Of ice in Rouen, France, in one
year from 800 francs ton to so francs.
The alarming increase of drunken
ness among women in large centers in
England is creating disquiet in many
quarters.
In Ye Olde Seven Stars inn Man.
chester boasts the oldest public house
in all England. 1t has been licensed
for $50 years.
The three largest cities in Sweden
are Stockholm, with about 100000 in
, habitants; Gothenburg, with 1000,
and Malmo, with G1,000.
Irrigation has converted the South
American desert valleys near the city
of Mendoza into some Of the most pro-
ductive vineyards in the world
The official entomologists of Georgia
predict that within a few years the
empire state of the south will contain
more than 10O,0OO,OOO fruit trees.
The royal crown of Persia, which
dates back to remote ages, is in the
form Of pot Of flowers surmounted by
an uncut ruby the size of a hens egg.
The quickest passage from Europe to
Australia is now made by a line of
French steamships sailing from Mar
seilles. The trip consumes thirty-four
days.
There are 1853 Chinese in the Unit
ed States and "A 23G Japanese. In ten
years the Chinese have decreased IT,
625, and the Japanese have increased
22,2S7.
The number of children working in
the factories Of Germany today is lit
tie more than one-third Of what it was
in 1895, but the laws are still often
evaded.
In some parts of the north of Scot
land fisher folk turn back if, hare or
pig crosses their path, and at sea they
never pronounce the name of the hare,
the pig, the salmon, the trout or the
dog.
Leeds, England, has a teetotal work
house. The cost Of intoxicants in the
institution is under a farthing per head
per annum, brandy being the only slim
ulant used, and that solely for the in
! Urinary patients.
The Manchester Guardian says that
the collections in the printroom Of the
British museum have recently been en-
riched by the gift from a Spanish col
lectOr of q number Of original etchings
for illustrations to Wagner's operas
and other musical compositions.
The royal library at Windsor castle
is about to be enlarged by the inclusion
Of a room adjoining, hitherto used
by the lord in waiting. This will
enable many thousand more volumes
to be added to the hundred thousand
valuable works now on the shelves.
In Paris the getting out of artistic
menu cards is generally intrusted to
young women. One young lady has
been particularly successful in this
work. Her last unique idea was the
decoration Of menu cards with insects,
with their wings silvered and gilded.
The New Zealand government has
decided that swimming and life saw
ing shall be taught in all it's schools
The Life Saving societys method has
been adopted and 1000 handbooks
and charts have been sent by order of
| the government for the use of school
| masters.
Since 1912 the United States has
grown over $27 ,2OO,OOO,OOO of corn, over
$19,65O, 100000 of hay, over $780,
100000 of wheat, over SIS, 10000, 900 Of
oats, over $39SO,OOO,OOO of potatoes,
over $1,75O, 100000 Of barley, over $780,
| 100000 Of tobacco and over $300,00O.-
| 900 of buckwheat.
The new Spanish income tax sched-
| ule is based on the idea of taxing bust
| ness profits wherever found. Banks
| must pay Is per cent of their income
| to the government, besides 5 per cent
more on all dividends paid. while or
binary corporations must pay y per
| cent on income and S per cent on divi-
! dends.
| The island Of Java, which is nearly
| 673 miles long and about 125 miles
| wide and located only three degrees
off the equator, has the distinguishing
position of supplying practically all the
| cinchOna bark from which the worlds
supply of quinine is made. There are
about $4,000 acres of this island used
| in growing cinchons.
! The semicentennial of the birth of
Kansas City will occur in 1903, and
| the suggestion is made that it be OBJ