The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-26
FACTS IN FEW Lines

To provide the number of coal black
changers required by the Duke Of Corn
wall and York and his staff on the oc-
tslsion Of reviews the militia depart
ment at Ottawa will buy up black
horses for the permanent corps.
The amount of milk received in New
York daily is about / ,OO0. 900 quarts. In
extremely warm weather this amount
is often exceeded by one-ffth. The
supply comes from points ranging from
20 to $50 miles distant from the city.
King Edward III. that may be has
completed his seventh year and receiy-
ed as birthday present from his
grandfather, King Edward VII, BIZ
cycle. The frame measures IL inches
and the wheels 20 inches in diameter.
BY composing the statistics Of Eng
Hsh and Scotch universities in given
year it was found that Scotland, with
a population Of 3,725, 900. had $500 uni
versity students, while England had
only 5000 students cut of popula ton
about six times as great.
There are in London enough teetetal
estates to make up a good sized
town. The Shaftesbury park, Queens
park, Noel parkjand Leighame court es-
tates are all managed On abstinence
hines. They cover more than 800 acres
and have population of over $4,000.
There are now about 100000 juvenile
abstainers in Britain
One reads of the grave Turk" and
the sober Egyptian" but it is not re-
corded that they have never moments
I O. mirth when the fez hobs or the veil
shakes under the pressure of some par
ticularly good thing" In Mohammed
himself Christian writer's have noted
cordially and jocoseness, and they
say there is a good, ringing laugh in
the prophet with all his seriousness.
Parts of magnificent manuscript Of
the gospel Of St. Matthew were found
last year near Sfnepe and bought for
the Bibliotheque Rationale at Paris.
Two of the pages which were missing
have been recently discovered at Mari
pol, on the sea of Azov, and bought by
the local museum. The volume was
made of velEum, tinted with purple and
written in large golden uncials in
Greek. as.........
The report of the deputy master Of
/ England's mint, issued recently, shows
that in the year 1900 the output of new
money in England was beyond all prec-
edent. The total number of coins struck
! was 1O7, 6S9, 513, representing 102 tons
| of standard gold, 234 tons of standard
| silver and 391 tons of bronze. In addi-
ton nearly 100000 pieces were
struck in the colonial minis. The mon
ey coined in Eneland alone amounted
to Els, ,169.
Old mirrors in old time gilt frames,
especially oval ones, are quite fad of
| fashionable folk. A very smart house
| recently furnished for a wealthy New
Yorker has had low mahogany buffet
| in the dining room and over it a very
handsome mirror in triple effect. The
three pieces of mirror weres oval, the
center one a trifle larger than the two
end ones. Then the beautiful gilt frame
bound them an together, giving an eff
| feet of oneness.
/ This years appropriation for the
diplomatic and consular service Of the
United States is 81 ,346, 900, or ene-third
| of what the new agricultural depart
ment costs, one-half the sum appro-
priated for the expensestof, The city of
Washington and one-sixth of the ap-
preparation foE-the nations wards, the
surviving Indians. The United States
expends less for it's consular and dip
lomatic service than any other country
/ of the first class.