The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-29
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

France has 30 organ manufactures.
Africa contains S0oo0,o00 Mohamme-
dams to about 200, 100000 Inhabitants.
Twenty-eight different kinds Of food
are needed to feed the animals in the
Berlin zoo.
There are about 117.0oo novels in the
Paris National library and nearly &c.,
900 volumes of French poetry.
During the siege of Peking the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and the
missionaries who were shut Up in the
British embassy ate so mules.
The city7of Moscow will expend 49,
100000 rubles, or about S24,G00,o0o,
on new waterworks.. The city has now
a population of over 100000.
a Christmas tree for. dogs was one
of the features of a Chicago mans
celebration Of that holiday. The man
has eight dogs, all fond of candy. He
has no children.
A permanent life line, consisting Of
strong wire cable. has been stretched
along the entire distance of the Chicago
drainage canal, "a miles. to be used. in
case of, accident. :.
The American quail imported into
| Sweden some time, ago seem to thrive
and increase in n 'mber. 1t remains to
be seen. however. whether the birds
can stand the long winters there.
The apartment which the late King
[!Humbert Of italy used to occupy at the
Quitinal has been shut. Nothing will
be changed in it,. and none but men,
bers of the royal family will be allowed
to visit it. -. -
There are ,23,77s. young men in the
medical colleges Of the United States,
less than half as many, ~11,S74, in the
klaw schools and only about one-third
as many, S,261, in the theological SEM
E-inaries.
Italian maearonI IS no longer made
by hand, but by machinery. According
to the British consul at Naples about
| 10000 cases of macaroni are annually
exported to England and 100000 to the
I United States. - - :
The town Of Eatonville, Fla, has
1900 inhabitants, with not "a single
| white among them. It has its full
quota of public officials, bank and
other business estab blishments requisite
in town Of its size. - -
The lake regions seem to be attract
| i've to- people. In Ohio during the last
ten years the largest rate Of increase III
population was in the lake cities and
counties. The same conditions are true
Of the states Of Michigan and AEiscon'
sin. -. ..,..-.~..,s -.
About i, ,ooQ, 900 Italians are exposed
t to malarial fever: There. are about
100000 cases every year, with an
| average mortality OF 1900: This
proves that mosquitoes are more dead
ly in Italy than snakes and tigers IN
! -India,r.: ;s4.-sey- g. ..es :. 10 80
London hasa new dance caliedethe
C, ". The couples are arranged
as in other quadrilles, but. the. mu::
| sic rattles right through the dance
without a pause, embracing the most
popular movements used in ordinary
1 uuadrilles and some new ones.
s. There are 1,1o0 Chinese pupils il
Queens college, Hongkong, varying in
age from % up to %, and many OF
them have family cares in the shape OF
wife and children at home. Each
year sees decrease in the proportion
of married schoolboys, and the aver
age age becomes less every year.
tuberculosis has been placed among
the diseases which are subject to guar.
! antine The commissioner Of inami-
grafton has so decided in the case Of q
1 japanese, arrived at San francisco
from Japan i'll with this lung trouble.
ttxwas decided that the patient could
not land, but must return to the port
from which he sailed.
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