The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-31
KNOWLEDGE IN BRIEF.

Enelands rainfall is equal to 5000 tons on
the acre each year.
Belgium. according to the census Just taken,
has 6.sO0.OoO inhabitants.
In Csrada last year the os27 postofices for.
warded l73,2ss.5O0 letters. Such returns form
an essential postscript 10 prosperity's epistle.
Sheboygan, Wis, is pea raising district,
and recently all the clergy elmen save written
permissons to their focks to gather their crops
On Sunday to save IT,
The British girl is getting taller well
| as the American. Fifty years ago a medical
authority says the height Of very tall British
woman was feet 7 inches while now the
height averages 5 feet 6 inches TO feet 10
inches
Statistics show hat " the population NJ
Paris only 26 per cent. are natives, whereas the
figures for the other capitals Of Europe are
as follows: st. Petersburg, 40 per cent: Berlin,
Al per cent; Vienna. As per cent, and London,
65 per cent.
A miniature kangaroo has been discovered
in the Far West II strides around like kan
CARGO, making great Jumps on its hind legs
which are long and powerful. II also has a sur
prsingly long tail which adds TO its resemblance
to the msrsupisl after which it is named
A French deputy has announced MS intention
to bring in a bill during the present session
Of parliament making it not only admissible
but legally obligatory for women 10 sit as
required to consist Of six good men and true
and six women equally qualified.
Taking frogs for market as a business has
so steadily increased during recent years that
according to the estimate OF the United States
Fish commission. the annual catch in this coun.
try is but little less than 2o0o,0o0 frogs with
total value 10 the hunters of about 100000
and corresponding cost TO the consumers Of
not les than sl5o,0O0
One OF the strangest botanical curiosities
| in the world is the wonder flower in the
| Malay peninsula. 1t is simply a blossom with.
out leaves, vine or stem. and grows para.
site on dacayed wood. This extraordinary flower
is something like a yard in diameter and ha.
gobular cup in the middle with a capacity
| of Ave or six quarts.
Oklahoma is increasing rapidly in population.
| -Four years ago it cast 5000 votes Last year
| the total vote cast was 1000. a gain at the
rate Of 5000 votes year. Mississippi. which
| cast 10000 votes at the election in 1896, cast
| only 5000 at last years presidential election.
| II is estimated that Oklahoma will have vot.
| ing population of at least 10000 by 1904.
Ever since "weather shoC<ng," as II Is called
| in Germany and Switzerland, met with such
| pronounced success in Stvia, upper Italy, Hun
| gary and France, meteoroloSists have been en-,
| gagged in very wordy battle az TO the merits
Of the scheme. So successful have been the et.
| forts in preventing hailstorms in upper Italy
I
| tions have been establish ID.
Germany proposes TO forbid the employment
| Of saccharine and other sweetcning matter cx.
! cept when 1t is recommended for therapeutic
! purposes The sale Of the substance will he
| permitted only by chemists and other specially
| authorized persons Even in these instances
! il will he subjected to consumption tax Of
| $50 per kiloGram This new law will 90 into
| effect in April, 1902.
novel and extremely simple life.savng de.
| vice has been invented nv VI. George Broussel.
| II is sort OF automatic folding buoy, and
| is formed merely Of two boards of wood. which
weather il he used a seat on board a
| are joined together in the center. In ordinary
vessel, and when there is danger Of ship
wreck it can he instantaneousy turned into q
| life.saving buoy. Many experiments have al.
| ready heen made with il and they show that il
| can do effective work as we'll in d storm as
! in calm sea
Some idea Of the value Of the coal deposits
| in Indian Territory can be gained when it is
| known the average thickness ci the vein is four
| feet. which will produce 1900 tons acre.
| These lands leased in lots Of oo0 acres each,
which means that $500 000 to 4,0O0,Oo0 can he
produced by those leasing the land On this
| output the essees pay royalty Of cents a
| ton. The output during the last year was no.
| l27 as against l,tooIil tons the previous year.
| The interests ~ the Choctaw and Chickasaw In.
| dians are protected.