The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-01-01
FACTS IN FEW LINES

i
dom passed that of France for the first
time In 1872.
In the first five months of 1901
France imported S27, 365, 900 more gold
than IL exported.
Tasmania, in proportion to Its area,
Is the richest of Australasia's colonies
In mineral wealth.
Nearly 1000 farmers within 80 miles
of Chicago have had their houses
equipped with telephones.
Japan has two imperial universities,
one at Tokyo, the other at Kioto. The
latter Is only three years old.
Over 1000 men deserted from the
French army last year. Great Brit
aims record for desertion Is under 300
in one year.
A Belgian pigeon won the great race
from Burgos, in Spain, to Brussels.
The distance is 700 miles, and the time
taken was just IA hours, which Is at
the rate of 80 miles an hour.
Potatoes have ceased to be the prin-
cipal root crop of Ireland IL they are
to be compared with turnips by weight
or yield-last year, for example, only
about 1,542,00 tons against 4.426,OOO
tons of turnips.
The Canadian government is INSTALL
ing the Marconi wireless telegraphic
system In the gulf of st. Lawrence,
and the steamer Tyrian has been dis
patched to establish the first station
| at West Point AnticOSti.
A prayer book was recently lost by
an elegantly dressed lady in a Berlin
confectioner's and found, to the dis
gust of the loser. The book had three
compartments-one for prayers, one
| for sweets and one for brandy.
The book abdul Hamid Intime,"
which has just been published in Swed-
ish translation, was prohibited by the
Swedish government at the request of
the Turkish minister. A jury Of well
known Swedish authors and journal
lists has decided that the book is not
criminal.
There will soon be no newspapers
left in Finland il the Russian govern
ment continues its crusade. Two dali
lies, Pojalainen and Wiborgbladet,
have been suppressed, and the pub
LEGATION Of four other papers has been
suspended for periods of from 10 days
to four months.
In a recent lecture at Gresham col
lege DIR. Symes Thompson in speaking
of the effects of climate remarked that
it had become necessary to sublet Eng
lish government work in Egypt be-
cause it was found that the natives
would only work when chastised, and
It was a rule that a British officer must
not strike native.
An English organization known as
the Decimal association, with head
quarters at Botolph House, East
Cheapside, London, is promoting by
means of distributed literature the
adoption of the metric as the legal sys-
tenn of England. The matter which
they send out is interesting and may be
had for the asking.
Russian detectives have been told off
to watch Russian students studying
in Germany for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether they have had any
thing to do with fomenting the dis
turbances in Russia. German students
in Berlin have been molested by the de-
tectives, who have followed them into
houses and cafes and questioned them.
Consul Mahn of Reichenberg says
that, according to a report from Brus-
sells, Belgian engineer by the name of
Tobiansky has discovered a method by
which smoke can be turned into light.
In operating his device the inventor
collects the smoke from any kind of a
fire and forces it into receiver. 1t is
then saturated with hydrocarburet, and
brilliant light results.
The Salvation Army commander
some three years ago bought 1000 acres
of land in Colorado, to which has late
ly been added 1000 more, and the
task of colonizing great farms in the
west with the surplus poor of the cities
Is being prosecuted with great earnest
ness and with great success as well.
These farm colonies are now being
multiplied in all parts of the country.
The Paris fire department has adopt
GU hiS ShS anu hOcA
and ladder trucks, and they are notably
superior to the old apparatus. The en-
gines are run by storage batteries. The
electricity is used not only to propel
the engine, but to work the pumps also.
There is no delay getting up steam.
and one charge of the accumulators
will keep the pumps going five hours.
4 10, t1n Ina -
ships using the Suez canal have sailed
under the German flag. Further, Ger
many has on the average larger ships
than England. for while the average
size of the German vessels is 4,431 reg
istered tons the average size of British
vessels Is only 4,0l6 tons. Twenty
years ago only Is German vessels
passed the canal, and now the number
has reached 462.
A Paris schoolmaster has petitioned
the French chamber against kings still
being portrayed on French playing
cards. He suggests that kings should
be replaced by pictures of Theirs. Mac
Mahon, Grevy and Carnot and queen:
by equally prominent republican WON
en-. The parliamentary commission sit
ting on the petition has replied that thu
change is impossible since it would
ruin quite number of playing caro-
factories.
4 An imperial ukase DEGREES the build
ing of the Russian Northern railroad
which is to connect St Petersburg
Tichwin, Tacherepovetz. Valogda. Bui
Galitch and Viatka. This line is to b.
begun next year and will be built b.
the government. as also branch iron
But, to connect at Danilow with tn
Moscow Yaroslavl-A rchangel line. !
part of the latter is to be broad gauge
and a bridge Is to be built to cross tn
Volga at Yaroslavl.
Messrs. Boyd McNulty, Charles Co
ten Sam Lea and Jewel Collins,