Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-20
FACTS IN FEW LINES

military ballOoning.
Germany ut the end of 1902 will have
q standing army Of 400, 500 men. ;
Five presidents of the United States|
have been Of Scotch-Irish descent.
France will spend $4,000 on repairs
at the palace Of Versailles during this
year.
Thomas A. Edison has taken out
nearly 800 patents on his various in
ventions.
A motor car race in which the cars
are to run backward is being organized
in Belgium.
Two hundred and fifty Trappist
monks are now working at twenty-five
stations in South Africa.
Tacoma, Wash, is 5000 miles from
New York by the shortest route, and 1t
takes 1877 hours to get there.
The population of Germany increased
by 7.S per cent In the years 1895 to
1900, the highest rate on record in that
country.
Phenomenally mild winter is being
experienced in Russia. At Kiev the
trees are budding, the river Dnieper is
clear of ice, while at Warsaw violets
are Towering.
Only five sailing ships of over 100
tons were built in the United Kingdom
last year. All the vessels were con-
structed on the Clyde and were regis
tered in London.
An Austrian scientist has discovered
that a cold in the head is due to the
presence in the membrane Of special
bacillus, which be has called the Mico-
cOccus catarrhalis.
In Alabama, Nebraska and Washing
ton the present governors were elected
as lieutenant governors and are filing
vacancies caused by the death or resig-
nation of the governors.
In view Of the arduous duties de-
handed of naval officers in the ener-
waiting Philippine climate two years on
the station will hereafter be considered
az three years cruise and entitle the
officer to shore duty.
An aerolite fell near Chatillens the
OluC1 nc cAoAN was ~ AuAe uNe~A
In shape, Of a dark gray color and
about eleven ounces in weight. This is
only the second meteoric stone that is
known to have fallen in Switzerland.
Rodolfus Bingham OF Merchantville,
N. j., supports life at the age Of seven
ty-five on food that costs ~ cents a
day. He reports that he is healthy,
happy and spry and has helped to
bury acquaintance who ridiculed his
diet.
Chicago has lost street. 1t was
worth about $1,0O0.O00, and the city
would like to find it again. Gradual
encroachments were made on the street
until it was completely covered, and
the city will institute eviction proceed
ings.
DR. David Paulson, Chicago nerve
specialist, declares that much drunken
ness, especially in young men, is caus-
ed by highly spiced food and the use
by cooks Of pepper, mustard and SINH
lar relishes. To this also the doctor at
tributes the cigarette habit.
Two hundred old people whose ages
altogether amounted to 1894 years
have received half a sovereign apiece
from the magistrates poor box at
Brighton, England. Charles Green, one
Of the recipients, is 1O7 years old and
still retains all his faculties.
Women are more and more patron
izing life insurance. and many of the
companies maintain woman's depart
ment, presided over by female super
intendent. The statistics indicate that
business women and women Of great
wealth are the principal patrons.
The new library to be built in Grand
Rapids, Mich, as gift to his native
city from Martin A. Ryerson of Chica-
60, besides having a shelf capacity of
100000 volumes, will contain two large
assembly halls and several study
rooms. 1t will cost about $4,000.
Concessions have just been granted
to construct and run twenty-seven new
branch lines of the Swedish railways.
The new lines will cover in all dis
lance of $50 miles, and it means that
y CdSH VIII AGAIN navy oSSooioI W
purchase large quantity of rolling
stock.
All employment Of natives in the
Philippines is on the padrone system.
No American can walk out and hire
dozen Filipinos to 60 to work for him.
He must instead arrange with boss"
and on q commission for so much la
Dor. This is the Philippine substitute
for trade unionism.
An old convict ship from Australia is
on exhibition at the Waterloo pier,
London. 1t is the Success, owned by a
Melbourne firm and kept solely for ex-
hibition purposes, and it remains prac-
tcally with the same fittings it had
when it was used for transporting con-
victs from England to Botany Bay.
The sewage system of the city Of
New Orleans, which is being placed on
the basis Of $2O,OOO,OOO cost will re-
move the serious objection to residence
there and place her among the more
healthful seaports. The sewage gath
cred by the pipes will be pumped up