Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-02-27
FACTS IN FEW LINES


bit in Australia.
The population of the Australian com
mOuwealth. according to the latest re
turns is 3,775,366.
In Europe the greatest average con
sumption Of coffee is in Denmark and
the least in Russia.
Americans have increased their sales
in Sydney. Australia, 100 per cent each
year for seven years.
Nome's population this winter is esti-
mated at about 5000, which is 1900
less than last winter.
1t is possible in some cases to assist
the process Of seasoning by dissOlving
the sap of wood by immersion in water.
Statistics recently published show
that Paris affords excellent climatic
condition for the treatment Of tUhcr-
culosis.
In the early machines electricity was
generated by turning n large glass
wheel which rubbed against a silken
band or cloth.
The checks which pass through the
London clearing house in six weeks are
more than equal in amount to all the
coin Of the world.
Montreal is to forbid child insurance
on the ground that parents neglect
their suffering children upon whose
lives they hold policies.
Chinatown in San Francisco, accord
ing to the president of the board Of
health, should be burned. AS it IS at
present it cannot be rendered sanitary
except by total obliteration.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are
to have a residence on Deeside and
have selected Craigowan, near BalmO-
raj, which has hitherto been the resi-
dence Of the kings commissioner.
The telephone has been a government
monopoly in France since 1899. The
development outside of Paris has been
slight. There are more telephones in
New York than In the whole Of France.
Paris now has automobile fire en-
gines which measure to 10 feet.
weigh 2I2 tons or when fully equipped
$3.50 pounds. They start to work in
stantly. The pump delivers twenty gal
Ions a minute.
In 1890 the area of the national do
main occupied by the Indians aggregat-
ed 116.OOO,OOO acres. Today it aggre-
gates S5.OOOO0O acres, which is about
as much land as we have in the states
Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
There seems to be no longer any
doubt that Italy will within few
years turn from sugar importing to
sugar exporting country. The past two
seasons have witnessed Il remarkable
development of the beet sugar indus
try.
When the first Bible society in this
country was organized, the English
language was spoken by only 2O,OOO,-
600 people. Now 120,O0O0OO people
speak it. Then the Bible was printed in
80 languages; now it is printed in 42O
languages.
Dar-es- -Salaam, the capital Of German
East Africa. which seven years ago
was a village inhabited by a hundred
natives, is now a town with 800 Euro
pean and 21.OOO native inhabitants. 1t
has three hotels. several hundred
stores and a newspaper.
It is estimated that the value of land
along rural delivery routes has increas-
ed from s. to So an acre. Then, too,
there IS an educational value in the ru-
raj free delivery in that thousands more
magazines and periodicals are finding
their way to peoples homes.
Large quantities Of dried inkbags of
the cuttlcfsh and squid are received by
artists colormcn for manufacture Into
sepia 1t has been suggested that the
Newfoundland fishermen, who annual
ly destroy a large number of these mol
luScs, might make a considerable reYe-
nue. by saving and selling their inkbags.
SOonerville is the name Of the new
est town on record. 1t is located six
teen miles north of Rice Lake, Wis,
and the town site company owns 10000
acres of land. No one was allowed
to locate until Oct. u, but the president
of the town was elected beforehand
and police appointed, who now rule the
place with an iron hand.
Another bird believed to have be-
come extinct is the California condor,
twice as large as the condor of the An
des Its length was > feet, weight %
pounds and spread Of wings l. feet.
An egg of this bird is worth $4,000 to
collectors, but none has been found for
seventeen years. Eggs Of the golden
eagle sell in San Francisco for $50
each.
During the last century the popula-
ton Of the territory which now CON
stitutes the German empire has very
nearly trebled, Notwithstanding the
enormous emigration. 1t has increased
from 2O,OO0,0OO to nearly G0,OO0,00O
souls, and at the present rate Of in
crease Germany will have a popula-
ton of 1OO,000,000 before the close of
this century.
Hoboken, for its area, is the most
densely populated city in the United
States today. About GO,0OO people are
distributed within the limits of the
city, which is about one mile square.
The city surveyor will tell you that of
the 72O acres within the limits 400 are
marshland and 30 upland. There is
only 1856 square feet Of ground for ev-
cry resident.
New York city's average daily sup
ply Of water for the three bOroughs of
Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx
is $40, 100000 gallons, and the cOnsump-
tion of Queens and Richmond brings
up the total to 350,0O0,OOO gallons,
larger quantity than IS used by any
other city in the world and nearly as
much as is used hy any other two
American cities.
ONE CERTAINTY.