The aegis & intelligencer., 1903-01-09
FACTS Irj 1 AE,VY YlIlvL3

FACTS FL 'z:,v3 F.IlsE>S
I'll" plants in kcE' gardens arg being
poisoned ~ London smoke fog.
The anOun: OF l'rpHch capital invest
Ell III China exceeds $10O.90O.CO0.
Jamaica hopes to export over 1000
600 punches of bananas this year.
In some New Zealand towns there
are more women voters than men.
For every 100 deaths in rural dis
tricts in England there are lis in town
districts.
Agrlrian crimes of violence are few
er in Ireland now than at any time
since 1870.
The growth of girls is greatest in
their fifteenth year. of boys in their
seventeenth.
Orders have been issued in India for
! the return TO store of all ammunition
containing dundum bullets.
The Laplanders are the shortest
| people i'll Europe, men averaging 1
! feet | inches, women t feet 9 inches.
Golf has been played for .he first
saco, the players being some English
visitors
The highest of all navigable rivers
is the Tsangpo which flows for nearly
1000 miles at an elevation of from
11,0O0 to $4,000 feet
There are altogether thirty miles of
bridges on the Siberian railway. The
krasnoyarsk, just half a mile.
Since the Introduction of penny i'll
the slot meters the total consumption
of gas in certain districts in Berlin has
increased by nearly 100 per cent.
In nearly every street In Japanese
cities is n public oven where for a
small fee housewives may have their
dinners and suppers cooked for them.
Any one attending Il spiritHlist seance
in Bohemia is liable to a fine of $40, ac-
cOrding to q decree which has been is
sued by the governor of the province.
Arabic is the sacred language of 20O,-
100000 people who dwell in all quar-
ters of the globe. and at least 2,00O,000
are now under the care of the United
States in the Philippine Islands.
1t is reckoned that the United States
government owns enough arid land
west of the Rocky mountains, if irri-
gated. to provide homes eor the total
present population of the country.
Excavations how being made in the
Forum ut Rome resulted in the discov-
cry of Il tomb supposed to date from
ly assigned for the foundation of the
city.
The oldest steam engine ut work Ia
believed TO be Il Newcomer winding en-
gine at Farme colii2ry. Rutherglen,
near Glasgow. 1t was built in 1909
and has worked continuously to the
present time
1t is proposed to extend the basement
galleries under the large courtyard at
the British museum and TO transform
the two large wings now used for resi-
| Dental and official purposes into exhi-
bition galleries.
The steamer Mure recently made the
trip from Singapore to London. 1880
miles, using only petroleum for fuel.
II required about eighteen tons per
day. 1t would have taken twenty-four
to twenty five tons OF the best coal.
Ashington. in the center of the North
umberland England colliery district,
has accommodation in It's clubs for one
sixth OF its inhabitants. 1t also boasts
the largest public house bar, which will
accommodate 5000 thirsty miners at q
time.
Many relics Of pre-Halenic civiliza-
tion have just been uncarthed near
Naples. Among ether things discov-
cred were several articles OF gold and
silver and IL quantity Of feminine jew
elry, all of the greatest archaeological
value.
The $500 inmates of the New York
almshOilSc last year We're fid 1T Il per
capita Of about 10 cents day. These
persons lived on bread and coffee for
breakfast. Tread and stew fer dinner
and bread and tea for supper. without
sugar. butter or TcgeiablVs.
'No darkenel house. no durable cof-
fin, ilo special mourning attire. no
hrIckcd grave. no unnecessary show. no
avoidable expense and 10 unusual eat
ing and drinking" Such are Il few of
the advantages offered to members of
the British Funeral Rcformers' aSso-
citation.
Within Il few years the accuracy in
the production of both fiat and round
surfaces has I've, II 81 increased that the
speed of Cn"ircS has been multiplied
by three. With the accurate bearings
of the present the tripled speed gives
less trouble from heating and cutting
than did the slow speed of former
years.
For Il consideration il company has
Just been Termed in France to relieve
parliamentary candidates of all the
worries Of a general election. Posters,
agents. orators. audiences all are
found. Voters. however. are not sup
piled. but if the candidate is not elect
ell tho company guarantees to refund
a third of whatever he may have paid
TO secure his return.
The German imr"ria! council Of
health has issued tall?s referring to
cancer They show that the number
of cases has materially Increased since
1892. tn" proportion Dr increase SUI
passing that of the population. The
age of the subjects averages younger
than in former years. Women are
more frequently affected than men. but
do not sucrumb to the cancer in as
large Il proportion.
Boston is clamoring for Il new Gus
tom house and expects the mex; con
gress to appropriate money for the
erection of Il bigger and better ar
ranged building than the present old
structure on Stale street. The city's
merchants say that with collections
exceeding S2o.0on.G00 n year and much
money now paid for rent of outside
premises the port merits the new build
Ing and the government would profit
by erecting it.
Reversed.
Rodrick-Say. old man, you have
been through the ordeal of proposing.
What does Il fellow do after he pops