The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-08-07
FACTS IN FEW LINES

has been sold in England for fl51.
Dog lovers in Berlin have To pay 4
tax of s., a year on each of their pets.
For the past 1910 years the royal fam
iIy of Britain has been identified with
FrcemaSunry.
1t is said that where one boy smoked
occasionally ten years ago 500 SMOKE
regularly today.
In Cairo the proportion of blind poo
pie to the population IS one to every
twenty residents.
Sweden sent thrce-quarters Of the
4,WN.OU0 gross boxes of matches i'm
ported into this country last year.
Women are forbidden to be employed
as burmaids or in liquor stores in any
capacity by the Bengal Legislative coun-
Gil.
The world uses $jOO,0O0O00 worth
OF cotton goods in Il year. OF this
Great Britain manufactures &C per
cent.
Within three years and half
eighty-two trusts have been formed,
having an aggregate capital of $4,31S,-
0O5.G4S.
In pulling down the old Cathedral of
Metz strong box has been found con-
tanning coins and watches valued at
100000.
In 1870 the German people barely eN-
ceedcd 100000, i'll 1885 they had
risen to nearly i7,000,000, and in 1909
the census return gave 56345.014.
4 farmer complains that his cattle
grazing i'll fields near motor fr,-
quentrd highway instead of fattcnin:;
grow thinner and thinner from fri at.
The value of the diamonds in the
United States is estimated to I've 500.
OOO.uOO. OF this amount SlT0.0"o,0)I
worth are owned by residents of Vow
York.
The pugilist speaks Of knockout
blows over the solar pleXus, hut ii IS
the stomach that receives the shock.
and from it the nervous disturbance
originates.
When Il British ambassador is ap
pointed TO France he is allowed 100000
for outfit. In the case of promotion
$4,000 is allowed, and in the ease of
transfer $4,000.
The Mississippi and its trihutari..S
are navigabe for $4,000 miles. The
rivers of Europe furnish navigation fl:
only half as many miles. and frw oil
them are connected.
Except when flooding. the Arkansas
river in Oklahoma. IS not Il formidable
stream. 1t gains i'll magnitude after
passing the Indian Territory, and in
the vicinity of Fort Gibson becomes
stronger and deeper.
Minister Lcishlnan of Constantincpl"
reports that the prohibition of Amrri-
can pork which has been i'll effect Il
Turkey fer the past five years has l'rrn
removed ard orders issued To Permit
entry under USUAL examination.
a direct weekly train from Moscow
to Halny. on the Yellow sea. has just
been installed. The time is thirteen
and onp-lnlf days. with TWO days
steamer added to Shanghai and one
and onC-half added to Nagasaki Japan.
\ traveller who has recently returned
which he met friends Of Mascagni. the
famous Italian composer. says that the
musicians stock Of English words is
limited to "goodby," New York."
"Philadelphia" and San Francisco"
Ireland Is determined to be in the
front in dairying. 1t IS devising new
methods for interesting those engaged
A., a, H.
employed is that of surprise butter
competitions. The object Is to encour
age the making of good butter and
careful packing.
The United States census for 1900
finds 1886 persons i'll the United States
who are 100 or more years Of age. The
value of these figures may be Ques-
toned and perhaps may be best esu-
mated by the fact that I2.S per cent of
the whole number are negroes, many
of whom have no reliable evidence rs
10 the date of their birth.
The fisheries of northern Norway
have come to IL standStill owing to
tremendous influx of seals along the
coast and in the tiordS. The seals
which come from the White sea. have
been fought without avail. The large
fishing population has petitioned the
government for help to cXterminatc
the plague, Which is partly eating and
partly hunting all fish away.
Recently experiments with view to
preserving the caluritic properties Of
hard coal by immersion in salt water
were made. and it was demonstrated
that loss Of but l per cent occurred
Stored III the ordinary WAY coal loses
about 30 per cent of its caloritic power.
Rain sodden cGal is said TO cause bunk
or fires but the effect of coal soaked
i'll sea water Yet remains to be seen.
London is approaching the extension
Of the cheap restaurant tea shops, rs
the people call them. They follow the
quick lunch idea recently introduced.
and the extent of public patronage is
astonishing to LondonerS. Breakfasts
are now served at popular prices, and
the breaking up of the home break
fast" as the serving of rolls and coffee
In lodgings has been termed, is doomed
to remembrance as nightmare.
The new MICROSCOPE invented by
Signor Pinos. an Italian, it is said en-
ables human eyeSight to penetrate the
sea TO an incredible depth and for an
enormous radius. \ naval officer who
witnessed an experiment with the ny
droscope IN the Mediterranean says
that the Instrument can be operated
from the deck of ship, making yisi-
BILE cables and torpedocs. and ought to
nullify the dangerous character OF sub
marine boats.