Evening journal., 1903-09-10
FACTS IN Few LINES

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The province OF Ontario produced
GJt1.00O worth Of nickel last year.
American machinery for sinking wells
is in demand so all foreign Oh fields.
anticipated that The worlds sup
ply Of gold win be doubled in The next
ten years.
Only winged insects are found 10
have suffered from the rain OF volcanic
dust in the Barbados
Automobiles made for the German
army haul from nyo 90 eight ton loads
through hllly country.
a count of the unoccupicd houses in
London shows l00G9. That IS one
house in fifteen Of the whole city.
In Tencrifc. Canary islands. 5000
women make S250,000 worth of drawn
work FOR English and Germans annu-
ally
Tie Nearsarge in crossing the Allan
tic en- route for Siei ot a rate OF 1902
miles an hour beat an records for bat
lie ships.
In Germany worlngmcn are visited
NJ their homes on pay days by savings
bruk ohicisis 60 collect their savings
FOR banking
Vaccination II now compulsory in
France during the FIRST year Of life and
reyacclnntion during the eleventh and
twenty-hrst years.
The borough Of Fulham, London, by
tho uso Of its garbage In the furnace
Of tho municipal electric lighting plant
makes n pront Of ea,44a n year
No chronological hcrc-H is wider
spread among English rpcaking people
than that the sooOo.oOo or so citizens
VI the United states aro Anglo-Aaxons.
The Non n worth 90 the animal deal
OF 1000. the noness $500. the leopard
/ 500. the panther $3.50. bears $50 10
$500 elk S4D0. the camel 800 and the
elephant 5000.
a large area OF coal and petroleum
/ has been discovered In Kootcnay. b. c.,
ncor tho northeast corner of Idaho and
within twenty-five miles OF the Cana
dim Pacific railway.
An assistant I'm the Congressional IL
brnry nnds that 2,e00 books therein
are written by colored persons. The
authors are nearly al mulattoes. The
straight blacks have done almost moth
Ing.
Municipal corporations in England
have incurred debts argregating ST.
25O0O0.0OO on sociahstio lines They
own gas works. water works. street
railway, docks, baths, markets, dwell
lngs, race courses, dairies and hotels.
As long rs Brazil continues 10 grow
100000 bags Of coffee, which was
nearly tho amount OF her last years
product and about the estimated
amount Of the worlds consumption,
there ~ no probability that coffee VIII
advance IN price.
Since the return Of tlo polar expedi-
lions led by rcury. sverirup Qnd Buld
win only the Russian expedition OF
1 Baron Toll r. left in the north. HC
spent tho winter of 100l-02 ON the IS
! lnnd OF Ketcinoi and has not beer
heard from since.
The Northeastern railway Of Eng
4 land Is buitiing at its York works tNvl
auto cars 10 mn on its railway, ench o
witch VIII carry n complete gpporatu
for generating Ms own motive power
The carriage approaches closely 30 th
tram type. In fact the vehicle win b
tram saloon with an engine comport
ment at one end and a conductors com
parment NJ the other says the Tondoi
! Times aHf
DR.. dArsonvai, lecturing m Paris OF
the effects OF electricity upon human
beings cxprossed tho belief that th'
world "a on the eve Of therapeutica
revolution, electricity being the medi
cine OF the future. He demonstrated
the utility of electrical treatment il
skin diseases nnd snld that under anps
thesla produced by electricity q patien
could bo stfIiccted TO light surgical op
eratiOns without nervOtics
Tho Uuitod states owns the chief way
stations Of commerce. the principal "a
hrshs and h0r,,ors, IN the mii-Hncilic-
Ulnhsha on tho north Midway island
the fiawaiinn group rutuiia IN the sa
moan grOup, Guam I'm tho IadrUnc
and Msnifa. II 10 guneraliy concellv,
that PeaFi harbor. IN the HoVniiai
group, and That Of Pnng0-P0ngo. IN tn
! Samoan, arr far the best Il not the onli
valuable harbors In all the mld-pacldc
It Is suggested that The height Of thl
Mississipprs floods could be diminished
, with great Incidental profit to ngricul
turc, by building reservoirs IN It's west
crn branches. These tributaries pas
through arid countries. wherc the wa
ter, II used FOR irrigation. would repo.
the cost Of dams. and, too. the artificial
lakes aboso the dams would modify th
climate IN the interest OF uniformity
while the waste water could be convert
( ed into electricity for power.
The cost Of Hauling freight per tor
per mile on the London N0rthwcster,
railway. Englsnd's most importan
line. expressed IN cents Is l.40. On th
Pennsylvania railway the cost Is 40
OF a cent and on tho Kew York Contra
4i8 Of a cent. This is true ALTHOUGH
the wages Of English trainmen are bu
half tho American An eminent eyper
attributes tho gre0ter cost TO the rigid
fly Of tho four wheeler English frcigh
vngous. which. he SAYS. arc "trac
murderers and power absorbers."
Tho Russian ministry Of acricultur
has just decided 10 found an agrlcu
turui high school for women, whic
w1ll be tie first institution Of the KIN
, in Europe The women who pas
through this institution win enjoy N
same rights as successful male str
dents. They VIII be deemed eligible Q