The river press., 1904-07-27
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Germany - per cent are in other Ian
guages.
Coal is dearer in South Africa than
In any other part of the world. 1t is
! cheapest in China.
| There is trouble over the new two
shilling English coin. AS it shows Bri
tannia she has only one foot.
| A copy of Poor Richards Almanac"
printed in 1879, was sold at auction in
Philadelphia recently for $565.
A cargo Of 14.OOO Australian birds
has been taken to London by one
steamer. They We're sold at the dock
| to dealers.
In a recent case in Paris court it
was stated that the defendant, young
officer of cavalry, had spent 100000
| in five months.
Owing to the improved plague out
look in Johannesburg some 5000 ma
tives who had been segregated at
| Klipspruit camp have been allowed to
| re-enter the town.
Spruce gum is becoming scarce and
harder to get in the Maine woods, and
| schoolgirls who chew that sort will
have to pay more for it hereafter. The
gum now costs $1.35 a pound.
The Mount Vernon Ladies' associa-
| tion has received valuable gift, an
| origina! portrait Of Washington by Gill
| bert Stuart, presented by Mrs. Ida A.
Richardson, viceregent for Louisiana.
/ n l.,
are able to live longer the more their
nerves are enfeebled. The less robust
d person is. he points out, the ADLER he
| is to resist the ravages of time and
disease.
A gristnill Oh the shore of Oyster
Bay, n. Y, which was built 22O years
ago and which is now run by Jesse
Nollineaux is to be demolished. The
| building has not been changed since
| the Revolution.
Including the higher officials London
| has over 10000 persons on it's police
force. n policeman's pay is at first
only SIS Il week, rising to IS. Inspect
| ors get $1,000 year. The commits
sioner's salary is $4,000.
! The district of Guayaquil, in the re-
public Of Ecuador, leads the world in
| the production Of cacao and has q lar
ger output than the whole Of Africa
| which continent, however, is in many
parts we'll adapted for its culture.
A London postman stole stamps from
| the letters he collected from boxes.
Finally stamps marked with invisible
sensitive ink were posted for his bene
| fit. He was caught with some of them
upon him, and they We're developed"
in his presence.
In Algeria the grinding Of corn is
considered menial employment and
| falls to the lot Of women now as in
| Scriptural times. She performs this
duty on a portable hand mill, which is
strapped on camel or donkey, during
the nomadic tribal wanderings.
The pipe line from the Baku petro-
leum fields, ON the Caspian sea, to Ba-
tum, on the Black sea- $50 miles, will
| be completed during 1905 and will dou-
| Bile the transportation facilities for OIL
A part Of this line, 143 miles at the
eastern end, has been in operation for
several years.
According to a recent report of the
geological survey the total anthracite
production for 1908 was 66,351 7l3 tons.
The average price Of $3.50 brought the
value up to $152, ,O3G,44S. The number
Of men employed to mine the output,
which amounted to 100000 more tons
than in 1902, was 15O,4G3.
By a recent decision Of the supreme
court of Illinois against Chicago that
city will be called upon to expend from
81 100000 to $G,0O0,OOO in deferred
street paving, besides much more for
sewer, water pipe and other spccia! as
sessment work More than one hun
dred miles of streets are affected
81 have not much doubt that the
French in few years will be able to
supply themselves with cotton. princi-
pally. if not wholly, from their west
African possessions" says United
States Consul Strickland of Senegal.
An Italian syndicate, with capital of
100000, will foster cotton growing in
east Africa.
British automobilists are discarling
the words "chauffeur" and garage
for "motorman' and "motor house"
The former are too Frenchy. But, on
the other hand, "mOtorman'' in this
country is pre-emptcd by the street
railway. The Britons, however, will
cali this an Americanism and go on in
their insularity
New York boasts Of some fair imita
tioEs of the Tower Of Babel. Such are
the Manhattan Life building, % sto-
ries, 34S feet: the st. Paul building, 26
stories, 3OS feet. and the Park Row
building, % stories, 3S2 feet. Build
ings of from Is to 20 stories and 2JO to
300 feet are such common incidents of
the landscape as scarcely to attract at
tentiCn.
In the Military college at Sofia a uni
vcrsity student dressed as a peasant
was observed in the college kitchen en-