Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-09-03
FACTS IN EEN LINES

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 Rri-
tannla she has only one foot.
A copy Of Poor Richards Almanac"
printed in 1879, was sold ut auction in
1'hiladclphin recently for S5G5.
has been taken to London by one
steamer They were sold mt the dock
to dealers.
In II recent case in Paris court 1t
w4,s stated that the defendant. young
officer of cavalry, had spent 100000
In five months.
Owing to the improved plague out
hook in Johannesburg some 1000 ma
tivrs who had been segregated at
Klpspruit 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 1t hereafter. The
gum now costs $l35 II pound.
The Mount Vernon Ladies' associa-
ton has received IL valuable gift. an
original portrait Of Washington by Gill
bert Stuart, presented by Mrs. Ida A.
Richardson, viceregent for Louisiana.
According to Professor Mosso people
are able to live longer the more their
nerves are enfeeblcd. The less robust
a person Is. he points out, the ADLER he
is to resist the ruvuges Of time and
disease.
A gristmill on the shore of Oyster
Bay, \. V, which was built 22O years
ago and which Is now run by Jesse
Mollincaux Is to be demolished. The
building has not been changed since
| the Revolution.
Including the higher officials London
has over 10000 persons on its police
force. A policeman's pay Is nt first
only $0 week. rising to SO. Inspect
Ors get $1,000 year. The commits
sioncr's salary is $12,500.
The district of Guayaquil in the re
public of Ecuador, leads the world in
the production Of cacao and has lar
ger output than the whole Of Africa,
which continent. however, is in many
parts well adapted for It's culture.
A London postman stole stamps from
the letters he collected from boxes
Finally stamps marked with invisible
sensitive ink We're posted for his bcn"-
ft He was caught with some of them
upon him, and they were "developed'
In his presence.
In Algeria the grinding of corn Is
considered mental employment and
falls to the lot of women now rs In
Seripturnl times. She performs this
duty Oh portable hand mill. which Is
saNtpesi on Il camel or donkey, during
the rAanadic tribal wanderings.
Tho pipe line from the Baku petro-
hmm fields on the Caspian sea. to Ha-
tram, on the BLACK sea, $50 miles. Will
b. completed during 1903 and will dou-
bic 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 recent report of the
geological survey the total anthracite
| production for 1903 was GG,35l, Il3 tons.
The average price of 50. 80 brought the
value up to S152, AS The number
Of men employed to mine the output.
which amounted to 5,0O000O more tons
than In 1902, was 150,4G3.
BY recent decision of the supreme
court Of Illinois against Chicago that
city will be called upon to eXpend from
$4,OOO,OOO to S6,o0o,0o0 in deferred
street paving, besides much more for
sewer, water pipe and other specia! 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 a capital of
100000, will foster cotton growing In
east Africa.
British automobilists are diScarding
the words chauffeur" and garage"
for "motormun" and motor house"
The former are too Frcnchy. But. on
the other hand, "mOtorman' in this
country is pre-empted by the street
railway. The Britons, however, Will
coll this an Americanism and 20 on In
their insularity.
New York boasts of some fair imita-
tions Of the Tower of Babel. Such are
the Manhattan Life building, % Sto-
ries, 34S feet: the st. Paul building. 2i
stories, 3OS feet, and the Park Row
building, 20 stories. $50 feet. Build
ings of from II to 20 stories and 80 to
300 feet are such common Incidents of
the landscape as scarcely to attract at
tention.
In the Military college at Sofia uni.
versity student dressed as n peasant
was observed in the college kitchen en-
deavoring to empty the contents Of
bottle into the dish that was being
cooked. He was arrested and confess
ed that he had b9en commissioned by
an anarchist society to poison the $50
pupils in the school. mostly sons of
high placed Bulgarians.
The extreme length of Panama Is 4SO
miles. and It's breadth varies between
81 and 40 miles The total area is
1910 square miles, and the popula-
ton, according to nm estimate of 1S9S
Is about 100000. The inhabitants are
of n mixed race, comprising Spanish,