Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-10-29
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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year amounts to $3.50 tons, valued at
f233.2S9.
The statistics show that the average
number of persons to family In the
United States is Al.
The Turkish minister Of the navy Is
said to be worth Sl2,OO0O00. His sal
airy is $4,000 year.
One Of number Of homing pigeons
sent up from Nantes, France, boarded
a ship 200 miles at sea.
As t. crime by aliens reports show
that the Americans in England are five
times as criminal as the Russians and
Poles.
"Camogaidheact" is the name Of the
game, somewhat like hockey, invented
for the women of the Gaelic league in
Ireland.
Bayonet fighting Is now a regular e1-
erclse In the army, and it Is quite as
good, If not better, physical exercise
than the old bayonet exercise.
The bishop of London has received q
subscription of $50 from an undertake
er, who described the gift as thank
Offering because trade has been so
brisk Of late"
Whitaker Wright at Tokenhouse yard
the other day some one offered f9O, 900.
1.-THE wall around the estate cost f37, ;
OO0," said the auctioneer.
A barrel with capacity of 1880
gallons has just been completed for a
great wine firm at Schiltenhelm. on the
Rhine. A banquet was given in Its in
terror to twenty-four people.
The most frequented lake in Europe
is the lake Of Lucerne. Last year TWEEN
ty steamboats, piled on 1t and carried
1,529.0OO passengers and over 1000
tons Of baggage and freight.
The Australian detectives find foot
ball useful Criminals will hide six
days in the week, but they have to
come out on Saturday to see the foot
ball game, and the police are on hand.
One discovery made by an exploring
party in Abyssinia recently IS that the
river Cello skirts the southermost ex-
tremity of Lake Tata instead Of flow
ing into the lake, rs was hitherto be-
lieved
The Australian government has Or
ganized an expedition to explore the
region between Lake Eyre and the
boundary Of Queensland. This land is
said to be one of the worst deserts in
the world.
An engine driver was attending to
the machinery at Hays wharf, ToOley
street, London, when the ends Of his
neck scarf were caught by the shafting.
and he was drawn up thirteen feet
from the floor and strangled.
The insurance companies have quot
ed 30 per cent additional for insuring
the life of Prince Obolenski, who has
succeeded to the post of governor gen
eral of Finland In the room Of the late
General Bobrikoff, killed by an assas-
sin
An English thief was arrested the
other day whose method was to induce
little boys to take off their shoes in or
der to run race and leave him in
turned, GREATNESS, he and the shoes
were gone.
What is described as the biggest sale
yet completed under the new Irish
land act is reported from Mitchelstown.
The Kingston estate, which was the
theater of the land agitation in the
days of Mr. Gladstone's Remember
Mitchelstown." has been acquired by
the tenants.
A halibut estimated to be fifteen feet
in length was seen in the Piscataqua
river near Dover point recently by a
number of Dover people. The fish was
seen to jump out Of the water several
times and on every occasion made Il
roaring noise which could be heard n
considerable distance.
The National Association Of Car
rage Dealers, which recently con-
vened in Boston. had on exhibition ut
that place an ancient vehicle that was
built in 1116 and which is still as good
as new. 1t was built for Governor
Jonathan Trumbull Of Connecticut,
the original Brother Jonathan"
The cuckoo plays an important part
in German superstition. If an old
woman wants to know how many
years she has to live or a young girl
when she is to be married all they
have to do Is to go into the woods on
May day and listen for the cuckoo. The
number Of times 1t yaps is the answer.
Judge John Brindley of Lacrosse,
Wis, recently established a new prec-
edent for jurists by hearing a case in
the evening and appearing upon the
bench in evening clothes. The case was
an emergency, and the judge left re-
ception to convene court, going direct
ly to the courtroom from a friend s
house.
An insurance doctor at Leipsic has
collected facts which show that the
changes in the human blood vessels
(arteriosklcrose) brought about by the
use of alcohol. tobacco and other ex-
cesseS, including overwork, cause %
per cent of all deaths, whereas the
much dreaded tuberculosis is RESPONSE
BILE for only per cent In that city.
In 1900 the smacksmen who collect
Holsters along the coast of Maine paid
an average of 1886 cents per pound to
the fishermen. The price increased to
1872 cents in 1901, and In 1902 the
price was 1888 cents. Last years price
was 1916 cents. During these -four
years the minimum price paid was
cents and the maximum % cents.