The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
If You Do Not Know
You Ought to Know That lat.
The very latest statistics affirm, that more
| than two-thirds OF the male population, aault
males OF the globe use tobacco in some one

The Very latest statistics affirm that more el,e
than two-thirds Of the male population, adult
males. OF the globe use tobacco In some one
OF Its FORMS
Something like 2,boo. 900 algators have been
killed along the coas, Of Florida IN inc past
scarce every year and complete DETERMINATION
is threatened unless the law makes q close
season. The alligator grows as long as he
lives. and is usually about seventy-fve years
old before he attains twelve feet.
Twelve million OF our families. with an
average income OF $3.50 per year. pay ninety
per cent. Of the taxes in the United states ..
The first strictly American flag raised in
toll at Washington. February "a. 1866. II was
manufactured at Lowell. All previous flags
We're made Of English materials ma.
The gnat it is developed by d powerful
microscope, carries a regular set OF lances in
n cupplng glass from which the air can be
withdrawn, natural instruments almost exactly
like tho artificial ones made for our physi-
clans. @
The repost OF the Coptic patriarch OF Alez-
nndria cannot be n blisstul one. He has at.
PENDANTS whose duty 1t Is. under penalty OF
minutes when he has to arise spread his rug
upon the floor. kneel upon it. and bow his
head three times to the East. when he again
reti1es for u fifteen minute nap. Poor fell
low! E:s iS8
In the Eastern States there arc twice as
many women as men living who have at
ltained the age Of eighty. Deaths by accident
among men are three times more numerous
than among women. and likewise three times
as man men as women commit suicide. N
The Slamese women are treated az equals
to the men. II a young beau offers a girl q
flower. or takes a light from her cigarette.
that act means marriage. Parents OF both
parties o Are sn esc 70 put up
ties but there are come mpediments IN the
way OF marriage: for instance. certain years
and months and days are named after certain
animals. and only people born under tho
auspices OF the same aninay may intermarry
and only in those years A man born In the
the year OF tiger. and 80 1t goes: There
seem to be marital troubles in all coun-
tries. lssi 5 f3s
Something like 10000 passengers make use
OF the Liverpool Street Station In London
during the rush OF the morning and eve
ming.
The Archbishop OF Canterbury receives a
stipend OF $4,000 year. But this is not de.
rived, as most people think. from the national
treasury. but from the revenues Of the church
Its properties are enormously profitable. Yield.
ing a revenue estimated In tho nelghborhood
OF $40. 900. 600. and the administration OF the
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners who pay
all the salaries and church expenditures. The
5Archbishsp's Palace Is princely affair. lie
has gentlemen in waiting secretaries, purse
bearers and chamberlains galore. and at least
three night a week. during the season ., there
are dinners given ,ha. surpas sin,e shosc given
II is computed that our business corporations
can undergo q shrnkage of from twenty TO
twenty-five per cent. and yet maintain pres
cnt dividends. That holds good with our rail-
roads, at least Thus far their decrease z IN
gross has been under ten per cent. compared
with year ago. BY disseminating some Of
their vast improvements the big roads can.
MS far az the stockholders are concerned re-
main In financial statu quo.
In somo parts of Mexico coffee grows Wild,
fashion. In ono section come $4,000 trees
have lately been planted by Americans
There arc four and seyen;tenths persons
per family In the United States. So the census
tells us; presumably the aeyen,tcnths repre-
sents the head Of the family.
The best Kansas lands IN their natural al con
dition fetch 500 an acre. the irrigated DIS
tricts sell for as high az $1,000 an acre.
The, boil weeyl Is steadily advancing nor I'll
and east II cost the Texas nantera 20. eS.o
as orth ana !, % bsore the pest
find soft spot in President Rooseyelts
q Year Talk OF things prolific vs.. race SUI
edo
Recent excavations have brought 70 light
leaves OF Egyptian bread MADE three thousanu
five hundred years ago, Tho starch grams
r 5se9s s 81 bread
in a bakers shop. In both cases, as well as
with Indian corn from three rec % t tSs
loaves are charred In appearance. the. result
OF oxidation by atmospheric; the same ap-
pearance can be given 20 our own own prea go, ~
exposing II TO 22o degrees 81 neat Ior r lofty
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