Evening journal., 1907-04-27
FACTS IN FEW LINES

king, IS printed IN seven different Ian
guages.
Every servian subject may claim five
acres from the state, and this cannot
be alienated for debt.
In six weeks run at Drury Lane
theater 250,153 men, women and chill
dren saw the pantomime "Sindbad the
Sailor"
Mounted on bicycles twenty Chinese
bandits raided tobacco shop near Pe'
king recently and made Off with the
contents Of the safe.
Mrs. T. A. G. Holmes Of Manchester,
N. H., has an ancient map Of London
that was printed in 1890. The print is
still plainly discernlbe.
1t is only domestcated dogs that can
bark. II a tame dog runs wild, as It
does sometimes I'm Alaska and else
where, IL loses after a time its power
Of barking
The national union Of Hungarian
bakers IS organizing grand interna-
tional exposition of bakery. to be held
at Budapest from May IL to June 80
of this year.
Since the conquest England has had
no fewer than twenty -four separate
wars with France. These are calcu-
sated to have cost more than 20,00O,OOO
human lives.
a London tea merchant recently sold
a pound of tea for $40 1t was gold
tip, which is much superior to ordinary
tea On every tea bush grow four or
. five minute gold tips.
The ink plant is a native of New
Granada, IN South America Its juice
is a perfect, ready made ink ans writ
ing in this ink will remain legible after
long immersion iii water.
Among the queer things contained in
tiny directory OF Worcester published
in 1913 is statute which forblds the
smoking of a cigar or pipe in any of
the roads, highways or streets Of the
town.
One of the recent candidates for posi-
ton as librarian IN the New York Pub
lie library wrote on her examination
paper in answer to d question regard
ing the novels of Lew Wallace that his
principal work was "IIcr Ben"
The world now produces G,sO0O00
tons Of beet sugar yearly, and the to-
tai produce of cane sugar in the West
Indies has fallen TO 22sOOO tons. A
hundred years ago the West Indies
supplied sugar to half the world.
The vigilance with which the Japa-
nese guard the approach to the emper-
or is shown by the fact that the direct
or of the household department was
turned away from the gate the other
day because he did not have his pass.
The earliest example Of the use Of
paper IN Europe extant is a letter
dated 1916 now preserved In the Lon
don Record Office The writer asks for
payment Of about 81 for three ship
loads of salt sent from France to Eng
land.
A Leeds (Englandl policeman, hear
ing suspicious noises in a dark cellar,
sprinkled cayenne pepper on some cot
ton wool, set fire TO the cotton and put
It through a grating of the cellar, Two
burglars speedily came out and were
captured.
The highest cultivated land i'm Eng
land is said to he that round the viii
lage of Allenheads, in Northumber.
landshire, which is 400 feet above the
sea. Part Of the prison farm on Dart
moor is at the same elevation, and ex.
cellent crops are grown.
Only I'm America is chewing gum
made. Until quite recently It was con
sumed principally in this country, too,
but a dispatch recently stated that
whereas q few years ago Scotland was
free from the chewing gum habit now
a large part Of the population chews
gum.
For the year ended June so, 1905
the exports of copra e(drcd cocoanui
meat from the Philippine Islands
amounted TO 145,S5l0i3 pounds, OF
which France took Ss,3363JO pounds
or about CT per cent. The next most
Important buyers were Spain and Ger
many.
The Peruvian government has ap-
pointed its charge d'affaires in I.ondcn
Il. Lembecke, and r. Role, honorary
chancellor of the Peruvian consulate at
New Orleans, 70 be the delegates OF
Peru at the conference Of the Red
Cross to be held during the summer in
Geneva. rir-p esb DOS
Paper bags are absolutely necessary
In certain lines Of business and. con-
sidering that there is no cash return,
constitute probably one Of the large
items of expense to stores and market
stalls. The expenditure for ordinary
paper bags. such as are used in gro
Gerry stores, during 1906 reached nearly
S9.2OO,0O0
Greater New YorA has during the
last five years built l6,15S flathouses,
furnishing homes for 5s5.021 tenants,
The cost for construction has been
$500. ,J95. When the cost Of land Is
included the total investment has
reached S1.OOO.OOO.0OO. The investment
70 house each person has been S1,71O
II each tenant has paid on the average
40 per cent a year for housing accom-
modations the annual rent which such
an investment demands from each ten
ant is $lTl.
On March !, I'LL, appeared the first
number of the Spectator of Steele and
Addison. The story Of No II. which
contains The Epistle OF the Enamored
Footman In the Country TO His Mis-,
tress" and signed James" Is interest.
ing. This footman 10y mistake had