The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-01-01

FACTS IN FEW LINES
A hand thor.e measure, is four inch

A hand (hOrge measurel is four inch.
The average age of the people Of
New York city is twenty-seven years.
The total number of sailing vessels
In the world Is double that of steam
erS.
Bosnia has not been an independent
state since 1889, when the Turks con
quered It.
Distress in India is still decreasing.
lief is only 405,OOO.
OF the 1O5 counties Of Kansas 100
have some Of their boys and girls at
tending Kansas university.
Following a practical demonstration
Of it's value in that field, the govern
which to store explosives in the canal
zone
A New York law has gone into ef-
feet forbidding boys and girls under
fourteen years of age to sell newspa-
pers on the streets between 10 p. m.
and O a. m.
As a proof Of the lasting qualities of
cypress a coffin recently was exca-
waited at New Orleans which had been
buried since 1903. yet the wood was as
sound as when new.
Lava from the volcano Of Savaii, In
the Samoan islands. which has been in
constant eruption for over three years.
has formed a river eight miles wide
flowing into the ocean.
According to the federal fish COM
mission. which has been making tests,
the meat Of the small shark, common
ly known as dogfsh. is palatable and
mora nutritious than beef
In a recent race in a Canadian town
third place was won by a Jockey 103
years old. Since he began his racing
career at the age of eighteen he has
ridden in more than 6.00O races.
The equipment Of the big buildings
of New York city with telephones
makes a great demand for wire. In
FIVE buildings alone the telephone
wires total a length of 2,3GO miles.
Nearly 100000 pounds of hog bris-
ties were exported from Shanghai last
year. They were valued at $1,S5S. 600.
1t takes a hundred coolies to sort and
bundle about fifty pounds of bristles q
day.
That there will be no more Spanish
women toreadors is said to be due to
the influence Of Queen Victoria, who
dislikes bullfights very much. but King
Alfonso must go very slow in combat
ing the pride of the Spaniards I'm their
'.ational game.
Schenectady is the only city of New
York state in which grade crossings
have been entirely abolished. Since
the public service commission was or
ganized only $50 have been done away
with, and there still remain S.733 on
steam roads alone.
1t is known that Alaska has yielded
great wealth to the fur Industry, but
the extent cannot be stated with any
certainty, as 1t has been the policy of
the fur trader to conceal his operate
and the conditions of the trade are
such that lie Is able to do So
At cost Of nearly $5,OO0,0OO the
British admiralty will construct a line
Of huge concrete blocks at Spithead
to force vessels to use defined chan
mel. Naval maneuvers have shown
that 1t is possible for small craft to
creep up to the shore at night.
According to the last census. there
are 23S, sos, COS chickens of laying age
in the United States. These are val
ued at $70,O0O,0OO, and the eggs they
lay would If divided allow 2O3 eggs
annually to every person-man, woman
and child--in the United States.
The newest thing in freak photogra-
ply in Egypt is posing for photo
graphs in cardboard sphinx molds and
mummy cases. A hole is left where
the face Of the sphinx should be. and
English and American faces peer out
from this vantage upon the photogra-
pher.
Albert Card of Searsport, Me-, has q
novel watch charm. 1t looks like an
ordinary silver locket OF rectangular
shape, but opens to disclose a tiny
English dictionary. One inch long,
threa-quarters OF an inch wide and
one-quarter of an inch thick. the little
book contains about 1900 words with
their definitions.
A forgotten picture by Frans Halls,
the famous Dutch master. has been
discovered In country house near
Dublin and sold to the British national
gallery for f25.O0O. Hardly half a cen
fury has elapsed since the very best
examples OF Halls work were thought
dear enough at f2.Oo0. and the poorer
ones would not fetch more than a 1.-THE
of the sum.