The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-12-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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rho arctic air is very favorable for
.,o transmission Of sound
,otol shavings and concrete constl-
nte new paving material.
About one-thrd Of the people in the
world live principally on rice.
Ioyemaklng on postal cards is in vio-
ofop Of the postal regulations Of Rus
sia
The worlds brewerles consume
laM0OOO tons Of barley and 10000 tons
Of hops annually
On the coast Of Ireland ii rains on
an average Of POS days in the year; in
England about 100 days,
In France 1,GOO bees weigh a pound.
Inf fine wild bees Of Russia are so
Irbt that 5000 so to a pound.
The longest pipe line in the world is
.bot which extends from the Okla
boma oil wells TO New York harbor.
Relief Of the poor of England and
wales and matters wholly connected
Herewith cost over f14,000,000 annu-
silly.
The FIRST process Of making soda on
m extensive scale was discovered by
Nicholas Leblanc, French chemist
IN 1901.
d, II has been calculated taat the an
! nual capacity Of the Atlantic cables is
sOOOOO.OOO words. Only 25,000,000
however are sent.
The Canadian government supports
more than a score Of wireless tele-
praph stations along its coasts, five Of
which are on the Pacific
The Field museum, in Chicago
claims to have the largest meteorite in
The world. 1t weighs over two tons
and was found at Tonopah, New.
Europeans have discovered that
American strip barrels once used are
better than new ones. They are used
especially for the picking Of meat and
If Of hard wood, even in the United
States bring better prices than new
ones,
The hospital Of which DR.. Martha G.
Ripley is in charge is said to have the
lowest death rate OF any institution Of
the kind in this country or Europe. 1t
Is the Maternity hospital Of Mime
apolis and has been running for sixty
years,
Tourists in British Columbia must be
careful Of the trophies or mementos
they buy or try to buy, A new game
law prohibits the dealing In or Offering
to buy or sell the heads Of mountain
sheep elk, moose or caribou or the
teeth Of elk or wapiti.
Wheat growing in Australia was be-
gun about a century ago and in 1850
had extended to 491 900 acres. Today
The acreage exceeds 100000. The
yield per acre fuctuates heavily. 1t
has been as low as "a bushels (1902-3)
and as high as 1882 (1903-4).
Ordinary marching In the British
army is three miles an hour, quick
marching three and three-tenths and
double quick marching FIVE miles. In
the French army the figures are two
and seven-tenths. three and three
tenths and Eve miles per hour.
As part OF the education OF the Eng.
lsh naval divers the beginners are
taught how to save themselves. should
lney become exhausted. by allowing
their suits to OIL with air and shooting
rapidly upward 10 the surface, where
iney are dragged into the boat by the
Rtendants.
Robert Fulton's living descendants
are Robert Fulton Crazy. Mrs. Ella
uary Cammann, Charles Franklin
crary, r. Fulton Ludlow. grandchil-
uIeh; Amy Crazy. Cornela L. Crazy,
MIS- Alice Crazy Sutcliffe. Fulton Cra-
" Edward c. Cammann. Schuyler
Oalnmann, great-grandchildren.
Ihere are 500 Inhabitants on the
1ouaWanda Indian reservation in
western New York. Though divided
" clearly defined party lines into
Ourlsuahs and pagans, they retain I'm
vOulmon many Of their ancestors prim-
.l'e customs very conspicuous Gus
"I being the annual corn drying.
1u english syndicate began the con-
uucuon on Aug. 20, 1903, of an en-
UauAnent along the southern side of
He promontory on which MonteviGeo
'uuated the entire work to be finish
M M ~ hve years at a cost Of $7,211,116.
'ue extent Of the work is three miles
auu Will consist of Stout sea wall and
~ esplanade Do feet wide for We
ulcles' trans and walks.
Iue new marriage law now under
consideration In Victoria. Australia,