Show the statistics of 20 leading libraries in this country show chati 0 ot over spent a little blittle overl ident bent ws was devoted to books while alle other expenses consumed inthe mercantile library of 0 new york daiy city it cost 14 cent to circulate lle a volume the largest library in the world ill I 1 the national library of france founded by louis XIV which now contains books pamphlets manuscripts mans mads and charts C coins ins and medals engravings and portraits the library of congress i Is the largest in this country containing about an astrologer in in tile the reign of louis XI of france having foretold something disagreeable to the king his majesty in revenge resolved to have him killed the next day he sent for tile the astrologer and ordered the people about him at a given signal to throw him out of thi the window the king sald said to him you pretend to be such luch a wise man and know so perfectly the fate of others inform me a little what will w III i be your own and hoy how long you have to live the astrologer w who hn now began to apprehend some danger answered with great presence of mind 1 I know my destiny and am suro me I 1 shall die three days before your majesty the king on this was so lamfrom lai aarom from hav having ng him thrown out of the window tharion that on the contrary he took care not to have him want for anything and did all that was possible to retard the death of one whom he was likely soon to follo follow yr the largest stone atone bridge on the face oi of the earth is that finished in my mif I 1 is a t Lan lankant langfang La ngang Kang china chinese 4 10 11 ak e er 3 had T c an nr a 0 f t jf it crosses in arm of the china sea e i is nearly six miles in leright and aid b ailt anti entirely ely of ione and I 1 has 3 arches each 70 76 feet high it is thamosin the tha most mosi colossal structure ever reared by roan man yet we call them the heathen chinee the largest truss biorn bridge it ane world crosses the firth firch of tay scotland ca it is feti feet in feneht and compose of 85 span the longest wooden bridge in the world is that crossing rake fake near new orleans la it is a trestlework trestle work 21 mileson leright built of cypress piles which have been saturated with creosote oil to preserve them the hig highest liest bridge in the united states is over vinzina creek near bradford pa it was built in 1882 has a span of 2051 feet and is feet above the creek bed Erz erum the town so gallan gallantly tily cip lured by the Ruc russians a short time ago from the turks Is a town fa U turkish Ar armenia meala on the west branch of the euphrates Euphrate is on a plain feet above the he sea and surrounded by mountains the streets are cranked cron ked narrow and dirty the houses are built of volcanic stone and cemented cement sd d with mud the city with its ita four suburbs has forty mosques a number of large bazaars and a few fine buildings with many ruins of former magnificent ent structures the principal pai trades are tann tanning inz dyeing morocco leather and blacksmiths and coppersmiths limit hs work its copper and iron wares are widely known its situation at at the meeting of highways leading arm torn ond persist persia kurdistan and mesopotamia gives it a bage trade alth although pugh its prosperity has suffered since the opening ol of a sate sale trade route from persia through the russian trans caucasian Ciu casian it was first conquered by the arabs in then by the ayzan tines mongols and turks it was captured by the russians in 1829 and S again in it Is the residence of 0 english russian and french bonsu consuls Is the population is 1 the sahara desert is the largest in the world its lengst is miles and its it breadth miles having en an area of square balles nalles the tallest englishman on record was john hale of lancashire linca shire england who was nine feet six ine inches lies in height his hand was seventeen inches lone and eight and inches broad the largest producing farm in the world lies in the southwest corner of louisiana owned by a northern syndicate it runs one hundred trifles miles north and south the immense tract is divided into convenient distureo Dis tures res with stations of ranches every six miles the fencing alone cost nearly five out of seven bemb members ars of the U S senate senat e woman raco committee d favorably on the proposed susan B anthony amendment dro providing alding for nationwide woman suffrage in III their report they paid high tribute wa ute to the women of europe who v chave have proved themselves vos so capable callable during durine the war new zealand apple azro power ers finda find a v rady market lor for thel their r produce p in SQ boath ath america I 1 the diamond industry ts Is believed to bave haac suffered sufi ered ib more ore thin than any atheras other RS a result of 0 the Euro european peau war f A Aco college liege professor has inquired of 0 num numerous rous classes ol of children what word they liked best of replies specified mother hn an acre of land in oklahoma yields from 40 to bushels of peanuts and in n adill addition tion to the peanut crop produces it a ton or two of excellent hay bay the beautiful grass glass of parnassus which is found io in the marshy quartets quarter of great bri britain etain derives derive its name came from its supposed origin on mt parnassus only 83 arrests for drunkenness were made at the san francisco exposition of last year although nearly persons pissed passed through the turnstiles turn stiles recent experiments itt in england have shown that paper pulp of a good quality can be made from the inexhaustible haus tible vegetable product of the white nile the examina examination llon of fairly accurate records has convinced scientists that hat there has been no appreciable tange ange in the climate of northern europe in 1800 1600 years A dentures cent dent supply of peat dent near moscow has been acquired by a russian company which will erect a plant and convert it into electricity to light and heat the city according to a finnish scientist the air ail around pine trees is purer than that i around others because their needles disseminate electricity into the atmosphere and it at the age of 01 i 18 8 dav david fd is said to have written his r arst psalm shelley helley wrote queen mab alduende andU Mendelssohn and ende ilsohn composed his first music for A midsummer night nig lit dream experiments in new york in ing g incandescent lamps ii on railroad crossing a igns have enabled the signs to be read more than a nalle mile 1 and their distinctive form noted larther scientific tests have sh shown own that in occupations large muscles women tire more rapidly han men while in work in which smaller muscles are used they are more ech chent A fly on a window pone pane will cra crawl wj to the top fly back to th bottom and crawl up jp again this order old er is seldom seldom reversed it is on record that a fly crawled up a window pane 32 times returning each time wing awing a I 1 I 1 estimates of the expense of bringing a 2000 ton freight train ti traveling raveling at a rate of 25 miles an hour to a full fuli stop and then regaining the same speed were recently made by a 4 southern railway the expense was 61 cents the K eating keather bill barring from interstate commerce comm tho products of children under 14 in factories or under 16 in mines was passed by the housa hous a A strong lobby representing the cotton mills in the southern states state q opposed tho the mea measure of the 48 states 27 already have child labor laws and it is considered unjust that ailese progressive states should shoula suffer in competition with states which allow unrestricted child labor it was suggested that the products of child labor in foreign countries should also bo be barred but this idea was rejected thus americans will have al to b compete cl on unequal terms mag mfg tho paid child labor of other countries t from city ancient times limes there existed a dais of 0 persons business it was to amuse the rich and noble particular at table by jests and witty sayings it was however during the middle ages that this singular vacation n became tally fully developed the symbols Is of 0 the court tool fool were the shaven erpen the fool s cap of gay colors aud and asses ears bells and other such finery some soine ol of these professional fools obtain ed sin an historical reputation besides the regular fools there was a higher class call called cou counsellors coun generally men ot of talent who availed themselves of the ledge or of free speech to ridicule in the roost most merciless manner the follies and vices of their con tempora temporaries iles at a later period simple minded pelzo s were kept I 1 for r the entertainment or 0 company every ordinary noblemen considered such an attendant indispensable because it was the he fashion and thus the oily folly reached its last stage and towards the erid end of 0 the century the system was abolished it survived longest in russia where peter the great had so many fools that he divided them into distinct classes |