Show antwerp before its capture by the germans was the principal seaport of belgium capital of the province of antwerp on the river about fifty miles from the sea it is strongly fortified being encircled by outer fortifications and inner lines of defenses and is the converging center of man many y important railroad lines that connect it with commercial cities of belgium holland france and germany there or are ex extensive manufactures of 0 machinery cotton and woolen textiles silks chemicals leather pottery furniture and canned and cured meats and fish the city has import important int commercial relations with the leading ports ol of europe and is a point I 1 of departure for emigrants to the united states among its public buildings Js is a fine gothic cathedral with a spire feet high it contains the famous painting of rubens entitled descent from the cross elevation of the cross and assumption the city also has many hospitals educational institutions public buildings and supports a well organized public school system gas and electric lights numerous libraries several fine parks and boulevards and an extensive system ol of electric street railways are among the many improvements antwerp was a place ol of importance M porta uce as early as the lelh century and in the century attained to large commercial trade relations when it had a population ol of its commerce was greatly injured by wars between betwee spain and the Nethe netherlands rlando but in tle the last century it made wo wonderful ader growth and Is now nov it a center of wealth intelligence and industrial activity its population is those who are fond of canne 1 meat better look out what they are eating the alaska canna ales have began to pack whale beef hitherto hither tolore fore ed as waste an average whale yields 20 tons of beef but if you do swallow a ton on or two there will be no use to blubber about it by supplying yIng condensed milk to the roots root of a growing browin L sunflower plant a san bernardino calif man has succeeded in growing a sunflower which mea measures suris 51 inches in n circumference this is said to be the largest sunflower ever produced in that section and to even rival the giant product of kansas itself scotland now has agricultural operative cooperative co trading societies in most chinese cities the finest shops are those for the sale of coffinn cof flins a I 1 the swedish railroads are experimenting with peat for fuel about 20 per cr cent of the weight of meat is lost during cooking the magnolia has a more powerful perfume than any other flower all the blood in A mans body passes through his heart once in every two minutes the average depth of the sands of the african desprets des erets are from thirty to forty feet fact united states annually consumes coia pounds of wheat and wheat flour per c capita the first pleasure ground for the use of 0 the people was dedicated in philadelphia in 1682 the gold fields of western australia are the largest known they cover square miles paris has no distilleries breweries or public houses and native wine is the only intoxicating beverage used i the asiatic town of Maiwa tchi on the borders of russia is 13 inhabited by men only women are forbidden en trance t ace to it in korea widows never remarry even though they have been married only a month they must not take a second husband women are learning how to do things representative george of N Y was among those marooned in europe by the war it was necessary to carry on his campaign for re election without him so miss george his cousin and secre secretary ary set to work and she had things thing well going when he got back on the ground inez known as the most beautiful suffragist married a hollander named boissevain thereby there by losing her american citizenship in a court case in new york state that she appeared in the other day as lawyer the point was raised that she was no longer a member of the bar as she had forfeited her citizenship this question seems never to have been fully settled she could regain her U S citizenship if her husband would loin join 1 in I 1 n her application however |