| Show BITS OF information banking in pittsburg dates oates back to 1904 massachusetts has registered physicians there aro are relish minere minera at scotland canada has over lobster canneries in operation georgia Georgi ax governor has sixty nine colonels on bla his staff california is 1 pridu daisies a foot toot in e there are parts in a modern locomotive pittsburg ships more than tone of coal coat annually the gross tonnage ot of pittsburg product products exceeds new jersey Is the chief clay producing state of the country A single pair of rabbits can multiply in four years to fourteen swiss hotels are or more feet above the sea level jupiter has eclipsed eclips ets ot of its different dit terent moona in one of its 1 yeara years more than a million people die yearly in europe of consumption five hundred and eighty seven distinct languages are spoken in europe the amount of french capital invested in china exceeds in some now zealand towns there are more women voters than men the condemned italian brigand Is starving himself to death japanese coiners are alleged to be flooding korea with counterfeit cash the mines of south africa give work to between and men the be rope on or which charles blondin blandin crasp 4 the falls of niagara cost fifty four oak trees are struck by lightning to every beech that Is struck paris has double the number of firemen and fifty more engines than london no educational facilities whatever are provided for russian children the royal irish constabulary cost the britt ailt government last year sir edwin landseer Landa eor Is said to ba have f e painted the cavaliers pets in a single da day the orders of decoration borne by the german emperor are worth about the foundation of the bi ic of england strong room Is 66 feet below street level tho the first machine for folding envelopes was patented on tho the march 1845 oft off the cape of good hope waves 38 boet high from trough to crest have been noted A calf with two tongues la Is f I 1 now ow in the possession of a farmer at rosbert north wales A observatory Is to be built this year by wesleyan Wea leyan university at middletown conn the Prcy ince of asturias As in spain spain has no fewer feer than 28 centenarians in a population of the household of the sultan is the most expensive in the world cost ing three millions a year beetles in tao and west indies are so brilliant bi in coloring that they aro are beautiful as gems loss of voice waa was one of the reasons given by a london auctioneer toe for his insolvency recently pittsburg and allegheny have more public bridges than any other acty or county in the country two torpedo boats of the imperial germany navy will always be stationed in future on tho the rhine two hundred and seventeen lions have been bom born at the dublin zoo during tie t e last seventy yeats Sponge fishIng has been prohibited in turkish waters aters this will cost greece at least a year the nutritive value of 13 cents fulth of 3 per cent milk if Is equal to 25 cents worth of round beefsteak from nettle albro a thread has been produced so alne that a length of SO 60 mile of its weighs but 2 24 pounds parisian Par letan butchers who sell hose ho se meat intimate sati mate the fact by exhibiting a glided gilded horsehead horse borse head on their shop fronts java has thunderstorms on at least 97 days in the year and in jamaica there are often such storms on day days the dronk grasi found in the transvaal has the effect of making cattle and horses quite stupid and sleepy the jewels which the princess of wales vales took with her on her recant recent tour of the world wire ensured insured for the biggest mortar in the world Is mallets 36 inch mortar made in 1855 and still in woolwich arsenal england the united states has million acres of woodland wood lani nl forty seven mil lion iton of velch area la Is preserved by government the longest pendulum ever made was feet in length and was swung from the second platform of the eiffel tower the highest priced stamp issued in the states cost 60 but victoria at one time issued a stamp valued the biggest open air concert in the iorli Is the welsh eisteddfod ach Is attended attend ca yearly by to people the houseboat or barge of Alag magdalen dalen college oxford Is 82 feet long and will accommodate 1200 people it cost soldiers commit suicide more frequently than members of any other profession and gardeners and fi fishermen shermer least often one of the new bridges to bo be thrown over the seine Is to be built in two st stoil otles cs with one set of arches resting on another out 1 2599 murders of christians in turkey last year there were only sixt one cases in n which the murderers were punished switzerland has on an average tourists yearly and has I 1 built loos 1608 inns for their benefit nt at a corn cont of le petit journal Is to said to lave tho the biggest sale in london ot any foreign newspaper nearly 1800 coils a d day are sold there lord kelvin who is now 78 roars old Is entitled to place no less than 06 letters indicating various titles of honor after his name WAc according cording to john joha ila iiams s hammond mining on a large scale on the rand Is not 11 likely ely to last much more than a quarter of a century 41 A roan man in jn kentucky has discoverer disco verel that lightning Is a cure for rheu but it requires a good goon deal of caro vire to experiment with it Quick ellier I 1 lining wining has the worst effect on the teeth of any known bleachers and bakers also freau frequently antly loso lose their teeth the amount of 0 teat generated by a mans body in a days work Is sufficient to raise 63 pounds of water from freezing to boiling point the church chorch of england bishopric of 0 the aler Is square milea nilles that Is alvo times the size of the whole united kingdom big bell weighing oar 53 63 tons was as cast in 1415 1416 it Is 15 feet high and has a circumference ot 01 34 feet at the nm rim it Is 9 inches thick france has dogs just double as many as great drua a and arl ireland germany has also just halt of frances number the common herring Is the most di of all marine creatures to catch alive for an aquarium A whale Is the most mott difficult to preserve alive within ere last fifty years people have emigrated from the county mao ireland or nearly as many as there are ara now inhabitants there there aro are monka monks on the promontory ot of athos they pay to the sultan a year for the privilege of being allowed to govern them set dehos ON last year canada canad produced worth of copper nearly 25 worth of gold worth of nickel and worth of silver the largest bore cannon ever rondo Is the maleck c or lord of the plain etl existing in india it Is 14 feet long and its bore is 28 inches the greatest size to which a horse borse has been known to grew Is 20 banda bunds high this la Is the record of a clydesdale which was on exhibition it IL 1889 alit u indrea In crea ot of population between the kenyear ten year censuses censures to oer der cent in belaud 2 21 per cent in the united states and 21 per cent in australia us the baaba or sacred stone of mecca la IB coterel finh every year with 0 damask sent by the sultan or khedive kheel A single coyer covering lne has cost as much i a |
