Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1900 — This and That. [ARTICLE]

This and That.

The postal appropriation carries $115,000,000. t A marked increase in the number of left-handed persons is noted by a Washington physician. A hotel exclusively for women is to be built in New York by the Woman's Hotel Companf, chartered with $400,000 capital. \ The two counties of Brewster and Presidio, Texas* having a joint area of 600 Square miles, have, it is said, fewer than 8,000 inhabitants. A Swiss authority insists that 200 Russians will spend more in a month than 1,000 Englishmen and women for the same period of time. Last year the American people ate 2,000,000 tons of sugar. Of this the American Sugar Refining Company, otherwise known as the trust, made 1,385,000 tons. The Chinese Six Companies at Han Francisco have offered to pay for Chinese detectives to maintain order in Chinatown, provided the men are vested with police powers, which will be done. The Paris police have issued,a notice warning the public, and especially foreign visitors, that a great number of false 50-franc notes are circulating in Paris and the large French towns. The great Increase in commerce and in naval armaments has placed the services of experienced seamen at a premium. Th. scarcity of sailors is felt in all navies* and even the great steamship lines are Inconvenienced. Lieut. Bntson will organise the Native Philippine Battalions. The- surplus revenues of the year are likely to be $60,000,000. Hawaii coins are to he received at face value for all public dues. The cable company baa sent in a bill for Dewey's cutting at Manila Bay. A bill ts permit Igdian Territory cities to issue bond* will be introduced in Congress./ *■ J. The announcement k made that a line of steamers will soon commence running on the Dead Sea, the first of the fleet having already been purchased.