The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-01
AcoI.tIMN or FACTS.

the eqHasor snuId BE- lsl n lhe poles.
The Engi,sh s,sndard u weights 70 me
sahie inch Of dlsnllrd w.irr. ~eiehsrg
2s2. $50 gains in The air; and 252 72s IN
Eserum.
Hsary til. directed that an ounce
,hsuld be go dry grains Of wheat; ~
ounces p.uRi; 8 pounds gallon, and Q
gallons . bashfl.
A Irg-l slone 10 Ia lbs. or The eighth
Of an ewL in England. snd 10 lbs. in
Hnllsnd.
Ths fs,ham, 6 feet. is derived from
the hs,gh, 81 . full gra~n man. A hand
in hasss MEASURE. % 4 inches.
An Irish mile y 224O yards; Scotch
nile !. 1854 yard; and English, Or statue
nile. l76a ysrdsi German. 1906 Turkish
1876.
An are is4si0 square yards, or 90 yds.
I foot 81 inehss each Wy. A square
mile. 1850 yards each wsy. contains $40
acres.
AIS per cent. interest. money doubles
in IL years; ., "a IN IOl years; and .,
10 per cent. in z years.
The Christian Era sss fret used. 10
counting tine. ~ Rome in 527; adopted
Ia France, IN $50: in Spain, in 1910; and
in Portugal. IN l4iO. The early Chris
uans d.pd lram the accession oil Dio-
clesIsa. IN 2s4.
The psrsians give names 70 every day
in the mnnlh. jus, ne we give ,hem 10
days Of The week.
A nan with an augnr exer,s force Of
100 lbs; with screw-driyer Of 81 lbs;
With wlndlass. 60 lbs; q hand plane.
so; . handsaw 30 lbs.
Most auih0rilies RATE I horse IS equal
IN S men, some At @. and the French al
z.
I,cks have been made with "a nova.
bic wards. so as 10 spell anv ward. and no
key will open them but the one adjusted
70 that ward.
A man 10 taller in the Morning than
o. night. 10 The extent Of half an inch or
more, owing 70 the relaxation OF The car
tlases e.... ..--
The E.quim aux attain the height af bu,
4 fee. Q inches, and The Mougol rsrtars
buw iest Q inches.
TIE human body consists Of $40 bones.
pkinds 81 sruculsiions or Jennings, loo
carriages. OF iigsmehis. 400 Muscles. OF
,eudans, and 100 nerves. besides blood
vessels. srteries. veins, &c.
Animals are vegetables with case fof
soil, and their roots turned inward To tbs
sill. By repleni.hing The soil. IN the
ssom,ch, and sxprlhng that which ha'
lbs, It's power OF sus,enaaee. The animal u
inderendsn, Of locality. and locomotive.
eRiley asserts ihs, Arabs in the desert
live 200 years.
Jeffrey Hudson. the dwarf. was but II
inches high until he was 30 years OF age
and then he rnse In 80 inches. Bebe
the Pole. vas only 80 inches .. his death
sged %.
The foo, OF q Chinese female. from ,h'
heel to the grra. toe. il only four inches
leng.
Total abstinence from food above 90
ven daysis fatal to nan. but there are IN
stances Of surviving sfier longer period
A religious fanatic, in 1880. determine'
10 fast 40 DAYS, but died on the 10th.
Ia marching, soldiers take rs steps re
minute; quick marching 1908; and .
charging. $50 steps.
The Hlndoos have the ART OF personal
ing death, so ss 10 deceive able surge
ons.
An elephant bred TO war stands fr'
ag,inst a vnlley Of mu,keuy, and 30 bu
lets in The flesh will no, kill him.
Fish are drawn towards hight: the
assemble 10 be fed by the sound OF bel
and are lond &c music.
A chrsnu, tree on Nj E,ns Is 1876 fe
round close 10 the trunk.
The seeds ol plants arc their eRgs.
sunaower produces 1000; a poppy 81
600; tobacco plan, 3 OF 100000; an
spleen worth 1000. 900.
Potatoes planted below 3 feet do n
veeet,te; at one foo, they grow THO
est: and a, two feet are retarded two
three months.
A field Of wheat buried under an Az
lanche for 25 years, proceeded on
growth, &c., as suun as The snow n
melted.
The mahogany tree 10 full grown
200 years. Cyprus trees are known
be 8 or 9 hundred wears old.
An oak tree in 3 wears grows : 'e
l0a inches; a larch, 3 Ieet Z inches;
elm s feet 3 inches; a beech. l u. . 70
a poplar Q feet; a willow 0 Ieei incht
Iron is fsrous; gold u chrystsi'ne.
There are no sold rocks in the Arc
regions. owing to the severe fr"s,s.
Fossil bones of the lizard, "a iect
length. equal to the dragons OF sn"q"''
have been found in Bavaria. -.
The surface ol the sea is estimated
l50 100000 square miles. taking
whule surface Of The globe at l97.Ol
900. Il. greatest depth is supposed
be equal 10 the height Of the high