Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-21

INTERESTING STArIsTICs. United States
are composed of thirty-One States and nine Terri
tories.
They contain population of2. 900 900, of whom
. .0OO0OO are white
The extent of sea coast is Il, $50 miles.
The length OF the ten principal rivers is 20 600
The surface of the FIVE great lakes is 10000
square miles.
The number of miles of railroad in operation is
10000, which cost S7S, OOO.OIO.
The length Of the canals is 5 OCO miles
1t contains the longest railroad on the globe
the Illinois Central-which is "a miles.
Inc annual value Of its agricultural productions
Its most valuable production is Indian corn
which yields annually &C, 600 900 bushels
The amount Of registered and enrolled tonnage
The amount Of capital invested in manufactures
is $500, 600 go.
The annual amount of its internal trade is $780,
UO,OoO.
The annual value of its products of labor, other
than agricultural, is 81 500 600.
The annual value of the income of the inhabi-
tants Is 81 10000.
The value Of farms and live stock is $500, 900
Its mines of gold, copper, lead, and iron are
among the richest in the world
The value of geld produced is SlOOOOOOOO
The surface of its coal fields is 13- ,l3i square
miles.
Within her borders are sO.GO0 schools, 5000
academies 23i colleges. and $50 churches
IL What is the difference between q fisher
man and a truant school boy!
The one bats his hook and the other hates his
book.
III If any of onr readers desire a country res
idence the farm of
BTFFELJAGrs FOyTEix,
Ollfauts river, district GudtshoOTn is advertised
Tor sale III South African paper. together with
100 goats, ''leaguers' of brandy bra ndy stills
household furniture, and everything that is COM
Portable, and, what is better, 6bsraI credit will
be given,
III shopkeeper of Vienna lately put up i'm his
window notice, declaring that the proprietor
OF the establishment wished to enter INTO the
marriage state with a well co ABDUCTED younp wo-
man or widow" ''SinCe then. some Of the local
journals state, sit is quite uncomfortable what a
number OF women of every are enter the shop TO
make purchases, but the would he Beued c, has
not yet made his choice
IL few weeks since. says the Norfolk Ar.,n,
lady lost breast pin WEIGH she priced very high
~, and being DESTROYS To recover It, If possible
she advertised for IL in our paper Her adver-
'isement appeared but few times when ON uoin,,
TO her bureau drawer, she there law tbs. missing
Dredst-pln, looking a. natural : ever We al
ways thought there was efficacy i'm ADVERTISING
but this instance Is conclusive.
THE FERTILE WEST -Drie.lIaCh a Co < mo
nager!e having incautiOusly ven;ured out Oh the
fertile prairies of Iowa, the animals nearly es-
capped starving to death there. The Iowa CITY
Reporter Of the sth saws: Mr.. Wheeler aeon,
OF Driesbach * Co.'S establishment informs Ms
ihat on account of the scarcity of feed their stock
mas become so reduced that it will be impossible
TO exhibit the animals between this place and Du
Duque, excepting the giraffe -
III A hopeful youth, who was the owner of a
Young Dull terrier, was one day training the ami
mai In the art OF being ferocious and wanting
some animated object to set the dog upon, his
daddy, after considerable persuasion, consented
70 get down upon all fours and Ike a fight with
ir Bull. Young America began to urge on the
dog, " Sis boy-seize him. &c. At last the
DOG made Dip and got good hold upon the
old mans pIoboscis; and get the dog of he could
not so ne began % cry out with the pain caused
by the fangs of the dog. .. Grin and bear il, Old
man" shouted the young scapegrace. - Grin
ana bear it-HcUn be the maxim of the NM"