The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-05-13
Facts for the Curious.


Facts for the Curious.
According 10 Boarhave. the healthis.t
children are born in January, February and
March
The natural sma|l pox usually carries of
eight in every hundred attacked with it :
hu, Of three hundred inoeulateG, only one
| dlcA
Ofone thonsasd iufan', fed bv the moth
era milk. not above ,hree hundred die :
but of the same number reared by wet
nurse> FIVE hundred die
China properly so-c.lled contains ahou,
| three hundred and fifty million. Of souls,
and extends over twenty degrees Of laii
,ude. .ni twenty Of longitude.
The flea locust. and gras.hopper lump
two hundred times their own length; equal
to = quarter Of mile for man.
There are in man five hundred and
t~.n'v-..ven muscles. Nv" hundred and
fifv-'even Of which are in pairs. Ofthese
no less than one hundred are constantly
used in the act Of breathing
The average depth Of he Atlantic ocean
is .-t down a. 13, 400 feet, and that of the
Pacific At IS 900 IN the western side
o. 81. Helena, soundings were made, it il
said. TO he 0ep'h of q 900 feet five
miles and without touchir 9
bot ON
The first code Of CO rit,en low. possessed
by the A'henians was prepared by Draco.
= man Of ..ern and rigid character. These
laws punished all crimes with den,h and
on account Of their sanguinarv character.
are aid to have been written in blood.
There are sc 900 seeds in the c.psula
Of a tobacco plant: and Raw. the cale5rs
ted hn'auist, counted in the head Of a Pop
ps loco seeds II has been calculated
by many rafura'is's that the elm tree pro-
ducp. yearly $40 600 seeds
If the fea'herv gills Of email perch
could ia unfodsd and spread out, thew
would nearly cover square ward This
will not appear so extraordinary when il
is recolec,ed that the nerve ~ dogs
nose is spread out in so Thin a web that i,
is computed to be equal 10 four 50. #
In the human skeleton there arg two
hundred and fif'y-two separate bones -
Hard-working people sometimes have an
extra number, which are formed near the
joints of the thumb fore-hnger, and toes
They are useful in increasing the power Of
the muscles wherever thev grow
The aorta, or principal artery Of the
whale. measures about 3 foot in diameter
and The quantity Of blood thrown into it
At each puisarion. has been estimated Al,
from ten to fifteen gallons; the rush Of
this fluid j. quite audible to the harpoon-
ers when about 20 strike ,he animal.
A watch consists of 992 pieces. aus, in
making it % trades and about 900 per-
sons are employed. remarkable IT,
stance Of labor in auy,nnn,iar the value If
raw material. is afforded by the balance
spring Of this instrument. ONE tarthinc's
worth Of iron will make 1850 balance
springs. the marker value of which is abou,
f724 nearl, 81 400.
Dr. Darwin vas of opinion tina. ifa deaf
person dreamed OF hearing. the internal
parts. essential to the function. were un-
impaired. The same remark, says Doctor
Smith. of Boston, il applicable to the blind
| have invariably found tha, The incurahIe
blind never dean Of hearing or seeing.
OF all metals. platinum has The greatest
specific gravity, and is. consequently the
leasI in bulk gold comes next; then in
nearly regular graduation. lead. mer curry.
silver, bismu!h. copper, iron, tin, an'rno>
ny, sodium. and potassium. pound Of
tbs two last being equal in ouk to a. Ieas,
twenty ?. unds Of platinum.
The intervention Of an ecclesiastical
functionary WAS not deemed necessary so
a marriage until the Council of Tren, in
l4O9, when decree WAS passed interdic,-
ing any marriage otherwise than in the
presen'e Of a prizes, and two witnesse. -
Before the time of Pope Innocent II. Ills.
there was no solemnization Ct marriag. in
church. but the 5ridegr ION came to the
brides house and led her home 10 his own,
which WAS all the ceremony then used
Bans were frs, directed 10 he published BY
Hubert Waiter. in the year 1900.
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4" Norman Chaiee, Of South Wilbra-
ham, who died a few wears since had hi.
coffin in his house for more than twelve
wears before. He made i, himself saving
the boards in hi. own sawmil He also
dug his own grave two wears ago. walled
and cemen'eh u, prepared large atone 10
cover it, and erected monument suitably
inscribed leaving blank to be filled with
the date Of his death His wife survived
him only five days, bu, be had made no
cxnnanA. To- L..