Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-09-16
USEFUL INFORMATION.

A great cubit is eleven feet.
A hand (horse measure) is four inches
A palm is three inches.
A span is 105 inches.
A pace is three feet.
A barrel Of -four weighs 196 lbs.
A barrel of pork 200 lbs.
A barrel Of rice 600 lbs.
A barrel of powder rs lbs.
A frkin of butter Sc lbs.
A tub of butter "a lbs.
The following are sold per weight, per
bushel:
Wheat, beans and clover seed, 60 lbs to
the bushel.
Corn, rye and fax seed, Sc lbs.
Buckwheat, so lbs.
Barley, 48 lbs.
Oats, 80 lbs.
Timothy seed, 45 lbs.
A ton Of round timber is 40 feet; of
square timber is 40 feet.
A commercial bale cotton is 400 lbs.
A pack of wool is 240 lbs.
A section of Government land is $40
acres, Conc mile.)
A tun is 250 gallons.
a box 16 by 26! inches, aud inches
deep, contains bushel.
POPULATION OF THE GLOBE.
There are on tho globe, l,9SS,000,000
souls, Of whom
360,000,O00 are OF the Caucasian race.
552,000,000 are of the Mongol race.
190,O00,000 are of the Ethiopian race.
176,000,000 are of the Malay race.
100000 are of the Indo American
race.
There are 3,642 languages spoken, and
1000 different religions.
The yearly mortality Of the globe, 33,.
333, 1888 persons. This is at the rate Of
81 ,554 per day, $3.50 per hour, 62 per
! minute. So each pulsation Of the heart
marks the deccasc Of some human crea.
ture.
The average Of human life is 33 years.
One. fourth Of the population dies at or
before the age Of seven years.
One half at or before II years.
Among 10000 persons one arrives at
the age Of 100 years; one in 500 at.ains
the age of 90; and one iu 100 lives to the
age Of 60.
Married men live longer than single
ones.
In 100 persons 95 marry and more mar
riages occur in June and December than
in any other mouths in the year.
One.eighth of the whole population is
military.
Professions exercise greatinf1uence on
longevity In 1000 individuals who ar.
rive at the age of 70 years, 43 are priests,
orators or public speakers, 80 are agricul-
turists, 33 are workmen, 50 are soldiers or
military employees, 90 advocates or cugi-
necrs, q professors and % doctors.
Those who devote their lives to the pro.
lonyation of others die soonest.
There are 336. 600, 900 Christians.
There are 100000 Israelites.
There are 60,0O0,000 Asiatic religion
lists.
There are 100 OOO,O Mohammedans
There are 3OO,Oo0,O00 Pagaus.
In the Christian Churches
17O,OOO,OO0 profess the Roman Catho-
lie religion.
100000 profess the Greek faith.
SO,OOOOO0 profess the Protestant.
SIZE OF OUR GREAT LAKES.
The latest measurement Of our fresh wa
ter seas is given below:
The greatest length of Lake Superior is
335 miles; its greatest breadth is 100
miles; mean depth, 6S8 feet; elevation,
627 feet; area, 1900 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Michigan
200 miles its greatest breadth, lOS miles i;
mean depth, 900 feet; elevation, 5O7 feet
area %, 900 square miles.
The greatest length Of Lake Huron is
200 miles its greatest breadth 160 miles !;
mean depth, 600 feet; elevation, 274 feet
area, 10000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Erie is 25O
miles; its greatest breadth. 80 miles
mean depth, "a feet; elevation, sos feOt !;
area, 5000 square miles.
The greatest length Of Lake Ontario is
1870 miles, its greatest breadth IS miles !;
mean depth, 500 feet; elevation, 26l feet !;
area. 5000 square miles.
All five cover an area Of upwards OF
80, 900 square miles.
WHAT IS MAN!
According to French statistician, tax
ing the mean Of many counts, man NIFTY
years Of age has slept 5000 days, worked
$500 days, walked 800 days, amused him
self 1000 days, was eating 1900 days,
was sick 500. etc. He ate II 900 pounds
Of bread. 10000 pounds Of meat, 4 ,OOo
pounds Of vegetables, eggs and fish, aud
drank 1000 gallons Of liquid, namely: wa
ter, coffee, tea, beer, wine. etc.. all togeth'
er. This would make respectable lake
Of 300 square feet surface and three deep
on which small steamer could navigate.