The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-02-09
USEFUL IMPORTATION.

yards-l3 yards less than two-thirds
of a mile.
A days journey is 33A miles.
A cubit is two feet.
a great cublt is eleven feet.
A hand (horse measure) is four inches.
A palm is three inches.
A span is 1o5 inches.
A pace is three feet
A barrel offlour weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel of pork 300 pounds.
A barrel Of rice 600 pounds.
A barrel of powder 25 pounds.
A firkin of butter so pounds.
A tub of butter 81 pounds.
The following are sold by weight,
per bnshel:
White beans and clover seed, sixty
pounds to the bushel.
Corn, rye and fax seed, 60 pounds.
Buckwhcat, 81 pounds.
Barley, 4S pounds.
Oats, 30 pounds.
Timothy seed, IS pounds.
A ton of round timber is 10 feet; OF
square timber, ~ feet.
a commercial bale Of cotton is 400
pounds.
a pack OF wool is 240 pounds.
A section of government land is
$40 acres Tone mile).
a tun is $50 gallons.
A box lG by 261 inches and 8 inch
es contains bushel.
POPULATION or THE GLOBE.
There are on the globe 1855 ,000,-
010 souls, of whom 36O, 00, 900 are OF
the Caucasian race; 552 ,00J 900 are OF
the Mongol race; 10 100000 are OF
the Ethiopian race; 176,030,010 are OF
the Malay race; l00,U00,VU0 are OF
the Indo- American race.
There are 3,G42 languages spoken,
100 different religions.
The yearly mortality of the globe
is 30, ,333. 1913 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 decease of some
human creature.
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 seventeen
years.
Among 10000 persons, one arrives
at the age OF 100 years; one in $40 at.
tains the age of so; and one in 100
lives to the age of 60.
Married men lives longer than sin.
gle ones.
In 100 ersons, 95 marry; and more
marriages occur in June and Decem.
Der than in any other months in the
year.
One-eighth Of the whole population
is military.
Professions exercise a great infu-
ence on longevity. In l.0J0 persons
who arrive at the age of70 years, III
are priests, orators or public speakers;
30 are agriculturists, 33 are workmen
32 are soldiers or military employees;
20 advocates or engineers; q profess
ors and % doctors.
Those who devote their lives to the
prolongation of others die soonest.
There are 1886, 100000 Christians.
There are 5,U0000J Israelites.
There are 6U,000,u00 Asiatic relig
ionists.
There are 1O0,0oO,O00 Mohamme
dams.
There 300,000,000 Pagans.
In the Christian Church -1T0.00(
profess the Roman Catholic religion
10000 ,0O0 profess the Greek faith
S0;000,0J0 profess the Protestant
SIZE OF OUR GREAT LAKES.
The latest measurement ofour fresl
water seas is given below:
The greatest length of Lake Super
ior is 335 miles its greatest bread THU
160 miles; mean depth, $50 feet; ele
vation, 627 feet area, $4,000 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Mich
gan, 290 miles; its greatest breadth
208 miles; mean depth, 900 feet; ele
vation, 507 feet; area, $4,000 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huror
is 200 miles; its greatest breadth, 16l
miles; mean depth, 600 feet; elevation
21i feet; area. 10000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Erie
$50 miles; its greatest breadth, 81
miles; its mean depth, 81 feet, eleva
ton, 555 feet; area, 6,000 square miles
The greatest length of Lake Onta
rio is lSO miles; its greatest breadth
65 miles; mean depth, 500 feet; eleva
tion 26l feet; area, 5000 square miles
All five cover an area of upwards o
10000, square miles.
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