The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-09-06
FACTS AND FIGURES.


THERE are upward Of $1,000 coats-of
arms in use in London.
In two years 5000 London children
have been taught to swim by the Health
Society.
The stills at Kilssouxa, in Bulgaria,
noted tor its manufacture Of altar of roses,
have been destroyed during the war.
The vineyards near Bordeaux, France,
yield 1000 900 hOgshcads of wine an.
nualiy, Of which 100, are converted into
brandy.
THE wheat crop of the United States If
this year, it is estimated, will aggregate
325, COO, 900 bushels, against 26O, OOO, QUO
last year.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Troy TinHs
says that the uO0sac Tunnels freight and
passenger business has increased $50 per
cent. during the present fiscal year.
YELLOW FIR promises 10 be the future
ship building material in California.
They have built forty nine vessels of it
within year on the Pacific coast capacity
5000 tons) at cost Of $52O, 900.
Or total of 1O5. 500 tons of rails OK.
ported from England during the last ak
months. 1O6, 1853 tons we're steel rails,
whereas of 159, O47 tons exported during
the first six months of last year, only A.
637 were steel rails.
A WRITER in the american Cuzticat0r
says that some townships in 1assachu-
sets have lost in population from Is TO 81
per cent. This Is owing to worn out lands
and the rcstlcssncss cngcndcred by hard
timcs.-I0soG State Rsgister.
CONsTANTINOPLE has circumference
of about thirteen miles. It's harhOr, the
"GOldcn Horn" is long, capaciOus in
let of the BOsphOrus, running along tho
northeast side Of the city. with sufficient
depth for the largest vessels, and capable
of receiving 1900 sail vessels at one
time.
DIR. HENRY BOwDrTcH, of the Massa-
chusctts Board of Health, having con-
cludcd, from q personal examination Of
"a, 500 American boys and girls, that the
theory Of the physical degeneration Of the
Anglo saxon race in America cannot he
supported, London journal rctOrts
sharply that he docs not understand the
subject.
THERE are 72O Browns in the city. OF
these, twcnty.cight answer when Charles
is called, eleven when Frank is asked for,
twelve when George is wanted, twenty
five when there is q demand for James,
only forty when some one Is looking for
John, ten when Joseph is desired, and
twenty three when William is wished for.
Chicago Tribune.
TnE three principal lines of railway in
London, England, two being underground
and the third partly SO, have total length
of twenty eight and thrcc-qua,tcr miles.
Their total capital stock is e16, O73, 451,
and was worth ON the market, July ~,
els .O6O, 608. The net income Of the Nc
tropOlitan, the greatest Of the three, for
the six months ending June 30, was $780,
533, on 4 capital stock of &c, 8aS ,S77.
Mortgages on surplus lands and floating
debt make the whole capital of the three
companies over $85, 600, 900, exceeding
IS, O0O, 600 per mile. OF this, above ~
600 900 per mile had been paid tor land,
the land accounts of the lines being more
than CSC, 600, 600. In proportion to their
length, these lines Of railway arc probably
the most costly in the world but the i'm
mensc traffic upon them is sufficient to
make them exceedingly rcmunerativc in
vcstments.