The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-08
FACTS AND FIGURES.

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DeMtsche RMndschan, reckons the annual
consumption Of silver for Photographic
purposes at $50, 900 pounds.
The number of teeth at maturity is
thirty-two, or sixteen in each jaw. The
eight front ones are called cutting
teeth, and the two next on each side
are called dog or eye teeth. The two
next are two pointed teeth, and the
three next on each side are called
molares, or grinders. Thetw last are
called wisdom teeth, as they are cut
last.
THERE are in Massachusetts, 81, 222
farmers, of whom AZ, 1873 are American
born, and 1859 are foreigners. OF the
former 5ll, or trifle over / per cent,
and OF the latter 1,483, or nearly 20
per cent, are illiterate. There are 49,
O4O farm laborers. of whom 1925 are
American born; 14.765 foreigners. Of
the former $40, or about 81 per cent,
and of the latter !, 1873, or about 81 per
cent. are illiterate.-Prairie Farmer.
For four years Virginia has been
making vigorous effort to restore her
exhausted fisheries. Black bass and
shad have received the largest share Of
attention. Most of the streams have
been already stocked with the former,
while of the latter more than Is, 600, 900
of young fry have been placed in the
waters of the State. The Commission
ers have also distributed $4,000 Cali
fornia salmon, $4,000 land-locked SAL
mon, and SIG, 900 brook trout.
OFFICIAL returns made to the Bureau
of Statistics show that during the
month of June, 1873, there arrived ut
the port of New York 9. 5O6 immigrants,
of whom j,349 were males and 4,157
females. There also arrived at the
port during the same period, 1890 citi-
zens of the United States returning
from abroad, and 6l8 sojourners. vi
the immigrants there were from Great
Britain, 1872; Ireland, 1922; Ger
many, 1854; Austria, $50; Sweden,
800; Norway, 1896; Denmark, 236;
France, 1875; Switzerland, 1856; Russia,
625.
THE Danish Government has pub
lished small book of statistics. The
total population of the Kingdom ex-
ceeds 2,OOO,OOO, of whom 1858, 200
live in Denmark proper, $4,000 in Ice
land, $500 in Greenland and 81, 500 in
the West Indian Colonies. The popu-
lation of Copenhagen and its suburbs
is about 100000. The average dura-
ton of life in Denmark is fifty years,
while in England it is forty-five, in
France thirty-two and in Italy only
thirty; but the number of suicides is
very large and increasing every year,
the majority being by hanging.
The growth of the nails is more
rapid in children than in adults and
slowest in the aged; it goes on faster in
summer than in winter, SO that the
same nail which is renewed in 1872 days
in winter requires only 116 in summer
The increase of the nails of the right
hand is more rapid than those of the
left; moreover it differs for the differ
ent fingers, and in order correspond.
with the length of the finger, conse.
quensly it is the fastest in the middle
finger, nearly equal in tie two on either
side of this, slower in the little finger
and slowest in the thumb. The growth
of all the nails on the left hand requires
eighty-two days more than those of tn,
rlght.-N. I. GTuphtc.
AN important return has just beer
issued by the Metropolitan Board o
Works, showing the number of in
habited houses, population and ratablt
annual value of the parishes and dis
tricts comprised within the metropoli
tan area in the years 1856 and 1876, Of
as near those dates as can be accurate
ly stated" According to this return
it appears that the total ratable annua
value has more than doubled itsel
within the twenty years. In 1856 thu
amount was Ell, 2S3,663, and in 1871
it was f23, 111,313. The total number
of inhabited houses has increased from
SOC, 0S6 in 1851 to 419, 642 in 1871, bu
in this column decrease is shown il
respect of the City of London. TIL
number of inhabited houses in the Cit,
of London in 1851 was IA, 483, but il
1871 there only were 1885. in 1851 tn
population of the metropolis was 1852,
4O5, and in 1871 it had increased tc
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