The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-02-27
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Peruvian axes were made of an alloy
of copper and tin.
There wa 177 strikes in England last
year, as against 181 in 1877.
Last year there died in Virginia 49,
$50 persons, and 3O514 were born.
There are only I43 daily newspapers
in Great Britain, and nearly halt of them
are liberal in politics.
Sealing-wax was first made in Europe
by the Portuguese, who learned the
eastern method in their Bengal settle
ments.
The sun being Sc 900, 900 Of miles
to travel from that body to the earth In
eight and one-third minutes.
The Messenger de Paris puts French
oyster beds at $4,000, distributed over
&c, 900 acres, and which last season pros
duced 651, 100000 oysters, valued at
100000 francs.
A surveyors chain, called Gunter's,
after the name of the person who adopted
it, Is four rods, or sixty-six feet, long,
made of No. to No. 9 wire, and has 100
links Ten of these square chains are
equal to one acre.
In the state of New York there are
about 5000 canal boats, and in addition
to the adults that float in them in sum
mer and live on board all the year round,
there are from 6 900 to 10000 children,
who attend no school except for pOr-
ton of the time in the winter season.
England has 100000 people living in
this way on canal boats, and in an I'M
hPslthtul condition
The statement of the bureau of statis-
tics FOR the last calendar year, in regard
to the imports and exports OF the United
States, submitted to the secretary of the
treasury by Joseph Nimms, jr., says
'The excess O. exports over imports of
merchandise appears to have been as
follows: The month ended December
81, 1873, $35, I28 527 : month ended
December 81, 1877, $50 851 122; six
months ended December 81, 1878, $I48. :
8SS, 036; six months ended December 81,
1877, $l02 159 500; twelve months ended
Dec 10 Der 81, 1873, 1904. 542, 81; twelve
months ended December 81, 1877, $14O,-
O56, 112." 4 comparison OF the exports
and imports of gold and silver coin and
bullion shows that for twelve months
ended December 81, 1878. the excsss OF
imports was 81 974 173 For the twelve
months ended December 81 1877, the
excess of exports was $24 548, 352.
It appears from the French population
table, drawn up from the returns OF the
nsus of December, 1876, that the for.
eigGers resident in France number sol, ,
| 700 persons, thus forming 2 II per cent
| OF the total population. In 1851 the
proportion was I 06 per cent, and il
| 1861, SO per cent. 0 these SOI,7 {
| foreigners, 374 5. 0 were B Igians, sc, 500
| Italians, 50 500 Spaniards, so 900 Swiss
| and 80 600 English. The must s.riking
| fact shown by the tables i the relatively
! great number of adults in France, auC
the mall number of children. Wherea,
! in England children under Is years o
| age form about SO per cent of he popu
! iation. aud persons OF above Is year. 60
] per cent, in France the former numbe
| only % per cent, and the later Il ne,
/ cent TIE Fl ures are as follows: Unde
/ 10 wears, l0,0OS,OC0; fToT Is TO 60, %
! 527 GOO; and over SO 36l 600 As re
CARDS the occupations OF the French PEG
! pie, ] 8 96S 900, or SO per cent, are en-
gagged in agriculture; 9 IA 900 or 26 pc
cent, IN manufacturing and similar in
dustries; 3 837 600, or IA per cent, il
trades, and 23l 900, or per cent, il
liberal professions; 2,15O,OOO being of n,
occupation OF the agricultural popu
lation, 10,620,00O cultivate their owl
property; sos 600 are farmers (meta
yers); ana 2,639,UOO are IabOrers anc
gardeners. Or those engaged in othe
Industries, 3, 133, 900 are devoted to man
utacturiDg. The number of those engag
ed in the liberia! professions, are as tOl
lows: Religion, 229, 800; police, 567, 800
public instruction, 222, 1900; law, 148, 900
art and science. 10000.