The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-20
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Of copper and tin.
There was liz strikes in England lsst
year, rs sgainst Isl in 1871
Last wear there died in Virginia l3, :
$50 persons, aud S0514 were born.
There are only l43 dsily newspapers
in Great Britain, and nearly half OF them
are liberal in politics.
Sealing-wax was first m ade in Europe
by the Portuguese, wnn lesrued the
eastern method in their B-ngal settle
nents.
The sun being 90 000,000 Of miles
from the ear b, ray OF light is estimated
to 'rsvel from that body 10 the earth in
eight and one-Ihird minutes.
The Nes.ens.r de Paris puts French
oyster beds al 80 00J, distributed over
2e 900 sores and which last season pro,
duced e5l, 100000 oysters, valued at
% 000,0U0 rraucs.
A surveyors chain, called Guntsr'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 900 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 8 600 to 10 600 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
healthtul 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, j., says !:
"The excess of exports over imports of
merchandise appears to have been IS
follows: The month ended December
81, 1873, $35, 12S 527 month ended
December 81, 1877, $39, S5l122; six
months ended December 81, 1873, Sl4S,>
SSS. 036; six months ended December 81
1877, $l02 1853 699; twelve months ended
Dec, Der 81, 1878, 1904 $40, 57l; twelve
months ended December 81, 1877, $780,
O56, ll2" A comparison OF the exports
and imports of gold and silver coin and
bullion shows that for twelve months
ended December 81, 1878 the excess OF
imports was 81 ,974 l73 For the twelve
months ended December 81 1877, the
exces. of exports was $24 548. 352
It sppears trem the French population
table, drawn up from the returns of the
nsus of December, 1876, that the for
eigners resident in France number SOL
700 persons, thus forming . II per cent.
of the total pOpuls In 1851 the
proportion was | 96 per cent, and in
1861, !. - per cent. O these sol 100
foreigners 374 $40 were Balgisns, &c, 500
Italians, 60 500 Spsniards, 50,Go0 Swiss,
and 80 COO English. The must striking
fact shown by the tables j. the relatively
great number of adults in France, and
the sMali number of children. Whereas
in England children under Is years OF
ace torm about 30 per cent of the pOpu-
lstion, and persons OF above 10 years 63
per cent, in France the former numbe-
only 90 per cent, snd the latter Il per
cent. TIE figures are as follows: Under
- vesrs, l0,G0S,000 from II 10 60, p =
527 coo; and over 80, 3Gl eco. Asre
CARDS the occupations OF the French pee
pie, lS, 96S 600, or SIS per cent, are els
gagged in agriculture; 9,-74 coo, or 2G DER
cent, in manufacturing and similar in
dusJries; S37 600, o; IA per cent, in
trades, and l 23l .OG0 or per cent, in
| liberal professions; 2, i50,9@0 being OF no
Occupation OF the agricultural popu-
lation, I0,620,O0O cultivate their own
property; 70S 000 are farmers imets-
yers); ana 2,G39,u60 are isborers and
gardeners. or those engaged in other
/ industries, l33 eco are devoted to man,
u;Acluring. The number of thOae engag
| ed in the liberia professions, are IS tOl'
lows: Religion, 229 500, police, 81 ,30o.
public instruction, D., $50; law, E4S soc,
art and science, 90,G90.