The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-10-28

A statistician has recently made
curious calculation of the quantity OF
pins made each day. The manufac-
turcrs of Birmingham hold the first
rank in this industry, and produce
daily 81 100000. Other manufact ctories
in England produce some 13,OOO,O ,OOO,
giving a daily production of 5O,OOO,-
600 for England alone. In Franco the
works of PAigle of Bugle and of Paris
produce about 10,OO0,OOO. So that we
estimate approximately at oO,OoO,ooo
the number of pins manufactured cv-
cry day, giving 30 milliards, 2OO, ,OOO,-
600 of pins manufactured in year III
Europe alone.
has obtained from Gotha, in Germany,
the plans and specifications OF the
'.columbariunl" and crematOry i'll that
city. The building and appurtenances
cost S22 900, and the incineration of
thirty bodies has taken place III it
during the past eighteen months. The
coiumbariim is a building which re-
ceivcs the urns containing the ashes.
These are furnished by the relatives
of the deceased, are thirteen inches
high and fifteen wide, and may be de-
posted in the columbarium for twcn-
ty wears, after which they are to be
removed. The total cost of cremation
i'm Gotha is $3.50, and the entire man.
aycmcnt of the crematOry, as we'll as
the Charge of tho columbarium, has
been undertaken by the municipal
authorities Of that city.
Within Il very near approach to
truth, the human family inhabltlng
,hc earth has been estimated at 1,OOO,-
600. 600: the annual loss by death is
| Is. .oOO, 900. Now, the weight of ami
| NAL matter of this immense body cast
! into the grave is no less than 634, 900
| tons, and its decomposition produces
| 5000 .OOO, 900, 900 cubic feet of matter.
| The Vegetable productions of the earth
clear away from the earth the gases
thus generated and dccomposing and
| assimilating them for their own III
crease. This circle of changes has
| been going on ever since man became
an occupier of the earth. lie feeds on
| the lower animals and Oh the seeds OF
plants, which in due time become a
d part of himself. Tho lower animals
feed upon the herbs and grasses, which
in their turn, become the animal thch
bv ITS death, again pass into tho at
uiosuhcre, and are ready once more to
b. ;,,s.In.l.Ic b, plants, the earth or
|
il As deposited.
low large Il portion of our public
domain remains as yet unoccupled
| NAV be seen by looking over the an
nual report OF the General Land Once,
TIE United States, according TO this.
contains 3,5SU.242 square miles OF ter
ri,orv, or in acres 1921 800 ,40S, dis
tribu,cd as follows: The old thir. cen
| original colonies contain 3lS,7o2
square miles. the twenty-five States
subsequently, admitted have ,514 1868
ami tic ten Territories inclusive of
the District of Columbia 1,746,6S7
square miles, making up the aggre-
cate above stated. OF the older States
admitted prior to 1850, Florida pos
sesses 2O.6 per cent. of unsurveyed
land, and Louisiana 4.6 per cent OF
their respective areas of territory. OF
the seven States admitted since 1850,
including California, Kansas alone is
wholly surveyed. OF the territory
embraced in the State of California,
ALA per cent remains unsurveyed; OF
that of Minnesota, 26.7 OF Oregon
65.3; of Nevada, S3.9: of Nebraska, Ia
and of Colorado, 66.8 per cent. Ol
the Indian Territory, but 3S.6 per cent
remains unsurveyed; of Wyoming, 81
of New Mexico, 1872; of Utah, S3.4
OF Washington, 69.3; of Dakota, 77.9
of Arizona, 92.7; of Idaho, S7.5 OF
Montana, $50, while Alaska has $685.
529, 900 acres untouched and undis.
turbed. Reduced to acres the Indian
Territory contains $4,000, 900 acres un-
surveyed; Dakota has 2l,OOO,OOO
Montana, O,5OO,OOO; Washington 13,'
S2O, 700. OF the unoccupied land IL
our Territories that remains unsur-
veyed, exclusive of Alaska, there are
4S9, 500, 900 or 81 per cent of the ell
tire areas of our Territories that were
unsurvcyed up to the beginning O
the present fiscal year.