The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-04-01
FACTS AND FIGURES.

FACTS AND FIGURES.
On the 18th Of June last the total
population of Bosnia and Herzegovina
amounted to l, 142, LAT persons, of whom
599, O26 were males and $40, 121 females.
" the total l, 142, 147 men, women and
children. 442,5OO are MOhammedans,
487, O22 belong to the Greek Church,
2OS, $50 are Roman Catholics, S,426 are
Jews and 249 belong to other religious
persuasions.
The total population of Greece is
1,679,0OO souls, against 1,457. 900 in
1870. The increase per annum has ac-
cordingly been 1.69 per cent. From
1860 to 1870 the annual increase was
one per cent. The official report hence
draws the conclusion that N ational pros
perity is augmenting. butt is very prob
able that the later census was more
thorough than its predecessor.
The inspection returns at Memphis
show that the city has a population of
30, $50, an increase of about rs per cent.
since 1870. Of this population 16, 7O5
are whites and 1884 colored. The
average mortality for the last five years
was 81 per thousand, in epidemic years
running up to 81 per thousand. The
report of the Sanitary Committee states
that excremental and malarial diseases
caused about 81 per cent. of the deaths
during the last five years, and that the
mortality can be reduced to II per thou.
sand with good sewerage system and
pure water supply.
The cabbage grew wild in Siberia;
celery originated in Germany; the po-
tato is native of Peru; tobacco came
from South America; millet was first
discovered in India; nettle native of
Europe; the citron of Asia; oats origi-
mated in North Africa; rye came from
Siberia; parsley was first discovered in
Sardinia; the parsnip in Arabia; the
sunfower was brought from Peru;
spinach was first cultivated in Arabia;
the horse-chcstnut is native of Thibet;
the ounce came from the Island OF
Crete; the pear is supposed to be OF
Egyptian origin; the horse-radish came
from the south of Europe.
The Toxic Times publishes full sta
tistics of the ravages of cholera in
Japan during the past year, which
show terrible condition of affairs.
From the tables it appears that from the
outbreak of the disease last spring to
the end of December there had been
168, 314 cases in the Empire, of which
1O1. 1854 had proved fatal, 1885 had
recovered, and at the date of the pub
]Iation of the returns the issue of
1906 cases was doubtful. These fig
ures show the number of cases in the
country was five to every 1000 inhabit-
ants, and that of the persons attacked
6O.22 per cent. died.
There has been a falling off in
bank deposits in Ireland for three sue
sessive years, amounting to f3, 699, 900.
In the similar crisis in 186O-63, the
falling off was less by over E6OO, 900.
There has been a further decline oil
over FL, 500, 600 of the bank note cir.
culation, which shows that the savings
of notes of those too poor to keep q
bank account, or deposit receipt, have
been encroached upon. 1t is remark.
able proof of the provident habits oi
the Irish people in better times that
at the commencement of the present
crisis they had much larger resources
than at the beginning of the crisis oil
1860-63. The potato crop in Ireland in
a good year is about equal in value tc
all the other crops.
Six million tons of coal are used
within the limits of London every
year; $50, 900, 900 are invested in the
production of gas, there being no les.
than 81, 900 street lamps; the price te
consumers being only one dollar pei
thousand feet. The streets of London
are well paved, most thoroughly
cleaned, and kept in excellent repair.
No less than $4,000 men and 6,OOC
horses are employed in removing the
daily accumulation of dirt, nearly all
of which is utilized. The cleaning is
done at night, for in city where the
traffic is so vast it would be utterly i'm.
possible to accomplish it in the day
time. The value of insured property
reaches the enormous total of nearly
50, 700, 100000.
There are in the United States 42s
colleges; of these 20 are in New En-.
gland, while the State of Missouri has
% and Pennsylvania 20. As to church
or other control, there are ~ State
Universities and 48 other non-sectarian
colleges; the Roman Catholic institu.
tions number g.; the Methodists of va
rious kinds IS; while many less secta.
rian denominations have each a few.
Michigan University has the largest
total number of students, amounting tc
1897; but excluding the strictly pro
fessional courses. Harvard, with 1856
Yale, with 753, far exceed all others.
One hundred and eighty-three institu
tions admit both sexes, three are exclu
sively for women, and the rest admit
gentlemen only.