The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-28
FACTS AND FIGURES.


1t is said Colonel Thomas A.
Scott. of Philadelphia, is worth about
twenty millions. But his health is hope.
lessly lost.
"A tree bearing so bushels of apples
is really sustaining half q ton of water,
Tor water constitutes about IS per cent.
of apples. .l;3JlI . fI!l
There were 1,1S5 divorces in Swift
er!and last year. large increase over
1879. VI this number S47 women and
34S men passed into second nuptials.
The deepest well in the world il
8, 200 feet, or more than three-fifths of a
mile in depth. and is located At Buda
Pesth. Hungary. r iE,.H
Iron was 90 scarce in England dur
ing the reign of Edward I'LL that the
pots, spits aud frying pans OF the royal
kitchen were classed among the Kings
jewels. ~ t.t{ (. c7;!'1,t
"A brick of gold measuring twelve
by seven by four inches is worth about
$4,000. Such brick represents one
months product of one of the hydraulic
mines of California. .r5s ., a.
Mr.. ID. Pennoyer.s. of Duchess
County, N. Y, has succeeded in raising
and demonstrating the Virginia wild
turkey so that ''they are the tamest
turkeys he ever saw" "a
"A machine has been invented which
can make loo, 600 cigarettes day. The
consumption of cigarettes in, 1880
amounted to 4O8, 900, 600, and it is esti-
mated that l, 900, 900, 600 will be required
to supply the demand for 1881.
The West India sugar interests suf-
fered seriously from frost on Februa-
ry 10. the severest on record since the
Spanish conquest. 1t is said that sew
eral years must elapse before many
plantations can recover their usually
healthy condition. A loss of over ST.
OOO. 900 is reported. -. 80
The deepest coal pit in England -
that o.. the Ashton Moss Coll;ery Com
pany-has, after, six years boring,
reached the desired coal beds. The
sinkings have reached depth of 1917
yards Gncluding the six-foot seam of
coal. and the borings have gone down
to 1850 yards. - b.. =
The "Niodocs'' that are to be used
in hauling coal from the mines are
mammoth locomotives, the most DOW
erful in the world. They weigh twelve
tons more than an ordinary locomotive,
have eight driving wheels, and will
haul fifty loaded cars of twenty tons
each. ..--. -
| The Soyran & Orenberg Railway
bridge across the river Volga, in Russia,
just finished, cost $8,0OO.OOO. Where
the bridge is built the river is more
than a mile wide. The II piers
which support the Orders are 100 feet
above the mean level of the water, and
the Orders 1914 feet long and 30 feet
wide. .
London is the great grass-seed ex-
change, where enormous quantities are
collected from the countries which grow
the different kinds best, and are stored
in the immense and lofty warehouses
of the wholesale dealers, heaping the
floors until reduced by distribution.
The shipments to the various colonies
demand the larger portion, but all ma
tions take more or less. and the home
demand is extensive. The United States
and Canada contribute seed of red
clover and timothy to the great aggre-
gate, and draw other sorts from it.
Car wheels are now kept in their
place without being keyed on. In for
mer times the keys would drop out by
the constant jar, and be almost sure to
precipitate an accident; besides they
weakened the axle and Wheel Axles
are turned to fit the wheel snugly, and
| are driven in place by hydraulic pres
sure. Previous to being driven the
| ankles are covered with thin coat of
white lead and oil, which hardens in a
short time, and holds the wheel so firm
" in place that a pressure of from 100
to 40 tons is required to remove
broken axle from the wheel in which it
j. placed.
The rigid despotism of Russia com.
pels the taking of AN oath of fealty to
the Gear that by its terms makes one
almost shudder. Every Russian above
twelve years of age is required to swear
that it is both his duty and his will to
| obey the Gar and his Crown Prince in
all things; that he will not spare his life,
as long as drop of blood isleft, in pro-
tecting and defend ing all the rights and
prerogatives belonging to the autocracy,
power and authority of the Gar, now
or hereafter; that he will keep every
secret, and will do all this with the as
sumption of the fullest responsibility at
the day of judgment, and with a re-
nunciation of all divine help in case he
proves faithless.