West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-06-02
Interesting Facts.


New Zealand has introduced the Amer
lean common school system, and has $50
schools and 81, 400 scholars.
After July 1T there will be no stamp
tax on bank. checks, matches, or patent
medicines. All these taxes are removed
by the new tariff.
ovor $4,000 600 is now invested in iron
manufacture on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad between Stanton, Va, and
Charleston, ". Va.
There are 40, 600 square miles OF almost
unbroken forest in North Caralina. com
prsing pine, chestnut, oak, maple, beech
aud hickory timber.
During the past year there we're carried
over tho Pennsylvania railroad and its
branches, S,2e3, $50 tons of coal, and o
eSS, 1877 tons of coke, total OF 1i,157, 147
tons.
There are row doing business in this
couotry and Canada 40 street railways.
employing about $4,000 men. They run
$4,000 cars aud more than 100 600 horses
are in daily use.
The first piano was made at Padua, In
Iisly, IN l71l. 10y ChristOfori. The flrs,
one seen 10 England was made by Father
Wood, monk, and very few were made
there until after 1760.
II Is SAID that the only coin of the Uni
ted States that strictly conforms to the
law lie the twenty dollar gold piece. Other
coins either lack something prescribed OF
bear some device unauthorized by the law.
The United States leads the world In It's
number of cattle, having IS, 600 600 to
Russia's $1,000 600 and Indias 30, 600 600.
But Russia has 10000, 900 horses, and the
United States comes second with 10,5OO,-
coo.
A prize type-seltiog contest took place
recently In Berlin, where tho winning
compassion Get 9,4l5 letters in the course
OF three hours, an average of about fifty
three words per minute, Ia ordinary news
paper type.
The countries of Eoeland and Wales
spend $40, 900, 600 third OF il for po
lice, and 81 100000 for roads. About
half the entire receipts are from local tax
alton, nearly all The rest being from the
imperial treasury.
William II. Vanderbilt has eight chill
dren and eleven grandchildren. Should
no pecunierY misfortune overtake him be
will divide more than $780,, 900, 900 among
these fortunate descendants. His income
Ia now 50 90 every second.
The Western estimate Of the wheat crop |
this year--they are harvesting in Texas |
ard California and sowing in the North |
west-giVes total Of 400, 00O,OO bushels
against SOB Co., 900 las. years yield-a (
falling off of over one hundred million
bushels.
1t has been alleged that acre for acre, the /
streams, ponds and lakes of the world |
could be made more profitable in produc |
ing food than the solid lsnd could. There
can be no doubt that there ia room-in |
spite of the great advance In hsh culture |
made during the last twenty years-for |
aANA@4 bASoeNA AtAlplONGn Guts.
The British petition 70 the House of
Commons, asking that drunkeries be
closed on the Sabbath, held abou, Co.,
600 names, vas over thee miles long.
weighed two hundred and fifty pounds,
and was presented to the honorable BODY
by four policemen who gruntingly lugged
It in.
There are, according 10 French stats
tics, 4S,4S7 sailing vessels in the world,
with tonnage of nearly $4,000, 900. Fog.
land heads the list, and then come in their
order America. France, Germany, Italy,
Russia and Norway. Great Britain has
4Sl7 steamers, carrying . 500, 600 tone
Next comes America, with 5O4; then
France, with Ala.
The fashionable people are running TO
buttons, A New York correspondent dee.
cribes dress recently finished for a Fifth
avenue lady which carries 1 500 buttons.
and required the constant labor of a seam
stress for ten dsys to sew them on. On
each sleeve there are 100 buttons. on the
body, bafque g1d collar $50, and on the
skiIt 1850 Those on the skirt are ar
ranged in trIangies, squares, crosses, stars
and other curious shapes, on Foundation
Of black satin. The dress has a aatinv
appearance and is very weighty-so much
50 that il will require lady Of consider
strength 70 wear Il.