The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-04
FACTS AND FIGURES.

There were $3.50, S12 dwellings in
the United States in 1880.
Out OF 9,627, 922 registered letters
and packages carried last year by the
Post-office Department 726 were lost
Great Britain has $1,000 registered
chemists and druggists and %, 900 reg
istered me dical practitioners Patent
med cine tax realized in 1880, 5000, 600.
Farmers in the United States have
S12, 2,210, 253, 362 o. capital invested in
their business. This sum includes farms,
implements, live stock. fertilizers and
fences. Chicago JoatrnaL
The Minneapolis Tribune says that
goats are the best land-cleaners known.
1t mentions that herd OF 200 entire
ly cleared a piece of brush land, consist
ing OF 800 acres, in three years. So COM
plete was the work that not a yes tige of
underground was left.
Nebraska was the first State that
made legal holiday for the purpose of
planting trees. Since the work of tree
planting began there a grand total of
So, 000 900 trees, according to trust
worthy statistics, ha been set out, and
these are now shading 100, 600 acres of
her prairie soil. to the great benefit of
agriculture and the enrichment of the
State.
The colony of New South Wales,
Australia, has shown remarkable enter
Prise in inducing immigration at the
public expense. During the last ten
years no less sum than 81, 137, 736 has
been paid out of the colony revenues for
this purpose, and 26. 632 immigrants
have been secured as the result of the
outlay. THIS is at the rate of $50 n
head. ~ T. Sua.
matchmaking along the Hudson
River is one of the big industries 0. the
State. There are about $50 yards,
varying in capacity from -, 600 to no.
600 bricks per day. The daily move is
about 5000, 900, or for the season Of six
months 1902, 900, 000 Counting a
brick eight inches in length, this pro-
duction would lay walk six bricks
wide around the ca tn. For.labOr these
yards pay nearly 5 200 900 in the
course of the season, wages ranging
from 81. p for small boys to 81. 80 per
day for best men. ~ J. HrdJd.
Little drops of water and little
grains OF sand do not amount to much
individually, but when co lected into an
| ocean, or as the component parts Of the
beauteOus land, their Importance is ac-
knowledged. Five years ago a capital
OF SSC,UOO was invested III tHe industry
! of bringing sand into New York City.
At the present time $1,000 900 are
thus employed. and the daily receipts
by bo average 1900 tons The
greater portion of this great quantity is
supposed to be used in making railway
sand witches, though no account is
given of the amount of cement en-
ployed to effect the proper consistency.
The matrimonial chances of a young
lady in life have been determined par
| italy by an old maid in Philadelphia.
Having kept the record of 1000 Of her
| acquaintances who have been led to tIle
| altar she finds that the chances be-
| tween the ages of II and 40 are as fol-
| lows: There are 32 chances at the ages
OF ID and Is, 104 chances at 16 and IL,
| PIG at Is and 10, 230 at 20 and q, 165
at 2 and %, 81 at "a and %, 60 at 26
and u, IS at 2S and %, Is at 30 and 81,
| II at % and 80, at "a and 50, 4 at 3G
and 81, and 2 at 80 and 80. 1t will
| therefore be seen that from Is to 25 is
| the golden flood tide of matrimony, and
| that it is at these ages that the most
| chances are taken in the great lottery
| EbitGde LphlH Record.