The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-06
A WORK.


Some Of the Things That Can He Done u
Sixty Seconds.
..Well. well, don't fret: I'll be there
| in a minute"
But. my friend. a minute means a
| good deal. Notwithstanding you effect
| to hold it of no consequence. Did you
ever stop to think what may happen
in a minute? No. Well. while you
are numbering q minute for yourself
and one for me. before you get ready
to sit down to the business We have i'll
hand. 1 will muse you by telling You
things that may happen meantime.
In a minute We shall be whirled
around on the outside Of the earth by
its diurnal motion, a distance Of thir-
teen miles. At the same time We shall
have gone along with the earth. in its
grand journey around the sun. 1850
miles. Pretty quick travelling you say?
Why. that is slow work compared with
the rate of travel of that ray of ligh:
which Just now reflected from that
mirror made you wink. A minute ago
that ray was IL. 100. 600 miles away.
In a minute. over all the world. about
eighty newborn infants have each
raised a wall Of protest at the fates for
thrusting existence upon them. while
as many more human beings. weary
with the struggle of life. have opened
their lips to utter their last sigh.
In a minute the lowest sound your
a catch has been made by 800
vibrations. while the highest tOne
reached you after making 2,22S,OOO
vibrations.
In a minute IN express train goes q
mile, and q Cleveland street car -
rods; the fastest trOtting horse. III 9-13
rods. and an average pedestrian Of tho
genus homo has got owe 16 rods.
In each minute in the United States.
night and day. all the year round.
twenty-fOur barrels Of beer have to go
down 2,O96 threats. and 1880 bushels
of grain have come to bin.
If there were a box kept at the city
hall in the city Of Cleveland into which
every minute u sum sufficient to pay tho
interest on the city debt had to DO
dropped. the sum 20 dropped each
minute of the whole year would be
cents.
How about the National finances?
Well. sir. in the same way, each min
ute, night and day, by the official re-
ports for the year 1886. the United
States collected 1863 and spent 1861.
e178 more than necessary. The interest
On the public debt was $50 a minute. or
just exactly equal to the amount Of
silver mined in that time.
Now. in the residue Of figures / give.
you will remember that they represent
20 much for every minute in the year.
All the preceding figures should be SO
And remember, also. that
are all the time. hereafter, talking
about facts connected with the whole
States
The telephone Is used 595 times, tho
telegraph l36 times OF tobacco. 92j
is raised. and part Of it has
,een used in making 6.67S cigars, and
'ome more of It has gone up in the
'mOke Of 1892 cigarettes.
But l am afraid that you Will forget
hat We r talking about a minute.
ixty seconds Of time. No. Well, then.
very minute 600 pounds Of wool grow
n this country. and we have to dig
ixty-One tons Of anthracite coal and
% tons of hituminOus coal. while Of
we turn out twelve IONS and
# steel rails three tons.
In this minute you have kept mo
fifteen kegs of nails have been
made, twelve bales of cotton should
AVE come from the fields and thirty
tx bushels Of grain gone into 149 gall
Ons of spirits while SIS in gold should
ave been dug out Of the earth. In the
anne time the United States Mint
urned out geld and silver coin to the .
alue Of $121. and fOrty-twO acres OF :
he public domain have been sold Or 4
,iven away.-C2ereland Press. i