Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-12-30
Facts Worth Knowing.

Facts Worth Knowing.
There are 275O languages.
Watches were first made in 1476.
A barrel of rice weighs 600 pounds.
The average human life is 81 years.
A barrel of flour weighs 1876
pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200
pounds.
The first steel pen was made in
1880.
A hurricane moves 80 miles per
hour.
The value of ton of silver is
$37,7O4.s4.
The first Lucifer match was made
in 1929.
The first iron steamship was built
in 1880.
Moderu needles first came INTO use
in 1545.
Coaches were first buii, in Eng
land in 1853.
The first horse railroad was built
in 1S26-27.
Telegraph wires haye to be re-
newed every five or seven years.
One million dollars of gold coin
weighs 1856 pounds avoirdupois.
One million dollars of silver coin
weighs 5S,920.9 pounds avolrdupois.
Until 1776, cotton spinning was
performed by the hand spinning
wheel.
Albert Durer gave the world a
prophecy of future wood engraving
in 1927.
Glass windows were first in
troduced into England in the eighth
century.
The first complete sewing machine
was patented by Elias Howe in 1846.
At the coming session OF the
British parliament the government
will ask that the London police
force be increasedil000 men.
There is rumor at Berlin that
the emperor intends building a new
palace on Unter den Linden, where
now the Academy of Arts is situ-
ated.
Charlotte Cushman used to play
Romeo and other masculine parts,
and Burton said of her that ''she
was undoubtedly the best breeches
figure in America"
The secret of making Russian
sheet-iron is owned by the govern
ment, and is such an immense
monopoly that it is currently sup
posed to defray the entire expenses
of the government.
Senator Quay is troubled with in
somnia and he can find no reliet.
He will have the use of DIR. Disston's
yacht in the Florida waters and will
do some fishing in Tampa bay.
Emperor William, of Germany,
who is fond of hunting, is obliged to
use short gun made especially for
him, as he has the use of only one
hand. He uses his rifle as he would
pistol.
The Detroit Journal is responsible
for the statement that blind man
is chairman of the committee sent
out by the common council of the
city of Holland, Michigan, to see
how some other cities are lighted.
The latest census figures set down
the population of Berlin at l,l73,-
1853 and of Vienna at 1,1lO,764, a
steady advance being made by both
capitals through additions from
small towns throughout the two
empires.
The negroes of Texas own l,OOO.-
OG0 acres of land, pay taxes on w.
10000 worth of property, have 1000
churches, 1000 benevolent associa-
tions, 25O0 common schools, 10
newspapers and 125,OOo children
being educated.
Emanuel Louis Cartigny, OF Hy'
eres, is supposed now to be the sole
survivor of The battle Of Trafalgar
He was cabin boy on board th'
French ship Redoubtable, whicr
carried a crew of 800 men, of whom
only 100 survived.
Senator Reagan, OF Texas wn'
served as postmaster general In I'M
cabinet of the late president OF th'
Southern Confederacy, 10 over y
years of age, but man who carrie
his years remarkably well. ~
walks to and from the capilai IL
pleasant weather, and his ssep
firm and elastic.
The Kols. an aboriginal East ~
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