Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-05

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OF the 4l2 members of this Congress,
2sS are lawyers.
The earth weighs 5,s74. .0Oo, 900, ,OOO,-
oOO. 600, 900 tons
There have been 81 Speakers, includ-
inc Thomas b Reed.
Fewer daily papers are published in
Boston now than in 1916.
Measure 2O9 feet on each side, aud you
will have square acre within an inch,
United States land measure.
Persons of the Hebrew faith are most
numerous in Russia; nearly half the He
brews of Europe reside there.
A sewing machine does the work of
IL women. The United States exports
100, 600 of these machines yearly.
The largest perfect diamond in the
world is the Imperial, owned by SYM
dicate in Paris. 1t is valued at $1,000
600.
George Washington's plantation on
the Potomac River south of Washing
ton city, originally contained 5000
acres.
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ment of the United States is getting out
of debt at the rate of nearly 500, 900, 600
year.
A Jewish synagogue to be erected in
Baltimore will, it is said, be the only
specimen of pure Byzantine architecture
in the United States.
1t is said that the Capitol of tho
United States is unquestionably the finr
est and largest building of the kind on
the face of the earth.
The water supply in Toxic, instead OF
being taken directly into the house, is
led into wells, which, as rule, are only
on one side of the street.
Each member of Congress gets about
5000 envelopes full of seeds every year,
and the bill Uncle Sam pays for them
amounts to about 100000
The proportion of our population that
lives in cities has increased from little
more than 2 per cent. in 1880 to nearly
or quite 25 per cent in 1890.
In Prussia there are 20,000,0 600 acres
of forests, $1,000, 900 of which are state
forests. OF these the income is S14,-
900, 600 and the expense 1900.
Recently in the license court of Pitts
burg Judge Ewing expressed the opinion
that man who drank five or six glasses
of beer day was not temperate.
Miss Willard says that in the Bohe-
mian quarter of Chicago, containing
about 10000 people, there is church ac-
commodation for only about $500.
The per capita valuation of property
in the United States in the four most
recent years was S30S in 1850, $514 in
1860, $3.50 in 1870, and SS70 in 1880.
The first missionary donation recorded
in Protestant annals came from Sir Wal
ter Raleigh, who sent his e10O to COM
pany formed for the conversion of the
Indians.
The first printing press used in the
United States was introduced IN 1922
First newspaper advertisement appeared
in 1862. Post offices were first estab-
lished in 1464.
The largest theater in the world is the
new opera house in Paris 1t covers
nearly three acres of ground; its cubic
mass is 4, 2S7, 900 feet; it cost about lOO,-
0O0, 900 francs.
There are 2,700 courts in the United
States in which divorces are granted,
but. on the other hand, there are mill
lions of courts which mean marriage in
the near future.
The houses Of rich Mexicans are said
to be palaces, and the grounds around
them are gardens. There is an Oriental
splendor about it all which is not found
in the United States.
The salaries of the officers of the
Worlds Fair has been fixed as follows:
President, $4,000; first vice president,
s12. 600; treasurer. 5000; auditor,
| s., 600; secretary, $1,000.
Recent investigation has shown that
i the people of Great Britain swallow over
8. SOC, 900 pills daily. The pill consump-
ton for one year would weigh 178 tons
and would fill SO freight cars.
Silkworms when newly hatched
scarcely weigh one quarter of an ounce,
vet in the course of their life, which
only lasts about 35 days, they will con-
sumo between 1000 and 1000 pounds of
leaves.
Ten thousand dollars is now the high
est recorded price for violin. 1hs
Alard Stradivarius has passed from
France to England for that sum, to go
into the collection of a Scotchman. 1t
is dated 1716.
The Tacoma, Wash. Globe has coined
two new words, both badly needed
@tvposcribe, one who operates type
writer, and ~typoscript, the manu-
script produced by typoscribe operat-
ing a typewriter.
| There is small settlement named An
comarca in the Andes Mountains, in
Peru, 16, 600 feet, or about three miles,
above the sea level This is the most
elevated spot in the world which IS per-
nlanently inhabited
| The system is rendered malaria proof
when the blood is kept pure and vigorous
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