Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-06
a FEW BITS OF FACT.

The sun yields 100000 times the light
Of the moon.
The population of the earth doubles t.
self in 260 years
There are now nearly 800 translations
of the Scriptures.
The words = it's occurs only once in
the whole of the Bible.
The population of Chill is 3, 1876, ,2S9.
This includes so, 900 Indians
The watermelon crop of Georgia is es-
timated at 10000, 600 melons.
Nearly 5000 women work around
English mines at surface jobs
DIR. Florence Hunt is resident physi-
clan to the Sherman House, Chicago
Two wealthy Jews of Bagdad now own
all that remains of the ancient town of
Babylon.
Miss Harriet Blaine's ambition is to be-
come her fathers private secretary and
counselor.
A couple of drops of camphor on the
toothbrush will give the mouth clean
sweet taste.
1t is calculated that there is property
valued at $50, 600, 900 at the bottom Of
the Atlantic.
Brazil's constitution is in every re-
spect similar to the Constitution of the
United States.
1t takes about three seconds for mes
sage to 60 from one end of the Atlantic
cable to the other.
In 1886 only 100 patents were issued
in the United States; in 1889, %, 800, the
largest ever known.
Pittsburg claims to have more million
aires in proportion to her population than
any other city in the world.
There are more males born than fe-
males, but at the aye of 20 years there
are more females than males.
Miss Hannah Purvis, of North Lewis,
Ohio. is a minister in the society of
Friends. She is one of the few women
authorized to solemnize marriages.
Ida Lewis is not the only woman light
house keeper in the country. The lightat
Watch Hill is in charged Mrs. Schuyler,
appointed during the Cleveland admins
tration.
Rosa Bonheur is 81 years old, but says
she has all her life been hopeful, and now
feels that she is not over SO. She has
just finished picture for which she got
$4,000.
A Towering plant has never been
found within the Antarctic circle; but
in the Arctic region there are 762 kinds
of flowers; their colors, however, are
not so bright or varied as those of
warmer regions,
The Georgia Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union resolved to petition the
legislature to erect separate prison for
women and children; and also to urge
the passage of a scientific temperance
instruction law,
The history Of the Cunard line Of
steamships is remarkable. 1t began
operations in 1910; in its half century of
business not a single passenger of the
million who have crossed the Atlantic
IN the Cunarders has been lost.
Precious stones are much more widely
distributed than formerly. There are
many families who own jewels to the
value of half a million, while few
wealthy people had even 100000 in
vested in diamonds 10 years ago.
We lose two pounds of water every "a
hours by perspiration, and the more we
perspire the cooler we become; there
are 1000, 900 pores on the surface of
our bodies, which, If placed in line,
would extend % miles in length.
The amount of water the sun raises
from the earth is estimated at the enor-
NOUS weight Of $1,000, 900. 900 tons
minute; the quantity Of coal required to
produce heat in any way equivalent TO
the suns Is calculated to be 12, 600, ,000,-
0OO, 600, 600 tons, or 5000, 900 cubic miles,
3 second.