Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-11
PRICE ONE CENT


There are about l,4O0 places Of worship
in London.
In Paris eco miles OF streets are bor,
dered with trees.
ln England there are ON an average SIS
persons 20 every inhabited house.
Ten days per annum Is the averags
amount of sickness in human life.
There is-a difference of only 2s square
miles between the areas Of England and
Iowa.
The peach was originally poisonous
fruit, but by cultivation the poison has
disappeared.
The whole area Of the ee Swiss cantons
is less than third Of tbs. ~ the Stateo
New York, and their population is little
more than half.
The metal in cent nickel piece Il
worth about half cent, and is cents
win purchase copper enough 20 make 6
worth of cents.
There are SO national cemeteries in the
United States, and they have 3s7, LIS
graves, about one-half of which are
marked unknown.
Chilians claim the honor of construct
ing the first railway in South America (ir
iS50)-that between Caldera aud Copiapo.
which the insurgents recently destroyed.
The earth is gradually growing larger
from the fall OF meteorio matter. An
astronomer estim, .es that the globe Il
annually pelted wIGh 14e, ,0O0, 900 project
lies.
The lowest temperature ever recorded
anywhere was noted by Gorochow, lDe.
cember 80, 1871, at Werchojansk. Siberia,
81 degrees Fahrenheit, or 113 degrees
Of frost.
While the armies of the British EN-.
pire cost about $177, ,O0O, 900 year, the
German empire c, Is about 4167 .000,00C
year. and the French army little oven
$l40,000,000.
The lowest body of water on the globe
Is the Caspian Sea; its level has been
gradually lowering for centuries, and now
it is s5feet below the level Of its peighbor.
the Black Sea.
New York, according to the best judges,
now has Hebrew population of 225,000
60 $50. 900 souls. II is the center Of Jul
diasm in the world. 1t contains more Of
the Israelites than all Of Palestine.
A medicament more powerful than
quinine in counteracting fevers is said
60 have been discovered in Mexico; IL il
plant called the pompolano, the root oi
which contains a substance analogous To
quinine.
1t has been reckoned that IL the whole
ocean should be dried up, all water pass
ing away in vapor, the amount Of sali
remaining would be enough to cover s.
100000 square miles, with a layer one
mile thick.
Each minute, night and day, by the
official reports, the United States collects
5000 and spends $46l the interest on the
public debt was 500 minute last year.
or just exactly equal TO the amount OF
silver mined in that time.
A process has recently been discovered
for making -four of bananas. Chemical
experiments show that this -four contains
more nutriment than rice, and that when
eaten with beans, corn, or sago, IL forms
very palatable and nourishing diet.
The depth at which some of the Bel
Eian coal mines are worked is something
prodigious. In pit at Flenu the work
is now done at 3,700 feet; in a pit &C
Flemerin at $500 feet, and in the St An
DIRE pit, at Montigny -sur-Sambre, at 5000
feet.
Chill has 1.-THE present time about ,i50
miles OF railroad in operation, and sur
veys have been made for the construction
of as much more. OF the completed rail-
roads, the State owns 500 miles, and pri-
vate individuals and corporations the
remainder.
New York is the mother Of Vice Presi-
dents. Eight residents Of that State
Aaron Burr, George Clinton, Daniel ID.
Tompkins, Martin Van Buren, Aillard
Fillmore, William A. Wheeler, Chester
A. Arthur, and Levi p. Morton--were
chosen Vice Presidents. One Of these
(Van Buren, became President by cleo
ton and two Qillmore and Arthur by
the death of the higher officer.