The Delta independent., 1891-01-06
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China has mo p6l,l coin


Insurance men find farmers long.lived.
The Romans etched their public records
IN brass.
The greatest coal.oil region in the world is
in Pennsylvania.
Social statistics show that widowers re-
marry oftenrr than widows.
The greatest cave in the world is the NAM
moth Cave in Kentucky.
There are now 100000 men in Europe
really to be called into the field.
Japanese lacquer is syrup TINT exudes from
trees in the MikadV's land.
The colored troops in our army succumb
to disease more readily than the white.
No where in the whole world is natural
gas so plentiful MS it is in Indiana, Ohio and
Pennsylvania.
The mem tern, of human life has gradually
increased in the last fifty years from thirty
four to forty-two years.
The largest deposits of anthracite coal in
the world are in Pennsylvania, the supply of
which appears inexhaustible.
The holly, as Christina. green, comes to
us through Christian traditions; but the
mistletoe is relic Of the Druids.
The total population of the United States,
including Indians, is placed at $4,000, 900, n
gnin of IS 0oo, 900 in the past decade.
The water system of the Amazon affords
not less than 80 1000 miles of free navigation
within the great Brazilian territory.
The pumice stone was n writing material
of tho aucients; they. used it to smooth the
,rnughness of the p,sOment or to sharpen
their reeds.
Iadian Ink is made In some unknown way
from burnt csn,pl,or. The secret is knewn
only to the Chinese und .hey refuse to reveal
it.
The highest smokestsck In the world is
said to be in Glasgow, Scotland. 1t belongs
to Tenant 4 Co.'s chemical works and is
400 feet high.
ed that there is 1,2o0, ,Oo0, 900. Of him on the
gIoae. The sheep rank next with 50o,OO0,-
900.
The great authority Renuel puts Croesus.
wealth at 81, ,OO0, ,0Oo, ,O09. Solomon's is esti-
mated by some sacred historians at S. s.OOO,-
UD,UO. None OF en KNOW.
Niagara Falls thunder constant testimony
that constant dropping wears away stone.
The Horseshoe Fall. despite its lucky title,
rece,les two feet two inches yeurly.
The isolated Galapagos Archipelago is n
rich Repository of animal and vegetable
forms. Its fora differs by one-hulf of its
species from the rest of the globe.
A physician has compiled some very clah.
crate statistics to demonstrate that men of
thought live. on an average, three years and
II half longer than nen in the ordinary vo.
cations of life.
1t takes 90, 900 bonnets year to cover the
heads of the female soldiers in the Salvation
Army. The army has property amounting
to more than So 900, 900 III the various coun.
tries where it is established.
Four ecli .ses, two of the sun, and two of
the moon. will take place in 1891. Seven is
largest number, five Of the sun and two of
the moon, which can occur in one year, and
two, both of the sun, is the smallest.
DR.. Volz estiu ties e I tal number of in.
hlbtants on the globe at ,4S5 orc, 900.
There are S,0.4 languages known, and l,1oO
religious. There are 49,, 900. 900 udherents
to Christianity and more than 1000, ,OoO, ,0oJ
non. Christians.
The saltiest piece of water upon earth is
the Lake of Urunia in Persia, situated more
than 1000 feet above the sea.level. 1t is
much saltier than the Dead Sea, the water
being found Oil analysis to contain nearly O.
per cent of salt.
Professor Robert-Austen of the British
Mint estimates the great smoke.cIoud thai
everhangs London is 800 tons in weight, and
contains carbon and carbono acid gas of the
yearly value of e.. .O0O, 900. A cloud with q
silver lining.
The busy bee has fondness for portions Of
Colorado. The bee belt Of tha. State is that
portion Of the Bear Creek Valley, in Jefferson
county, lying between the towns of Morrison
and LittIeton. There are fully $500 work.
ing colonies in the district named.
The thread Of silk worm is so small TINT
an average Of forty-two Of them are twisted
together TO form \ thread of common sewing
silk; that Of the spider is many diameters
smaller. An eighth of an ounce of spider
web by weight, would, if stretched into a
straight line, reach y distance Of over 400
m les.
There is dispute as to exactly when the
Twentieth century will begin. A Pittsburg
astronomer says it will begin on January l.,
1901. The First century does not end with
the year 80, but with the year 100; the Second
century, therefore, began with the year l0l,
and the Twentieth century, ~ explained,
will begin with the yeur 1901.