Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-03-26
nIrs OF INFORMATION.

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New York talks Of 80 story buildings
The German empire has ~, 600, 900
people
Philadelphia has as many Catholics as
Rome has inhabitants
Six millions of dead letters are annu-
ally torn and sold as old paper ia Wash
ington.
The longest name in the bible i, Mar
har-shalal-hash baz; it occurs in Isaiah,
viii, s
Hebrew women. on the average, are
said to live longer than those Of any
other race.
TIE United States has referred 3S i'm
ternational disputes to arbitration during
the present century.
Farm lands in the United States, TAX
irg the country as a whole, occupy only
ESQ acres in every /, ,000
East Side. in New York city, is the
most denseiy populated district in the
wtrid, China not excepted.
In London woman in every 90 is q
pauper. in every 1S is illiterate, and
in every go is gin drinkeE
From 30. 900 TO 100, 600 hairs grow in
human scalp and, according to highest
authority, they are all numbered.
Ii is said that between the Island of
Madagascar and th coast of India there
are 16 600 islands. COO of which are i'm
habited.
In Havana there are two baseball
grounds, with star lis that seat from 8. 600
to 5000 eople Bss eball is the national
game of Cuba.
The bell bird. in the forest Of British
Guiana, tolls out lis solemn note for ves-
pers. The bell bird is white, and about
the size Of dove.
Some idea of the size Of London may
be had when it is said that New York,
Paris, and Berlin all together have not
50 large an area as London.
The Dismal Swamp is not swamp,
neither is it dismal or unhealthy. 1t is
beautiful stretch of pure water, and
"the heal'hiest place on the American
continent
A great discovery has been made at
Pittsburg, Pa, in tie fusing of steel and
nickel. whereby results can be obtained
which will lessen the weight of armor
clad vessels one-half.
The most ancient mode of writing was
on bricks. tiles, an oyster shells and ON
tablets OF stone; afterward on plates of
various materials, on ivory, on barks of
trees, on leaves of trees.
The last battle fought on the soil of
England was at Sed rmoor, July 6, 1885.
between the followers of the Duke of
Monmouth, a natural son of Charles II,
and the forces of James IL
The fastest vessel afloat is said to be
the 3,200 ton English built war ship i'm
tended for the Argentine government
She made 21.2 knots under ordinary
draft and 224 knots with forced draft
The largest county ia the United States
is Custer ccunty, in Montana, which
contains $4,000 square miles. being
larger in extent than Vermont. Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, and
Rhode Island.
The army of the United States consists
of q 167 commissioned officers and a
little over 10000 private soldiers. ex-
elusive of those performing civilian
duties; thus one-t nth of the force con-
sists of its officers
The twentieth century begins January
/, 1901; the first century did not end
with the year SO. but with the year 100;
the second century, therefore, began
with the year 101. and the twentieth
century begins with the year 1901.
Tie Wheatstone automatic method of
telegraphy comes very near annihlat-
ing time. When transmitting at the
rate of 600 words a minute there are
49, 600 currents per minute sent out, each
having duration not exceeding .002 of
a second.
The gold loof Of Anam, the French
colony in eastern Asia, is said to be the
largest gold coin in circulation in the
world. It is worth about e65. The
Japanese obang is next in size, is equal
TO 10 English sovereigns, aud weighs
two ounces and half
Careful experiments show that, for
the maximum efficiency of mind and
body of the working population in
northern Europe and in the United
States, meat or animal products OF some
kind should constitute at least two
thirds Of the total supply.