Omaha daily bee., 1892-04-24
STATISTICAL FICTS.

The Catholic Total Abstinence union ha
grown from few scattered members TO 10
societies with 10000 members.
The total foreign commerce of the port Of
New York for tho year 1891, according to
the annual report OF the New York cham Der
of commerce, amounted to Sl,0i0, ,GG1, 425.
The Russian navy at present consists of
1872 vessels, of which thirty-six are first class
ships s-of-war.
The highest viaduct in the world has jus,
been erected in Boiiver over the river Lea,
{, s33 feet above the sea level and 400 above
the stream.
A notable decrease in the number Of deaths
from hydrophobia is observed by the regis
trar general of London. The deaths from
this disease had been thirty in 1869 and had
averaged dtwenty-fourannually in three years,
1887, 1888. 1889 out there were only eight in
1850 ana fewer than in any year since 1868.
recent pamphlet on the railways of Lon
don states that there arc 256 railway stations
within a siX-mile radius of st. Paul's cathe-
dral and 30l within twelve mile radius of
the same center.
The entire living population of the glob
] 400, 0OO, 600 people, divided into families
five persons each, could be located in Texas
each family with house on half-acre lot
and there would still remain &c, 0O0, 900 vacant
family lots
The Columbian exposition at Chicago Is to
cost So, 226, 400, according to the latest esli-
mates submitted 10 tho congressional COM
mittee now visiting the grounds and build
ing. This Is about $1,000, 900 more than the
estimate submitted to congress last year.
The census gives the production Of maple
sugar In the United States in 1890 at 81, 052,-
O2b pounds besides 2,25S ,316 gallons Of maple
moasses. or this sugar three fourths was
produced in Vermont and New York.
All Sin Is crowding his way into New
South Wales. Out of a total population Of
1,22,23i, according to the recent census, IA, 1856
are Cinnamon.
Some idea of the recklessness that con-
trolled Argentine finances may be had by
considering that the national, provincial and
municipal debts OF the country increased
| from 500, 10000 in ls3O TO S6i5 5000, 600 in
| 1899. ADD to this liabilities on the score Of
| iDconvertible currency and state guarantees,
| and tho grand total rises to SSs5, j60, 600 a
sum larger than tho whole revenue OF the
nation at present.
A diamond expert in London thus dis
| courses on the product and distribution of
| diamonds. The Americans are the finest
| judges OF diamonds in the world, and insist
| upon having the finest stones aud tho most
perfect cutting. IL Is estimated that they
| will take s3,OOO,O 600 worth this year.
| The cost OF building macadam roads in
| Montclair. N. j., during the past year aver
aged 92 cents per lineal foot, or s4,S5s por
| mile. The WORK was done by contract at Is
| cents per cubic yard for excavation and 50
cents and S3 cents per lneal foot for the
| Dacadam in place. These roads had an eight
inch depth of macadam, the experience being
| that roads six inches deep, OF which some
| havo been Quilt in the town, require enough
repairs to Offset their smaller fsst cost.
Chicago ILL.,, with total of iittlo over
| 1000 miles of streets laid down, uses the fol
lowing paving material: Wooden block.
419.24 miles; macadam, 256.3l miles; stone,
| 23.34 miles; block asphalt. $50 miles: sheet
asphalt, 9,0l miles; urick pavement, 0.67
mile, and burned C lay, 0.23 milo. The tota
of paved streets claimed by the city authori
ties is 772.39 miles, exclusive OF 2.39 miles OF
| wood pavement on yiaducts ana approaches,
The city has 2 .240 miles OF wooden sidewalA
out OF 2,s72 miles. Tne wood is being slowly
replaced with stone and concrete.
The Usage Indians, 800 in number owr
l,5OO, 00O acres Of the hest land In Oklahoma
and have on deposit in tho United States
treasury sS,OO0,O00, on which they draw
100000 interest every three months. Mos
OF them still wear blankets, but every ono o
them could afford new spring outht.