The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-06-01
FACTS FuH .ye.nYuuny.

an ordinary man. -rcXhaicS every
day one pound Of carbonic oxide.
The Bengal Canal. built in 1854,
is 900 miles long.
/ In Germany iron workers work on
Sunday as we'll rs on other days.
The bankers and financiers Of the
world will hold congress at Chica-
go from l9to 25.
Only 10 persons in Florida have
deposits in savings banks.
Electric looms are already in OPP
Grafton in Saxony.
A special brand of China tea is
sold at $50 pound.
A lump Of coal recently mined at
Parkerburg weighed seven tons.
California oranges are sold in Lon
don for $3.50 !; box.
The ia',orcrs uf St. Louis ac TO
erect Temple at - cost Of S'225
900.
TnE finest specimens "I horse flesh
in the world are with Robiuson's
shows.
Sixty per cent. of the shoes of tie
United States arc made in MaSSa-
chusetts.
No British sovereign has vctoc.l
parliamentary bill during the past
lS5 years
There are :6, 755 members Of the
knights of Labor in the United
States.
The farmer in Japan who has ten
acres of land is looked upon as q
monopolist.
About 5000 intoxicants of differ
cnt kinds are known to custom
house officials.
No lack of mirth in John Eobir.
sons circus where the funniest
clowns On earth hold forth.
EVERY act in the monster program
is revelation to the people as seen
in John RohinSon's great circus.
There are more dwelling houses in
Philadelphia than in any other city
in the United States.
TIE hippodrome races arouse the
greatest enthusiasm at ,Iohn Robin
sons great exhibition.
The tomb of Mohammcd is cover
cd with diamonds, sapphire. AMI ~.
bies valued at $l0,O0O,U0U.
TIE highest salarcl artists in tho
circus profession arc Will! John Rob
inson's big circus this season.
The canal across the JSthmuS Of
Corinth, which is soon to open 10
navigation, cost $50, 000,0O0
Telegraph wires between London
and Paris are now very little used,
the telephone being used instead.
Four fl, 100000 notes have been
struck at the Bank of England. All
are in existence and accounted for.
The Sultan Of Turkey has ordered
that no newspaper shall be published
in his kingdom until the afternoon.
The value Of tropical and semi
tropical fruits grown under tho
American flag is nearly $40, 100000.
The revenues Of the United States
for the year ending June 30, 1892.
from all sources were $425, oGS,2 200.
The Lord Mayor of London ro-
ccives $50, 900 annually to enable
him to support the dignity of his
Office.
Postal cards or letters addressed
to go all around the world will
go no farther than the Dead Letter
Office.
East bound shipments of dead
freight from Chicago last week wcro
i 60,333 tons, against 1902 tons last
year.
The total gold holdings of tho M
tional banks in ten sub trcasury
cities few weeks ago was S103,-
390,720
Articles prohibited from domestic
mails are also excluded from circula-
ton in the mails to or from foreign
countries.
There are now 81 royal families
in Europe which have about 400
members. OF these II families Is
are German.
The block system ON the Erie lines
will be completed for tho entire
distance between New York and
Chicago on May 4.
The total coinage Of the United
States minis for April was: Gold,
S1,4l0,O0 silver. $S6S,000, aud
minor coin, $l25,1
The dcpositors in savings banks
in Massachusetts, number l,l3l, 203,
or nearly onc-fourth Of the total
number in the United States.
The grandeur of the scenic sue
cess, Solomon, his temple and tho
ouacn 0f Shcbn has meyer Inon nouai