Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

lighted by electric lamps.
Fully LOCO, 900 people and over TO-
900 vehicles enter and leave London
each day.
In the famous Garden of Olives at
Jerusalem there are eight flourishing
olive trees that are known to be over
1000 years old.
The largest sheep ranch on the
North American continent is n of
100000 acres lying in the counties OF
Dimmit and Webb, Texas.
The largest steam shoveler in the
world is at work in the phosphate
beds of st. John Island, near Charles
ton, S. c. 1t weighs Sc tons.
An English firm has built a torpedo
catcher which dashes through the
water at the rate of 80 knots an hour.
She is for the Russian Government.
The "Pilgrim's Progress" was first
published on the 31st of August, 1878,
and on the same date ten years later
its great author passed to his rest.
Prof. f. G. Plummer, of Tacoma,
Wash, is authority for the statement
that there are hundreds of trees in
that vicinity upwards of 700 feet in
height.
In Norway and Sweden, before any
couple can be legally married, certif-
icates must be produced showing that
both bride and bridegroom have been
duly vaccinated.
Lilies of the valley in France r
called "virgin's tears" and are said
to have sprung up on the road be-
tween Calvary and Jerusalem during
the night following the crucifixion.
A Chicago man has invented a steel
spring tire, which he believes will
succeed the pneumatic tire. This
great achievement was in response to
a demand for a continuance which
cannot be punctured.
The two sides of the human face are
never alike. In two out of five the
eyes are out of line; one eye is
stronger than the other in seven
cases out of ten, and the right ear is
generally higher than the left.
Only once in the last fifteen years
has the official income of the British
Attorney General been less than $780,
900; in 1s93-94 it was over 500, 600,
though the salary is S35, 900 a year.
The solicitor-general's salary is $780,
600.
1t is estimated that a man weighing
$50 pounds, riding a bicycle at the
rate of seven miles an hour, has a
momentum of 1880 pounds, leaving
out of the account the weight of the
wheel. This is sufficient to upset a
pedestrian with terrible force.
The alphabets of the different ma
tions contain the following number of
letters: English 26, French %, Ital-
ian 20, Spanish %, German 20, Sclav-
oman 81, Russian IL, Latin %, Greek
"a, Hebrew %, Arabic %, Persian 80,
Turkish SO, Sanscrit so, Chinese 214.
One of the most singular peculiari-
ties of the floral world is the evening
primrose, which opens about @ o'clock
pm. with an explosion, not very loud
nor formidable, but still quite per-
ceptible to any n who is watching
the bud. 1t remains open all night.
The families of Japanese VINO fell in
the late campaign against China are
most anxious to possess some re-
mains Of their dead relatives, how
ever muitilated. In one village the
friends of a deceased soldier solemn
'ly brought back a paper mar fastened
to a real leg The only portion which
could be found after the owner was
killed by a shell.
About a million complete bibles,
and an equal number of prayer books,
are issued by the Clarendon Press
every year. There are rs different
editions OF the Bible and 90 editions
Of the prayer book printed. The re-
vised version does not sell one-tenth
rs well as the older version of 1911,
while the revised New Testament,
thoaghi 1t sold rapidly when first pub
lished, scarcely sells at all now.
49, EN EEEaaEg
The House OF Commons is protect
ed from fog by the following method,
which is both ingenious and expen-
The air pumped in from the
river terrace is forced by steam fans
through thick layers Of cotton wool,
which retains all impurities, leaving
the air in a state Of a great purity.
The layers Of cotton wool are six
inches in thickness and occupy an
area Of 500 square feet.
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Miss Laura Poole, who have been the