Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-08
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.


average about 500 year.
The Tower of London is said to be the
Oldest building in Europe.
Earls take precedence of the younger
sons of dukes of the BLOOD royal.
{ Ten days per annum is the average
amount of sickness in human life.
England imports something like $780,
600 to e40, 600 worth of food yearly.
The English secretary of state for the
colonies receives a salary of $50, 900.
In all state ceremonials the sovereign
takes precedence of all persons whatso-
ever.
The Oldest son of marquis takes
precedence over the younger son of a
duke.
ingots which have lain in it's vaults
since 1896.
The Archbishop of Canterbury ranks
Immediately after the members of the
royal family.
The stadium used by both Greeks and
Romans was 400 cubits, or 243 yards
foot inches.
The ell in use in cloth measure was
at first the exact length of the forearm
of Edward III.
One thousand cubic centimeters equal
quart of the standard measure in use
in this country.
The oldest sons of the younger sons
of peers take precedence over the oldest
sons of baronets.
Matches have not yet displaced the
finder box i'll certain rural districts of
Spain and Italy.
The Princess Louise draws from the
British treasury the modest allowance
of &c, 600 per year.
The reed, mentioned in several places
in the Bible as a measure, was cubits,
or 10 feet i inches.
The Hebrew span, often mentioned in
the Scriptures, was 1919 inches and
equal to three palms.
The eldest sons Of dukes, marquises
and earls are usually called by the Sec
ond title of the father.
The total income of the guilds of the
city of London is said to amount to as
much as So, $50, 600 per annum.
Tiburzi, the notorious Sicilian ban
dit enjoyed the distinction of having
been sentenced to death 81 times.
Scott was by far the most eminent
writer of historical fiction. The founder
of this school, it has never since pro-
duced his equal
The number of horses killed for con-
sumption as food in Paris last year was
20, 1876, this being exclusive of 43 mules
and 3S3 donkGys.
Rabelais was the most acute satirist |
of the renaissance period. His biting |
sarcasm of the foibles of his time has |
never been excelled.
The most accomplished of linguists |
was Mezzofanti. At the time of his |
death he is said to have been familiar |
with la languages.
Hippocrates has been styled "the ia |
ther of medicine - Some of the names |
bestowed by him on diseases are retain
ed to the present day.
On the death of a person in Madrid |
it is the general custom to close for
nine days one of the outer doors of that
person s late residence.
The greatest Protestant preacher was
Luther, the founder of dissent in Ger
many. Modern Professionalism dates
from the time of Luther.
For the Indian postal service there
are close to 10, 600 postoffices, differed
by over / 800 postmasters and clerks,
with some $4,000 postmen.
An immense fortune has been made
by Peter Muller in the preparation and
sale of cod liver oil He employs 20, 900
persons on the Loffoden islands, off Nor
way.
The average life Of a theater is 30
years. From 1861 to 1867, inclusive,
1877 theaters were burned down, and 10
every year since has been about the av-
erage.
a French astronomer is of opinion
that the red glow of the planet Mars is
caused by crimson vegetation. He
thinks that the grass and foliage there
are red, not green, as they are ON earth.
The so called father of cats" is one
of the most important personages in a
cavern. This cat shiek
carries on his camel about a dozen bas-
kets filled with the ugliest specimens of
the feline race.
Thirteen years ago Egypt was insol-
vent and its securities almost unstable
at one half or two-thirds their face val
ne as a consequence of Ismail's prodi-
gality, while today the country is in
condition which comparatively might
be called financial prosperity
The title excellent grace" was given
to Henry VI, ''most high and mighty
prince to Edward Nv and "highness" to
Henry VII. The latter was also applied
TO Henry VIII, until, toward the close of
his reign, the more lofty expression of