The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1899-07-13
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2:f'6 2cs annually an av.
e 1900 pounea Of cheese. -
!ee,y thousand tons Of C.sters az
consumed in London during e.ls sea-
son. = ~
Frequent moistening Of broom adds
to its usefulness and also saves the
carpet. st+:
It is estimated that, the globe over,
about 1853, 900, 900 acres Of land are un-
der wheat
Ponies have an average weight Of 40
pounds; that Of horses varies from
660 pounds to 1,54O pounds.
There were 249,145 marriages In
England and Wales Last year, more
than in any year since 1875.
The latest estimate Of the population
Of England and Wales Is 31,000,000
the women being In majority Of &c.,
600.
During the year ended June 80, 1895,
the mines Of Illinois produced 18600,-
600 tons Of coal They could have pro-
duced 100000 tons:.
While the number of children and
youth in the United States is 21,082,.
AZ, the total enrolment Of American
Sunday schools is but 9,71S,432.
The Japanese diet has voted $17. 7.500.-
600 for public improvements In Formo-
ga. Most Of the money will be expend-
ed in railway and harbor work.
A queen bee sometimes lays at the
rate Of two eggs minute. As she lives
four or FIVE years she must lay about
1,5OO, 600 In theecuEse of her life.
In the pf Illinois dafine
the year 20. 1898, 75 men
were acctdga He'd, leaving a.
widows ands1d2 4atherless children.
OF the ,1O9, ,O20 Inhabitants Of the Ha-
waiian Islands 44,OO0 are Confucian-
lists. Buddhists and Shintoists, who
have come in from China and Japan.
At Roubaix, one Of the socialist
strongholds Of France. the 11,0O0 pub
lie school children receive free food
and clothing at the expense OF the
town. q
The nails Of two fingers never grow
with the same degree Of rapidifys The
nail of the middle finger grows With
the greatest rapidity and that Of the
thumb the least. - -
The free library of the PhiladelphiA
City institute, founded In. 1852, con-
tains $1,000 volumes. It Is called
free" but those who wish to draw
books must pay 81 year.
The Chinese believe that the Yellow
river has always been Of its pfesek
color except one day about 5000 years
ago, on which occasion great man
was born and the river was perfectly
clear.
A Spanish author has written Are
novels Of a unique description The
first Is without the letter A, the second
without E, the third without fhe
fourth without o and the fifth with
out q. 1 g
Like many articles Of the feminine
toilet, the muff was first the properly
OF the women Of the nobility In thes
middle Of the seventeenth century., Ey-
cry woman Of fashion carried one % III
In style. 81
. Stout people who wish to red6C&s
themselves should diminish the quat
tity of bread, sugar, rns- and butter u. =
Their diet, but not suddenly leave Oh :,
anything to which they have A6eeg
haDituated through long lie, {5
Snipe are scarce In Germapye eThs2&
cost SLIP apiece In the marke
S125 apiece to amateur hunters - 3
any: rate it is known that 100 amates
hunters spent $500 Last year Ie1x
Munster bagging altogether 20 birds A
The New Zealand birth rate h z
been steadily diminishing during the
last two decades. In 1882 1t was S9st
per 1000; today It Is 1886, or ioWet &
Aan1taat of any European country
cept lref.and and France. EngiAn
birth rate hs s0.4 & ~ Ssss
Official returns U-~rrenen rsdtN3
Indicate that at the end Of 1893 the
mileage was 23,352, an increase Tor tbS
year Of 172 miles. Total rceeiptx %
1898 on all lines were l.3598S86
francs, an increase over 1881 OF ~.
915, ,1O4 francs, or 50, $4,000. 8
It is estimated that Engiand's stOe
Of coal will last 200 yaars longer and j
North Americas 600 years. It is not
likely, however, that these. supplies s.
will ever be needed, as 1t Is probable
that before many decades have passed
power will be gained in other ways
Waves travel faster than the wind
which causes them, and in the bay of
Biscay frequently during the autumn
and winter In calm weather heAyy
sea gets up and rolls In on the coast "a
hours before the gale which causes
arrives and Of which 1t Is the prelndA
The Spanish reporter Of The Tmee
Of Cuba notes the following distressing S
accident: Severe Fall-Finding hisn1
self working on big piece Of timber
Don Pablo Prieto, on the Regino wharf
be suddenly fell damaging himself coae
siderably. He had been standing On
the end of the timber which he N1s
saving off,"
Three steamship lines plying o. 6
tween Australia and China and Japan
are now calling regularly at the port M g
Manila, Philippine Islands Thessatp g
the China Navigation company. 9:
Eastern and Australian Steamship coms
pany and the Nippon Yusen Kaishas G S.
1ananese lire). Each Of the companies
has four fairly gooa ess.-..--s 5ssl4.-ysc -
There are no large facsories for max
ing shoes in Mexico, as IN the Unitsd &
States. There are extensive establiih
ments in Leon, Mexico City and Cir
lalajara, but they are not exactly fac.
;ories. The shoes aresmade under Il
zind Of tenement system. Workmen -
.eive stipulated sum for each paifok
,hoes made. according to quality.
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