The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-10-03

BITS OF INFORMATION


Germany has TWENTY-FIVE shfnvors. Nippon
The record aurora boreals lasted TO- for "a I paoyiRs $4,000 men.
The ssrsas population doubtless doubles in about $50 years years
Ihe ayerass longevity In the United States ws s62 in 1900
MEG M.s' sF5s. Fn 4 - win Io be issued shortly to the Moorish army army
The most DANGEROUS element Of Illuminating eas s arboaIo a@s
EVERY SQUARE mile OF ses 4. so9ds is Increasing throughout Canada
AZ 7sa Amo Dur y, wis mere vas recently collected a pile Of 100000 logs.
r 41s. 5000 s ~ r~o SIX europeans in the Buddhist priesthood in Burmah
The wife Of the governor Of New Bo Borne. SUs u SsSv Ss,n e national debt
King Le"aniha las promised to institute a temperance crusade in Barotse
Paris streets are lighted by $4,000 lamps. Their cleaning ooep,.s s7s
Hot water is supplied from wells direct to houses AM on,.s IN po,.
BY heating aavdust with causuc alan a cheap and fast brown d. is
out Of se recent cases of persons wounded with bullets in the brain iso
In an ironoad Of 10000 tons the hull weighs soo tons and the machinery
Electric railways are rapidly dlspaoing the oldfashioned dniren.os in
A person with good sight al see another persons .. at a distance Of
Thibet is larger than France. Germany and Spain combined. but has only
Two coal mines re now in successful operation in Alaska. They produce
va5EOsoR possesses the only crematuium that has been erected in the
An orange tree in full bearing has been known to produce $4,000 ORANGES;
Prof Frederick Hrth of Berlin has accepted the offer Of the Chinese chair
Two methodist missionaries in MoronL Utah. are the only gentle. in
It takes about three seconds for a message to go from one end Of the
Atlantic cable to the other.
Two modern Touring mills with American machinery. have recently been
constructed at Hardin, Manchurta.
the Peninsular railroad at Bombay. ' ""H - inc "Ou !" "' u
A reasonable Plea allowance Of water for a town is eighty gallons per head
Of population 2TslsaS1 n. d siiSs for ,o all PURPOSES ao9%.,,, ~
entirely accounted for by emigration.
Prehistoric amber objects are now being manufactured in Austria from
The latest returns Of the population Of Japan, including FOrmOsa and the
One Australian syndicate has offered Gen. De Wet $3.50 weekly and er.
penses for a leeturing tour in Australia
Germany produced last year 10000 tons of calcium carbide, equal N light
The largest cut diamond in the world is that belonging t. the Rahh Of
seatles exports to japan are o about 100000 per annum. which is
There are no less than 1922 different species of fish nhabfing the waters
The oil of the beech tree, which is used in tanning Russia leather. is a
The total valuation of Canadas mineral product in 1900 reached over
In BOheme sixtythree mobiles own the greater part Of the country None
The mortality from accidents in railway employees vas reduced So per
Hard times in Germany are said to have caused a large dfmfnuuon IN the
There are in the world els88sOoo men and ssssssOoo women. The men
Alaska has paid its cost twenty times It was bought for s7aOoOOo, and
The Dead Sea has recently risen nearly five feet 1t is supposed that its
ANY child over seven cal be prosecuted as a cnmina. in England; but
Unmarried women Of Michigan are to petition the legislature for eD
20 Of scotFs first editions wa SWayerieyS is the soaroest and Guy Mannerng"
The rotation Of a waterspout al the surface Of the sea has been estimated
The death rate at Santiago de Cuba under Spanish rule was 1877 per 1000.
The bamboo holds the record among plants for quick growth. 1t has
The great bulk of chalk is composed Of eight different species of tiny
The strongest paper is made o. Manila hemp A single sheet of legal
cap" Of this material win bear a weight Of 300 pour pounds umau vau. -.
taking in bOarders without the permission Of the police
her husband because he refused to cook dinner for her
comes II fr s1 FRANCE e.g SPAIN all ' Portugal t%i italy and North Africa.
salisbury %as '# IT IS aad o. in 1f Sonor IS Of to the S1 &nsio5 58 neso' ani aHse'''0 u0" A'o
betv psru Z a ~ Sa 81 1s "a |" T %ep ARMY b Ss five %eAa separate mta'c classes s''' O~DD""
The biggest nugget of tin Of record has been found at North Dundas' in
Tasmania. It weighs 5,NO pounds and Is 81 per cent pure tin.
Fortyhve tons is the record weight eer pulled by a pair Of horses. This
was in the shape Of bark loaded on a sleigh, and pulled OF ice
Rome. though the capital Of italy, Is not the largest city. 1t has only
452OOO people, while Milan has 100000. and Naples nearly 100000.
The population Of Canada increased only 1WA per cent In the past ten
years. That Of Australia increased 10 per cent in the same time
British Columbia grew the worlds record apple last year 1t vas sixteen
inches in circumference and weighed one pound and three ounces
Reutenbourg, a German village with 44 inhabitants reJoiees IN the
curious distinction Of having an exactly equal number OF men and women.
One hundred and eighty miles northwest Of Bulawayo is a coalhed 400
square miles in extent and IN many places only forty feet below thu sunace.
No less than 11s2257 Of Hays town population above the age of fifteen
are mterate. This means that Of the whole population, p25OOW can neither
read nor write 49,.
Lake Bakai in Siberia, seems to be the deepest lake in the world It is
$500 feet deep. its surface being 1850 feet above SCI level and bottom some
5000 feet below.
Belgium has twenynine and a half miles Of railway to every 100 square
miles Of surface. England has seventeen Germany fourteen INC Tn United
States six miles only.
The common bousefy sounds the note f In flying This means that its
wings vibrpte AS times a second. The honeybee sounds A implying $40
vibrations to the second -
ImperiaI famnv One hundred and twentyeight are Russians the restb being
Germans, Poles, Greeks, ETC.
Divers boots weigh twenty pounds apiece The helmet weighs forty
pounds and the diver carries also asnV pO""s VI -"
his balance at the bottom Of the sea . /, A..
One Of the biggest engineering works N prosp@t is le NHym OF ue
Central Paeiae railway thirytwo miles OF tesues atsoss the Great san LAKE,
This will cut on 1O7 miles Of journey.
Up to twenty years ago, it ws usually estimated Una nat 0r % mo thI5'
0s but forty miles deep. 1t is now put al TOM r' 70 ~ m"@ i@ u
ness Is Judged by the incandescenee OF meeofS -. .