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

BITS OF INFORMATION

More than a million people die yearly in Europe Of consumption.
Five hundred and eightyseven distinct languages are spoken in Europe
The amount Of French capital invested in China exceeds s1ooOOoooO
Japanese coiners ar alleged to be flooding Korea with counterfeit
The mines Of South Africa give work to between $4,000 and 10000
The rope on which Charles Bondn crossed the Falls Of Niagara cost
Elryfour oak trees are struck by lightning to every beech that is
Paris has double the number of hremen. and nifty mor engines than
No educational facilities whatever are provided for 100000 Russian
The Royal Irish ConstaDulary cost the British government ss775oOO
Sir Edwin Landsoor is said to have painted THE Cavaliers Pets" in a
The orders of decoration borne by the German Emperor ire worth about
The foundation o the Bank of England srongroom is 6 feet below
The dTst machine for folding envelopes vas patented o. the nth
on the Cape of Good Hope. waves 8 feet high from trough to crest
A calf with two tongues is now in the possession o a farmer at Ros
4 $4,000 observatory is . be built this year by wesleyan University
The Province of Asturas in Spain has n fewer than % cen@narans in
The household Of the Sultan is the most expensive in the world. cost
Beetles N the East and West Indies are SO brilliant in co@ing that
Loss of voice was n of the reasons given by a London auouoneer
Pttsburg and Allegheny have more public bridges than any other
Wy Two E St torpedo o. boats boats C of the Imperial Germany a will always be sta
Two hundred and seventeen lions have been born at the Dublin Zoo
or s 3 s e isaat , has . Sssn . Prohibited gostt in Turkish waters This will cost
The nutritve value Of IS cents worth OF 3 per cent milk is equal to
% cents worth Of round beefteak.
From netuehbre a thread has been produced 81 fine that a length of so
Partisan butchers who sell horseneat intimate the fact by exhibiting
Java has thundersorms IN at least 81 days in the year, and in Jamaica
The Dronk grass found in the Transvaai has the effect of making
cattle 9b and i.I horses sn quite 4, stupid Psno and s sleepy %s.. TOOL, VII, ,r - ,r zen,
tour Of the world were insured for SAYS oOo
The biggest mortar in the world is Maiets ssinch mortar. made in
1856, and still in wooIwich Arsenal England.
The United States has 700 million acres Of woodland, fortyseven mil
lion of which area is preserved by government
from Il the "s aeJond platform i&% s% Of the 5' Hi & tower S1 a%' II DHS'- anu was swung
Victoria das at 6ts ss R%s tss s5s4P I i sS@P T q ssf s S@l''' States cost 'S0' but
The biggest openair concert in the world is the Welsh EiseddfOd
"n'3 Tpe IS ho use6o ' or barge Of I'M MasG 90 SU'V coh P9De oxford. is 80 feet long
and will accommodate 1900 people. 1t cost $l2500.
Soldiers commit suicide more frequently than members of any other
One # the new bridges to be thrown over the Seine is o he built IL
out Of a59 murders Of Christians in Turkey last year there were onA
sixtyone cases in which the murderers we're punished
switzerland has on an average 100000 tourists yearly and has
lie Petit Journar' is said to have the biggest sale in London Of an,
foreign newspaper Nearly lSoo copies a day are sold there.
2s letters. Indicating various titles of honor after his name
According to John Hays Hammond mining n a large scale on the Rant
is not likely to last much nor than a quarter Of a century
A mar In kentuoky ns Gov re tina LIGHTNING is a ere for reu
Quicksilver mining has the worst effect on the teeth Of any know
-mna The amount ann INT. OF 90 heat and generated Gf So by @m mans irs. BODY IN IN hara days r0 WORK Il
The Church rot Of ENGLAND r. aa ,B osh4 Pr s Of the II en- Mackenzie @6oIa 2u river p is 10000
Pekins big bell, weighing over SO TONS was cast in 146 It S Is fee
France has 2S64OOO dogs-just double as many Is Great Britain am
The common herring is the most dmcuiy of all marine creatures t.
catch alive for al aquarium. A whale is the most difficult to DresGw
within the last fifty Years 1s45ss people have emigrated from thu
County Mayo Ireland Or nearly as many as there re now inhabitants
sultan a1' $1,000 SS S' year ' fr the ia % privilege Rs9 Of /" being : allowed aS%ae tps govern t. them
~ 4 year year ca Canada MAZDA D p %s q 's 10000 90 ., worth .. Of 9 % 55 o nearly Es,., 81
silver
The largest bore cannon ever made is the MaIeckeGeidan. II Lore
Of the Plain. sim existing in India 1t is IA feet long. and its bore is p
inches
The greatest size to which a horse has been known to grow Is 2Ol
hands high. This is the record Of a cydesdae which wa 0 N exhibition
in 1889.
-, The ne 4.s,sss Of :, population S@ st.e ,s between ". ut the ' g,ysoa s es9' Is, n is 1872 pc e
Australia
demask sent by the Sultan OIL Khedve A single covering has cost as muc
as $4,000
In the China trade there ire twelve quart pitchers to the dozen. blu
wentyfour pint pitchers There are sometimes as many as seventy plate
to the dozen.
The Dominion grows the finest roses in the world according o tn
Boston Adveruser), supplying Washington, New York and Boston witt
American Beauties
There are 1880 jews IN India, of whom only onethird are Of Europu
origin. The rest claim to be descendants Of Jews who emigated dunn
the reign Of King Solomon
Ia water OF twelve fathoms or under a large ship Of twenty knot
loses about threequarters knot speed compared with her pace when travel
ing in water thirty fthoms n over.
The biggest orchard in the world is near Santa Barbara, ia California
II covers LOO acres and contains 10000 olive oees. 5000 walnuts 1000
almonds. and nearly 5000 other fruit and nut trees
The output Of pigron in Germany has risen as per cent IN the pas
twelve years During the same period the output Of the United States ha
risen only 90 per cent and is now nearly 1AOOOOO0 tons
The cheapest form Of power is a waterwheeL One whose first cost
about $3.50 per horsepower produces a unit Of work at a cost Of less than
one cent a day. The SAINT work done by manpower would cost 81 cents
The record number II performers on any stage was IN Reyers oper
OF "salammbo" produced IN 1891, at the Grand Opera House in Paris
There were 400 persons on the stage in the last act At Olympia owe
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