The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-15
Tersely Told Facts
Picked at Random

her exports by s2l. us 600; today her ex-
ports exceed her imports by Si2,000.O0o.
India has a population Of 800 coo peo-
/ pie fifth Of the entire population OF
/ the world. and II Is so dense that there
are 161 persons per square mile Of terri
tory, while our own population Is only
] little over twenty-five persons per
/ mile. II pays bOunties for the destruc-
/ ton Of depredating animals: in 1902 II
payed for 400 leopards and 800 tigers.
/ not including those shot by sportsmen
/ Tor sports sake During the year 1,0ss
people were killed by tigers. one man
eater being credited with sixty-five indi-
/ viduals. Thirty thousand cattle were
killed by tigers and still greater num-
Der by panthers and leopards These
animals are also charged up with 300
/ human victims. while 1900 people are
known to have died from the effects OF
snake bite
Chicago has 6s.29s widows. Her ex-
| cess male population is So 246. and there
are only 24.00O widowers. widows and
all. there are "a. 0s2 unmarried women
and 5l1,6os unmarried men. The city
/ boasts Of two widows under fifteen
years Of age, ffty-seven between fifteen
and nineteen. 2200 between twenty-five
and thirty. while the widowers Of that
age number but SO. From forty five to
hfty-four there are 1882 widows and
4S7z widowers. and from sIxty-five up
there are 1857 widows and 5,53s wild
overs.
Some people ask the difference be-
tween beer and ale; to brew a barrel OF
the former requires one and half bush
els OF malt. to brew barrel Of ale four
and half bushels are required
The strikes Of last year cost US $780,
10000
During the first six months OF this
! year Germany imported 1900 head OF
cattle for meat purposes. against $4,000
| during the same period in 1902; but her
! inportations of dressed and canned
meats have greatly fallen of. For in
! stance. from April 10 June she imported
! only $3.50 tons Of dressed meat. while
in the same period in 1902 she imported
/ $40 tons. The price of meat has gone
up tremendously, owing TO the drastic
laws recently enacted. Much discomfort
| is expressed
Five hundred million commercial food
| fishes were planted in the Great Lakes
last year by the United States Fish
Commission.
/ Inc LlGEkCLE OF NslllGd6Or nAAHdn OAl1B
Omaha, St Louis. and St. Joseph re-
ceived 3,Is5.O00 head Of cattle in Sep
TENDER last, and the same i've markets
| held in reserve a stock Of LIS. 90
! pounds of meat September 80
Crime is a queer thing. and it is most
| difficult for the statistician TO classify
any one crime as a national charac-
| teristic; for instance. in Milan, Italy,
/ - "a
| l, 10000 OF the population, as compared
10 1907 in Naples. on the other hand,
! offenses against property in Milan show
| 1895 per 100000, against 40Jz in
Naples.
Ten per cent Of all the children OF the
world walk by the time they are ten
months old.
The great De Beers property was orig
inally sold for $4,000. A year later It
changed hands for 1868. 0O0- It yields
| some years as much as SIS, 900 IN dia-
monds The Kimberley patch was orig
| inally bought for so. 1t has produced
10000. coo in diamonds Stock in the
Kimberley sold originally for so. and the
price has gone up TO $500 a share
The State OF Minnesota possesses IN
school houses. or one school house per
rs inhabitants OF the State These
schools, with their libraries, furniture.
etc, represent an investment Of Sls.ooo,-
coo.
The average age of death OF the poor
er classes Of laborers in England Is
twenty-nine: that Of the merchants and
weIl-to-do Englishmen. 1fty-f1ve
One town in France uses up 2.sSo.oOo
pounds OF roses and $4,000 pounds OF
orange flowers year in she manufac-
ture of perfumes.
In London the schools are so crowded
that sixty pupils per teacher is the
average.
The eyeban is white because its blood
vessels are so small that they do not
admit the red corpuscles-
There are over 5000 horses and don
keys eaten in Paris every year
In London. at the Billingsgate mar
ket, twelve to fourteen thousand tons OF
/ fish are handled every month
/ In the East Indies there are spiders so
| large that they feed on small birds
| IN proportion TO size. man is the weak
| est Of all animals. but he makes II up
/ in cussedness and bluft.
| Paper, according to indubitable docu-
ments, has been made in China from
| time immemorial; next we hear OF Il
| in Turkestan in $50 A D.
| Ammonia is the best all round house
! hold drug we know Of. Variously di-
Iuted 1t will do more toward cleansing
or keeping things bright. be it carpet
| or silver. or cold sores, etc, than any
other known chemical.