The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
THINGS TO KNOW

Nail factories in England turn out 40,- 900 GOO nails a week.
 One ton of gold contains 9,15666 ounces and is worth $6O2,S75.
 The United States has e1O7,0sS savings banks with deposits of g, 100000, 600.
 Coolie labor in China can be secured for from S25O to s4 gold per month.
 The depth of the Pacific ocean has been estimated at between four and a half and five miles.
 At Fort Yukon, Alaska, the thermome- ter sometimes sinks as low as 70 degrees below zero.
 Statistieians estimate that at least thir- teen million of human lives have been sacrificed by earthquakes. The world production of copper amounts to 4SG, ,OS4 long tons. of which the United States contributes 7S7 tons.
 The first strike to occur in this country was in 1903, when a number of dissatisfied sailors struck for an increase of pay.
 Scientists tell us that fly has 10000 hairs on each foot, by means of which they are able to walk on the ceiling. Valeneiennes lace is still made in Flan- ders. but this valuable industry has en- tirely died out in the town whose name 1t bears.
 In 1904, from September to November, the United States shipped 157,472 pounds of apples and 84,624 pounds of pears into Ireland.
 There were s72 strikes in Italy in 1904, which is a noticeable decrease in the sta- tistics of labor disturbances of that coun- try since 1901
 One hundred and twenty india rubber factories in the United States, employing 15OO0 workers produce 2s0,000 tons, valued at S260 GOO GOO per annum
 The dressed skins of wild animals con- stituted the earliest known form of cur rencv, and they are still in use In some parts of the uncivilized world At the present rate of consumption It Is reckoned that the worlds supply of coal will last 1000 years. The annual produc- tion amounts to 72Se17,s3s metric tons.
 Butter Is preserved and put up in cans of tin to be sold in tropical countries or districts remote from civilization. Most of the timed butter comes from France.
 Shoes which would bring s250 in this country are sold for BIO pair in parts of Northern Brazil; the nd valorem duty Is 12o per cent. while the consumption tax is r cents.
 Motor omnibuses in London have att tained wide popularity. there being reg ular service of these vehicles to different parts of the city similar to the electric tramway service.
 The celebration or marriage In cnurches was inaugurated by Pope Innocent III. in 1900 A. D. Before that time a marriage ceremony consisted in the groom leading the bride to his house.
 The city of London has seven asylums for the insane, each costing g. .250 for erection and s3s9. 400 for yearly mainten- ance The yearly increase of patients to these institutions is about 500. Out of a population of 4o.o0o.o00 persons in England Ireland and Scotland, 145.ooo are Insane and 1t Is stated that for every certified insane person there is probably another person mentally deranged. but harmless.
 In Chinese silk factory the president receives sos month. the manager s4s clerks ahout -s1a workmen In the factory received from s2.7s to 30 month while the daily wages of the female iaborers averages from cents to cents day Meerschaum. the composition of which Is silica magnesia and water. isf often found along tho German seashore. and the pure white Jumps are supposed by the