Amador ledger., 1907-06-07
ITEMS WORTHY
OF PERUSAI,
London has l39. 600 Jews.

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tain an age of 400 years.
The floating population of the world
is 100000. This means the people
who follow The sea.
1t is said that tobacco users are
rarely sufferers from cholera.
Drowning represents one of the
greatest causes OF death.
The mountain ranges of Europe lie
east and west, and those of America
north and south.
There are forty eight different kinds
of material entering into the construc-
tion of a piano, and they are gathered
from sixteen countries.
Ireland holds the record for centen-
arians.
The British governmentsowns %, 600
camels.
The hair from the tail of a horse is
the strongest single animal thread
known.
immigrant arrivals ale oveItaxing
tAO "a pnOtLy VI Ellis lSlduu.
Compulsory adoption of the metric
system has been defeated by the Eng
lish parliament.
Berlin has an automobile shearse,
which is said to be the first of its
class.
Coach Crooks, OF Columbus college,
directs the track and field training
of his men from touring car.
Coal mining is the most dangerous
of all land empIoyments. About thIr-
teen out of every 10000 miners are
killed yearly at their work.
The professional criminals of Lon
don outnumber the policemen in the
proportion of two to three.
SIhe races of the world are numbered
at seventy, uak1ng use of 4OO3 differ
ent tongues. There are about 1000
religions.
The human hair crop is profitable
and extensive industry. Five tons of
it are annually imported by the mer-
chants of London. The center of the
trade Is Paris, where 200, 900 pounds
are harvested annually, with valua-
tion of 81, 900, 900.
The population of the globe is l, 400, :
00O, 900, of whom 35, 2l4 900 die every
year. The births amount to Sc, 1872, 600
every year, or more than one a Sec
ond.
A dry dock of concrete and granite
is being constructed at Hunters. Point,
on the Pacific coast, which will hold
the record for size upon completion.
1t will accommo odate two of the largest
battleships at one time. 1t will be 1850
feet long and will cost 81, $50, 900.
London's yearly trade Is 1885, COO, 600,
LiverpooI's 277, $780, 900, Hamburg g
80, 900, 900, New York's s22l, 700, 900,
Marseilles' sl86, ZOO, 900, andAntwerp s
s15O, 900, 900.
Over I75,O 900 Englishmen left their
native soil during last year to take
up homes in Canada.
One of the leading southern rail-
roads of this country has a corps OF
agents travelling around for the ex-
press purpose of facilitating the move
ment of freight.
The largest concrete building in the
world is the Pacific building CT San
Francisco, CAL, now nnder construc-
tion.
On an average 293 alien children
under fourteen years of age arrive in
this country every day.
In Sweden the death penalty is i'm.
posed only in the case of confessed
murderer.
A book about to be brought out in
England on the subject of extinct
birds is to be printed on imperIshablu
paper.
England has 10000 brass bands and
250, ,0O0 musicians.
At the beginning of t6e year 1906
the United Kingdom had 2l17 miles
of tramways.
Jap2n's saki brew amounts to $50,
QUO, 600 gallons per year.
Bleeding for certain ills is returning
to favor.
The second class traffic of the Eng.
lish railroads shows a material falling
off.
Canada will spend $50, 600, 900 il
railroad extension in the next five
years. This means 10000 miles.
There are 1888 national banks in this
country, with an aggregate capital Of
sSOs, 328, 65S.
The tide of the Mediterranean or
the Algerian coast never exceeds 81.
inches.
William Angers, an engineer on the
Dover Calais steamers, has crossed the
English channel Is, 900 times.
Exclusive of India, the population
of the British empire is four person:
to the square mile.
Kodol for Dyspepsia
Digests what you eat.