Amador ledger., 1907-05-17
CURIOUS FACTS.


Nearly 5000. 900 men are constantly
employed in the mines OF the world.
1t is said that in. Austria A out OF
every 100 doctors die of heart disease.
More than one-fourth of all the
English newspapers are published IN
London
great deaf of American manu-
factures of wood are sold in Ed1n-
burg, Scotland.
The average yield of gold in the
mines of the 1ransvaal is half an
ounce to the ton.
In 1906 two cats inherited $40, 900
each from b. f. Dilley, an eccentric
millionaire.
JehemiaA Curtin, at present living
in Bristol, VT. is said TO be the
master of 70 languages.
George +. Pride, the last survivor
of Gen. U. s. Grants staff, died
recently at Huntington, Ind.
The population of baptized citizens
in Japan has increased since 1872
from nine to more than 50,0OO
VI the II mem bers of the new
French CABINET eight have been
regular writers for the Paris press.
In Germany ooIlangol, silve,
solution, is curing appendicitis. with
out the necessity of an operation.
5-mile canal, projected to drain
the great swamps of Florida, would
reclaim e, 500, 600 acres of land.
Ear drums made from thin silver
sheets are being used IN Russian
hospitals to replace defective organs.
In New York the police arrest on
an average, 4s men every day, who
declare they have no occupation.
1t is said that the Crown Prince is
the only one remaining of the Kaiser's
children who is not lett handed.
In Japan every male over % years
of age aud paying a direct annual tax
OF 10 yen (s5) is entitled to vote.
A camel can easily carry weight
of 1000 pounds on its back, about
four times as much as horse can
carry.
1t is estimated that the production
of gold in the GoldtieId distI lot,
Manchuria, next year will exceed
$50, 600, 900.
Nearly one-half of the fishes caught
in Indian Ocean belong to a species
not heretofore described in any book.
The number of tourists to Victoria
from the United States during the
summer months of 1906 was about
so, 600.
A blue garden, every plant bearing
blue flower, has been laid ont al
South Lytchett manor, Dorsetshire,
England.
The railroads of the United States.
in the last eleven years, have killed
1924 persons and injured halt
million more.
Chemists say that all records written
with the ordinary ink now in use
will be completely faded out in
seventy years.
Workmen digging a drain near the
city hall of BendIgo, Australia, found
a large lump of quartz thickly studd-
ed with gold.
Fishes with two pairs of eyes, Que
pair for use above water and the
other below, have been discovered in
Guatemala.
Japan has many savings banks, the
deposits in which are estimated at
500, 600, 600, fourfold increase in
ten years.
The American cooking stove has
not yet found its way to Scotland,
where cooking is still done over an
open CRATE fire.
BY ignoring fractional parts of a
penny in paying dividends on govern
ment stocks, the British government
saves annually $1,000.
In some parts of England the
practice prevails of displaying flag
from the schoolhouse roof when every
pupil is present.
Raphael's portrait of the brother of
Pope Leo X, dated 1914, has been
sold for 100000, a record price iu
the Berlin art world.
Captain Anderson, of the "African
Prince" relates that while on a
voyage from New York the liner was
nearly struck by meteor.
| A japanese shipping company, with
a capital of 100000, has been
formed to establish line of vessels
between Eastern Asia and America.
Ihe Italians have invented a device
for making celluIoid noninflammable,
by mixing glue, gum arabic and coal
oil with the ordinary composition.
The Christian name of NoIway's
King, Haakon, comes from the same
root and is pronounced the rsame as
the English names, Hawkin or Haw-
kins.
American refrigerated beef and New
Zealard mutton only are handled by
British meat corporation which has
1000 retail shops in the United King
dom.
ID. l.. Bathurst, clerk in the New
York post office. expects soon to Sc
cure goodiy share of a heritage OF
So, 600, 900, and wear the title of Haron
of Lachlade.
An example of the efficiency of