Amador ledger., 1907-06-21
ITEMS WORTHY
OF PERUSAI.


vineyard, with $4,000, 900 vines.
The largest vineyard in the world
is near San Gabriel, Cal.
The human voice will carry three
miles through a 20-foot speaking
tube.
Argentina has 245, 900, 900 acres Of
unoccupied land which is suitable fol
cattle grazing.
The average man requires 1900
pounds of food in the course of the
year to sustain him.
Among persons of social standing
generally the world throughout, the
average age of marriage is at present,
men 81 and women 20.
Germany uses 225, 900, 900 tons OF
potatoes yearly in the manufacture of
alcohol and only $50, 900 tons of grain
for the same purpose.
The United States has more news
papers than any other country. Every
week day there are 1860, 900 copies
issued and on Sundays the number is
II, 800. 600 copies.
The pinguicula Is a plant which is
natural fly paper. Its leaves are
constantly covered with a sticky sub
stance which entraps all Insects
aIighting on them.
Besides the locust, the insects
which are eaten for food are the
bugong moth of Australia and the
gru-gru, a fat white moth found
among the palm trees of the West
Indies.
The present aeronautical activity
recalls the kite craze of tifty-f1ve
years ago, when kite kite carriages
were being extensively built and ex-
perimented with. With the aid of
two large kites a-carriage was pulled
twenty five miles an hour.
A spider can live ten months with
out food.
Light-halred people live longer
than dark haired ones.
Over 100000 persons visit the
British museum each year.
Gold may be beaten until l ounce
is spread over 146 square feet.
The amount of coal taken into Lon
don each year is we'll over 5000, 600
tons. $
As rule, 100 acres of land offer
sustenance for 200 sheep or 80 horned
cattle.
1t is estimated that 5000 marriages
are performed daily throughout the
world.
The yew lives to be $500 years old.
oak 1900. cedar 800, chestnut 600, ivy
450 and elm 325.
The government of Brazil spends
considerable money in the encourage
ment of fruit growing.
The chances of sudden death are
greater among men than women, in
the ratio of one to eight.
The average hand of the man is
from l to IA inches longer than the
woman's average.
The shepherd can predict the
weather by observing the wool of his
charges. The curlier the hair the
finer the weather.
1t is said that there are more men
buried to the square foot along the
line of the Panama canal than in any
other part of the world.
About the thlnnest thing in the
world is the film rof soap bubble.
1t would take about so, 900, QUO of them
to measure l inch.
Up to few years ago the dentists
of Japan pulled teeth with theil
fingers. Forceps and other instru
ments are now being generally used.
The indications are that there will
be surplus of $4,000, 900 in the
national treasury at the ending of thu
fiscal year.
OF the entire human race it il
estimated that 5OO,OOO.0 600 live IL
houses, 700, 900, 600 in huts and cave
and 250,000,000 have virtually NJ
shelter.
Comparative tests of electric anC
pneumatic drills have resulted over
whelmingly in favor of the latter
This is very severe service, and tn
| electric drill does not seem to stan(
up under it and time is CONSTANT,
lost IN making repairs to the ma
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