Amador ledger., 1907-07-26
ITEMS WORTHY
OF PERUSAI.

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servation.
The lace trade of Nottingham is SO
active at the present time that it
seems to be impossible to get girls
enough for the work. There is work
for 5OOO more girls. The demand is
in every department, and the labor is
chiefly unskilled, but the girls make
from $3.50 to $3.50 per week. Be-
cause of this scarcity of labor one
firm of that city has been compelled
to open branch factory in neigh
boring city.
-Four men out of six smoke.
Paris derives a huge revenue from
the sale Of dolls dresses.
Birthdays we're kept even as far
back as the time Of Pharaoh.
The Chinese have twice sacked Mos
COW once IN 1897 and again 1893.
Customs receipts in New York City
are running $40, 900 more day than
last year.
The Alaskan Marble Company at
Shakan shipped $500 tons of marble
to Puget Sound last year.
The worlds record for the greatest
number of divorce cases is held by
the Hungarian city of Arad.
Prince Edward, eldest son of the
prince of Wales, has developed quite
an amount of ability as singer.
The capital of the IokIo Electric
Railway is to be increased to $50, 000,-
600 for improvements and extensions.
The Pied Bull Inn, at lslington, is
said to have been the first house IN
England at which tobacco was smok-
ed.
Most of the coal mines of northern
Cape Breton are submarine workings
extending in some cases a mile from
the shore.
The salary of Chicago alderman
has been raised to $4,000 a year, the
highest compensation attached to the
office anywhere.
The Korean Government has decid-
ed to grant the right to work gold
mines to citizens of England, Ger
many, France the United States and
Italy.
The process of manufacturing silk
made from wood pulp is one which
in Europe Is jealousy guarded from
inspection. The imitation silk sells
for considerably less than real silk,
but at higher price than mercerlzed
cotton.
Consul A. Il. Smith of Victoria
states that perhaps nowhere on this
continent has the automobile trade
expanded more quickly or the use of
such machines become more general,
in proportion to the population, than
in Victoria.
Deer are relatively numerous in
various parts of Japan, and in such
show places as Maru and Miyajima
are held as sacred, becoming so tame
as to eat from the hands OF visitors.
They are generally smaller IN size
than the American deer.
The entire white population of
RhodesIa is only u, 500.
The motor licenses issued last year
in England numbered SAB.
The price of whalebone has risen in
100 years from $3.50 to $500 per ton.
The Mohammeadns of the world are
estimated at 200, 100000
England's fishing feet, consists of
1901 boats and LOG, 1913 men.
The tide of emigration in England
has turned from South Africa to
Canada.
The London police force guards
property valued at over $3.50, 600, 900.
EngIand's drink bill has been de-
crossing steadily for SIX years.
Seventeen out of every 100 French
families are childless.
Two crimes which are on the de-
crease are arson and counterfeIting.
Australia is spending sl10. 900, 600 on
feet Of torpedo boats and destroyeIs.
The average glass of whisky is 81
per cent alcohol.
Three-quarters of the Englishman' IS
bread comes from abroad, and also
two-Hfths of his meat.
A web two and quarter miles long
has been drawn from the body of a
single spider.
Fifty-on men in thousand marry
under q years of age. The average
for women is l6S per 1000.
The record weight for the human
heart is little over 40 ounces. The
average is 81 ounces.
In England IS, 900 people live on
canal boats.
| A North Sea Goldfish boat usually
carries eight miles of lines and 5000
hooks.
With the country on a peace foot
ing it costs England 50, 250, 00U a year
to feed the horses of her army.
The Oldest warship in existence IS
the English Victory, which was
launched in 1765.
At last accounts the total number
of women in this country over the
age of l6 was %, 4s5, $50.
In 1900 women we're represented in
all Of the BOB bread winning occupa-
tions of the United States but nine.
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