Amador ledger., 1908-06-19
ITEMS WORTHY
OF PERUSAI.

established on the shores OF Back
Bay, uear Portland, Me. The pro
jectors have already Experimental
with a smaller plant at Tbomaston,
Me-, and it is claimed from the
experience gained in this venture
that the success Of the larger one is
assured.
The United States has greater
proportion OF working women than
any other country in the world.
The largest chemical works in the
world are said to be located at North
wich, in Cheshire, England.
The Nile ovettlows its banks from
July TO October. This IS due to the
rainfall of the Abysslnan highlands.
Mail matter for the Tonga group Of
islands in the Pacific is delivered by
means Of rockets from passing vessels. |
A Japanese man, who claims to he
ITO years old, is said TO be the oldest
man in the world.
Animal life il to be found at all
depths under the water, but yegeta
ton does not flourish under great
pressure.
The water Of the Norwegian fords
is so clear that it is possible to dis
Germ small objects at depth of
twenty fathoms.
There is little change III the size
of the ears from infancy to middle
age, bnt after that they sometimes
grow larger.
The numb Der OF Chinese scattered
throughout the world outside OF the
Chinese Empire is given officially at
6, 705, 139
The total value of the stone pro
duct Of the country in 1906 was S6G,
1878, 794, an increase of 81, $40, GAG over
that of 1908.
Vermont gets the credit of being
the granite state, but Pennsylvania
leads in the production of stone,
with nearly IA per cent Of the total to
her credit.
In this country the death rate
among the miners is 34 per 1000
employed. In Belgium in 1906 the
number was "a, in Great Britain it
was l. 20, in France it was ga in 1905,
and IN Prussia it was LIZ in 1904.
Coal keeps best under sea water.
Telephone girls become left
cared "
A squirrel can bite deeper than a
dog.
The painting of tbs Forth Bridge
costs $40, 900.
The criminal class of London num-
Der 100, QUO.
The sperm whale can stay under
water for twenty minutes.
The rabbits range OF vision takes
in the entire horizon.
The average woman carries fifty
miles OF hair on her head.
A mans hair turns gray about five
years earlier than woman's.
The average length OF life of the
Icelander is little over 81 years.
Pure iron in the presence Of pure
| Oxygen does not rust.
The wife in Abyssinia always owns
the house and contents.
In proportion TO It's size, the beetle
is stronger than 100 horses.
The orange tree is said TO produce
about 70, 900 oranges during its lite.
Living expenses in New York have
been increased 10y II per cent in one
year.
The fish candles OF Alaska are be-
ing sent over the world in quantities
as curiosities.
In Nuremburg there are 100
houses, which we've built during the
sixteenth century.
One-ftth of the worlds surface is
uninhabitabI bic by the white man be-
cause Of the presence of malaria.
Worry is one Of tne most fruitful
causes OF consumption.
The song of the bird was originally
a cry of alarm.
Red-haired persons are usually i'm
{ pulsiye and OutspOBen.
Watchmakers' oil is from the jaw
bone of the porpoise.
Super sensitive persons have light
hair.
In the course of month cater
) pillar will eat food weighing 600C
3 times the weight OF its body.
J Chemists say that papers written
{ with the ink in general use to-day
will be illPgible in twenty sever
2 years.
{ A palm which grows in soutt