Amador ledger., 1909-04-09
ITEMS WORTHY
OF PERUSAL


of over 400, 900, 200.
In Great Britain 10000 motor cars
and automobiles are in use.
Only 1900 of the 63, 453 Chinese
admitted TO the Iransvaal are still
in that country.
There are now 81 metals in use,
while 10 the days of Columbus but
seven we're known.
Now York City publishes one
hundredth part of all the newspapers
and periodicals of the earth.
The common compass being made
useless by the effect of the motors, a
special compass for airships is being
sought.
Silicide and the boride of titanum
are said 30 be equally as hard as the
diamond.
The Turkish day begins at sunset
and at that time the Turks set their
clocks and watches at twelve
In making matches, one machine
will cut up 10000 "spints" in a
minute.
Hotel properties in New York are
estimated as being worth 10000, 900.
The transient population is said to
be at least $50. 000 day.
ia the streets of Nome, Alaska,
black fox driven from the hills by
the extreme cold was recently killed.
A tenderfoot prospector killed it with
club and received $500 for the pelt.
The demand for paints is increas-
ing rapidly. There are now 3OO
factories in the country which turn
out 100, 900, 900 gallons of paint year.
Banks in Ashland, Hudson and
Duluth hold 81, 900. 600 on deposit
belonging to the Chippewa Indians.
The Chlppewas also have claims
against the government amounting to
$500, 900.
In divorce case tried recently in
New York, one of the exhibits before
the court was dry goods bill twelve
feet long.
In winter the people of Bagdad
sleep on the floor rolled in rugs, and
in summer because of the intense
heat, they sleep on the roofs.
In 1905 Argentine had l2,0o0,O00
acres in cultivation. Now the area
amounts to SO, 900, 000 acres.
An elephant has only eight teeth.
During eleven years Japan's output
has increased from 200. 600 to IL 800
0U0 tons annually.
Coddington Church, near Chester,
England, has just had restored to it
"Breeches" bible. bearing the date
of 1883. 1t was sold by the wardens
of the churh In 1878.
There are now published in tfe
United Kingdom 2,353 newspapers of
which 404, including 81 dailles, are
printed IN London.
In France no less than $500, 600
pounds of snails are consumed each
year. Their artificial cultivation has
become a profitable industry.
There are 7,345 medical students in
Germany.
Every month the TransvaaI pro-
duces 400, 900 ounces of gold.
Brazil uses over 20, 600, 900 jute bags
to hold the years coffee crop. These
bags cost over IL cents a piece or
total for year of about "a, 700, 600.
German soldiers use mattresses I'LL
ed with paper.
AXE Erie is the richest body of
water IN the world in fish.
After fifteen years the modern
battleship becomes back number.
1t is estimated that the steam power
in use in the world Is l20, 00O,0O0
horsepower.
In New York there are now about
IL 200 woman stenographers.
Flour in some European countries
is compressed into blocks for pre-
servatIon. The treatment kills all
forms of larva lite and prevents raw
ages of insects.
Recently in Copenhagen the first
steel ingot ever cast in Denmark was
pr reduced. 1t is to be used as the
pedestal OF a bust of q. A. Hoge-
mann. director of the polytechnic
school at Copenhagen.
On the Island of Samos the carob
tree grows wild and cattle eat its
fruit. 1t is also used in mixing chew
ing tobacco. Nine-tenths of the pro-
duction, which is 1884, 900 pounds,
is taken by Italy and Germany.