Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-08-26 | Page 10 | Curious Facts and Figures

CURIOUS FACTS AND FIOUKES Oerminj' drills this year Mto) reserve troops, nearly double as many n she Urlllcd two yells nun On hundrel yrs igo theie wire five Cflrrlngf-a to eanh 1 people In I'ngland, Noix there are ssent"on Modern Inks onl fiste from 1T nt which date tho researches nf Dr Lewis In tl e chemistry nf Ink lesan The Snndwtch Islands nre slmost as fr, e from .nukes as Ir. Inn 1 Thete Is but one s irt nrd tint very scarce Hevcnly thousand cnihlnenl Insrcts go to n Blnkle pound nf ilrled m hi nn! Ihe worlds crop of crchlntul Is from 3,0 lo Guu tuns Tliero nre no less thnn 322 .Ufferent sp .Ion or llsh Inhabiting the wntrrs or Atmrlca north cir tho Isthmus of I'anamn 111' Uglient melenrlte ever seen has been fnund nt Ponto Alt ere In Ilrnsll II Is nn Immune rotk mass oluhty-llvt feet long and lift J -Iho feet thick ftreen wood eontnlns fulli t per cent or water, and th.ir.nnli senannltig usunlly expels but 13 per tint or this fluid The Argentine republic Is the sironrest In nrtlllorv nf nnj f nitli Am. rltiin state Fhe has "ii IloU Kins .4, minimum guns j sloi.0 guns anil ii hnwltzors Ihe rrnsi of tho Frem Ii region of lion or Ins been bestowed upon thirty-eight women.