MANY FACTS IN FEW WORDS.
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NJ HN 1 FAILS In I. !" NOnDo.
A legal stone is ~ lbs, or the eighth
Of a hundred in England, and is lbs. in
Holland.


The fa,hom, feet. is derived from the
height OF a full grown man. A hand, in
horse measure, is four inches.


An Irish mile, is 224O yards; Scotch
mile 1854 yards; an English or statue
mile, 1860 yards: German, 1906; Turk.
ish, 1895.


An acre is 1910 yards. SO yards or l
foot 81 inches each way. A square
mile, 1869 yards each way contains GAO
acres.


The Christian era was first used in
counting time a, Rome, in 527; adopted
in France, in $50; in Spain. in 1910; and
n Portugal, in l4lO. The early Chris
tiaas dated from the accession OF Diocle-
sian. in 284.


Ths Pcrsians give names to every day
in tic month, jus: as we give them to
days Of the week.


The human body consists Of 24O borcs.
% kinds of Jennings or articnla'ons, 100
carriages or Iigamen,s, 400 muscles or
tendrons, and 100 nerves. besides blood.
arteries. veins, sc.


The Esquimaux attain the heigh Of
bu. 4 feet 8 inches. and the Mongol Tar
tars but feet 8 inches.


The foot Of Chinese female, from the
heel 10 the great toe, is only four inches
long.


Total abstinence from food above seven
days is fatal to man; bat there are in
stances Of surviving after Il longer peri
cd. A religious fanatic, in 1889, deter
mined 10 las, 40 days, but died on the
10Th.


In marching. soldiers take IS steps per
minutes; quick marching. lO8; and in
charging. $50 steps.
The :lindoos have the art Of persona,
ting death so as to deceive able surgeons.
An elephant bred to war stands firm
against volley Of mnsquetry. and so
bullets in the flesh vii! not kill him.


Fish are drawn towards light; they
assemble to be fed by The sound OF a
bell and are fond Of music.
4 chestnut trec on Mt. Etna is l69
feet round the trunk.
Potatoes planted below three feet dc
not vegetate; at foot they grow quick
est, and a, two feet they are retarded two
or three months


The mahogany tree is full grown in
goo years. cypress trees are known ,c
be $50 or 900 years old.
There are no solid rocks in the arctic
regions. owing to the severe lro>ts.


Fossil bones Of tho lizard, GAIT. il,
length equal to the dragons Of antiquity
have been found in Bavaria


The surface o! the sea is estimated q
! l5o,oO0.ooo square miles, taking ,he
whole surface oflhe globe al 10000, 900
Its greatest depth is supposed 10 be g
quail TO the height Of the highest noun
,alns, or tuur miles.