Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — ITEMS OF INTEREST. [ARTICLE]

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

England consums £8,000,000 worth of fish every year. The Transvaal has seventy-four gold mining companies. The second city of the British empire in size is Calcutta. There are nearly 2,000 stitches in a pair of hand-sewn boots. It is stated that there are 170,000 churches in the United States, and about 232,000 licensed saloons. There are now published in Paris 2,585 periodicals, nearly 100 more than were issued at the corresponding date last year.