Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1889 — FACTS AND FIGURES. [ARTICLE]

FACTS AND FIGURES.

The statistics of New England prove that seven out of every ten women left widows under the age of 35 marry again within two years. Hotel-keepers at Monte Carlo endeavor to have the habitual gamblers pay their bills considerably in advance, est, in a fit of disappointment over great losses, they commit sui ide and leave the boniface their creditors. The entire potato product of the country in 1888 was 230.000,000 bushels, an increase of 9 ',000,000 bushels over the crop of 1887. The principal great potato producing states are New York, Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota, and Dakota territory. The window-glass consumption for the last six mbnths of 1888 was the largest ever known, and there were 200,000 more boxes produced than the year previous. The imports were also heivy. Tne number of pots Were increased during the year from 700 to 1,200. Frank R. Stockton is a small, wiry man, with piercing eyes and swarthy complection. He is very painstaking in his writing, often spending several days in writing less than 200 words. Mr. Stockton will never,write a story for less than SI,OOO. Mm. Patt'-Nicolini will soon appear again in Paris as Juliet. M. Gounod, on his bended knees, implored the diva to consent to this, which she did. Of course, salary had nothing to do with this prospective engagement, but it was all due to the composer’s tears, although she will get a small fortune for her singing. Mr. James R Osgood, of Boiton, and Mr. William B ack, the novelist, recently started in a London fog to dine at the house of a friend, but lost their way and after an exciting experience at the house of another frien<X' where they were compelled to remain all night. Something good, in a literary production may c >me of this adventure of the two gentlemen. The dairy interests of the United States represent more than $3,000,000,O.K). The number of milk cows is estimated at 24,000,000, which give an aggregate milk production of 7,350,0 0,000 gallons. Four billion gallons are used for butter, 71','00,000 for cheese, and the balance for general purposes. The annual production of butter i 51,35 ,000•00 pounds, and 6,50“,000 pounds of cheese. This immense dairy herd requires 1'0,600,»00 acres’of pasture land to support it.