Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1877 — FACTS AND FIGURES. [ARTICLE]

FACTS AND FIGURES.

Texas is larger than France by more than 40,000 square mites. Turkey has paid thia country $3,000,000 in cash tor anna during the past year, but every American bitching-post leans toward Itassla. The Modoc Indians, now numbering 54 males and 63 females, are located on a very fertile tract, containing 4,000 acres, in the northeast corner or the Shawnee Reservation, Indian Teiritonr. .... Tmt total subscription farthli frliefaf ' the sufferers by the Brooklyn fire wasabout $40,000.- Abo»t«4l»,Wfatewe bren disbursed, and the remaining $30,000 will last a year. Between 500. and 800 persons' are partially BUPPffgflt Mife. S3AJIQH . Th ? trust for the ex-Emorere Eugenieapdher son is officially aC ®,O«MOQ, ph which thereare mortftagea/to titeLeitent . of $240,000. Her other estates are valued at a like Stffo/ltfeuifiwlrKWuFfee same amount. The personal property of.,< the exiled Bonapartes is variously esti- « mated at from five to fifteen millions. ■ • ■ There is aft Almost eotoWete >qnality in the world’s sexes. In 'Frarice bau . ance is nearly attained, where for evesp', < 1,000 men there are 1,007 ' women? In Sweden, to l.OOfr men ", women, while in Greece, to the same nnmber of males there are but 993 Greek women. In Paraguay there are. only 1,000 men to every 2,080 jvomen, a state of things mainly due to the ravages of the Brazilian war. The Government began the issuing of. postal cards with some misgivings, but the result of what was looked upon by some ‘ as an experiment has been most satisfactory. Beginning in 1878 with 100,000,000 cards, the issue has increased year by year at the rate of about 12,5Q0JX)0 until now when it is estimated that be needed for the year beginning JnPy 1■" next, The instances of atfiiae jp thejife: of the cards have beencoropanUiyely iew,, and in cases oflthiskind thb"uulic3io»' the legal penalties has had a salutary effect on persons who were disposed to make them the vehicles of scurrility and def-1 amation,—JFaMwtefoh ji as? 11 Below is a table of the coal areas and production of the globe: . ~ , . Area in eqwire is IS?4. \ miles. Great Britain.......' 11,900 • 1 • 125,0t0,000 Germany 1,800 .46,658,000. United Btates J92,QdO ' W.OOTJOO. France....;. l.flOO z ' f» i s6o’Wo Belgium 900 14.670.000 Austria. 1,800 12,280,000 Russia 11,000 fo}92(oo6'' Nora Scotia... j;... 118,000 //■ K! 11,052,000 Spain .8,000 ~-580,000 u Other countries 28,000 ; 5,000,000,, T0ta1270,200 , This table shows that, roughly, the total. 1 area of the discovered coal-fields of tfie’ world amount to 270,000 square' miles. Though the hog product which we export is large, yet the main part/is from the, best of the animal. The: shipments* for year ending Jtrne 80, 1876, was of the fol. lowing articles: Bacon and hams, to the value of.. .. $89,664,456 Pork, to the value of. 5,744,022 Lard, to the value 0f... ..J..22,429,485 Lard oil, to the value of.. 149,156 Total export va1ue..567,987,119