Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1877 — FACTS AND FIGURES. [ARTICLE]

FACTS AND FIGURES.

Science styS- that the hutniin voiqe has nine perfect tones, but these can be combined’ ftito 17,592,044,444 different sounds. One hundred and ninety six pounds make a barrel of-flour; 200 pounds make a barrel of pork, and 56 pounds make a firkin of butter. The rapid progress of education in Great Britain is shown by the following figures: In 1885 the Government paid foreducation ♦133,720, in 1853 4 82, 890,000, in 1875-0 ♦19,860,040. The number of horses m the various countries of the European Continent and in the United States of America, has been estimated as follows: In Russia, 16,160,000; the United States, 9,504,200; Germany, 8,352,231; Great Britain, 2,790,851; France, 2,742.788: Austria-Hungary, 8,569,434 (of which 2,179,311 belong to Hungary); Italy, 657,541; Norway and Sweden, 655,456; Spain, 382,000; Denmark, 216,570; Belgium, 282,163: Holland. 260,056; Switzerland, 100.934; Greece, 98,938, and Portugal, 79,716. The proportion of horses to each 1,000 of the population U.227J15 in Russia, 244.16 in Hungary. 114.88 in Sweden, 86.10 in Great Britain, 81.64 in Germany, and 18.25 only in Portugal. Of mules there are found 1 ( 626 in Germany, .303,775 in France, 14,935 in Austria-Hungary (of which 3,266 are in Hungary proper), 293,868 in Italv, and the large, numberiof 6,665,478 in Spain; ; Y I x i A Chronological Table.—For •Some time a contest has been carried on in letters to the Norwich (Conn,) Bulletin relative tx the correct manner of converting old style dates into new. It has finally restilted in a manner satisfactory to all the disputants, they agreeing that the following is Correct: ,Seven days must be added to any date from Feb. 24,1100, to Feb. 23, 1300. Eight days must be added to any date from Feb'. 24,1300, to Feb. 23,1400. Nine days must be added to any date from Feb. 24, 1400, so Feb. 23,1500. Ten days must be added to any date from Feb. 24,1500, to Feb. 23, 1700. Eleven days must be added to any date from Feb. 24,1700, to Sept. 2, 1752. To give the correct year, in new style, one year must be added to any date in old style between ;the last day of December and the 25th of March. For example: Washington kas born Feb. 11, 1732, O. S.; and was born Feb. 22, 1733, N. 8.