Facts And Figures

The ÍIrst building and loan association in the country was org-anized near Philaiielphia in 1831. The first plass windows in Western Europo were made by a Greek in 513 for a ohurch built by the Frank King Childebert The lai-g-est search-lig-lit in the world is now on Echo mountain, near Los Ang-eles, Cal. It is of 3.000,0(10 candle-power and can be seen for 200 miles. There are more tlian twenty ties in Ohio each with itseounty town in the center of the county, and as many more with county towns only a few miles froru the center. The idea of having1 a eoon as a I paig-n emblem orig-inated in 1844. Henry Clay was derisively referred to as "that same oíd eoon," and his lowers iinrnediately adopted that omblem. Xinety-five years ag-o the Relig-ious tract society was founded. Since i tben it has printed the gospels in 201 languau-es and has issued the "Pil g-rim's Progress in eighty-seven lan! guages. The population of the world, by the latest calculation, is estimated to be nearly 1.500,000,000, the greater half of which is contributed by our Asiatic brethxen, who number about 800,000,000. The shipments of gold coin between the various sub-treasuries and mints of the United States, etc., frota March 1 to October 1 of last year ! amoimted to $147,307,500; the cost of transportaron was $93,481. The woi-ld's crops of potatoes last year, to au exhaustive in vestig-ation, were.no less than 370,500,000 bushels short, as com pared vvith the erop in 1893. In Ireland potatoes have not been so diseased for raany years.