Anonymous

“ The following shows how easy it is to accumulate a fortune, provided proper steps are taken. The table shows what would be the result at the end of fifty years by saving a certain amount each day and putting it at interest at the rate of six per cent:
Nearly every person wastes enough in twenty or thirty years, which, if saved and carefully invested, would make a family quite independent ”

“ A man gives off 4.08 per cent carbonic gas of the air he respires; respires 10,666 cubic feet of carbonic acid gas in twenty-four hours, equal to 125 cubic inches common air.
A man annually contributes to vegetation 124 pounds of carbon.
The average of the pulse in infancy is 120 per minute; in manhood, 80; at 60 years, 60. The pulse of females is more frequent than that of males.
Height of Monuments, Towers and Structures.
The height, in feet, of the most lofty monuments and other structures in the world is given in the following table:
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“ The average number of teeth is thirty-two.
A man breathes about twenty times a minute, or 1,200 times an hour.
A man breathes about eighteen pints of air in a minute, or upwards of seven hogsheads in a day. ”

“ Even recent dates are sometimes valuable, for instance, quarters and half dollars of 1853 are worth from $5 to $10, a cent of 1856 brings $3, but we cannot undertake to give further examples as there are hundreds of them. Many people have become [10] rich by keeping their eyes open for old coins, why not you? The best places to find them are in the country districts. Numerous Canadian and other foreign coins are worth big sums. ”

“ Statistics of the Globe.
The earth is inhabited by about 1,500 million of inhabitants, viz:
There are about 3,064 languages spoken in the world, and its inhabitants profess more than [11] 1,000 different religions. ”