ds |Dollar |Gold | 1.00
Spain |Peseta |Gold and Silver | .19 3-10
Sweden |Crown |Gold | .26 8-10
Switzerland |Franc |Gold and Silver | .19 3-10
Tripoli |Mahbub |Silver | .69 5-10
Turkey |Piaster |Gold | .04 4-10
U.S. of Columbia |Peso |Silver | .79 5-10
Venezuela |Bolivar |Gold and Silver | .15 4-10
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The largest producing farm in the world lies in the southwest corner of
Louisiana, owned by a northern syndicate. It runs one hundred miles
north and south. The immense tract is divided into convenient pastures,
with stations of ranches every six miles. The fencing alone cost nearly
$50,000.

The "Seven Wonders of the World" are seven most remarkable objects of
the ancient world. They are: The Pyramids of Egypt, Pharos of
Alexandria, Walls and Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Diana at
Ephesus, the Statue of the Olympian Jupiter, Mausoleum of Artemisia,
and Colossus of Rhodes.

The seven sages flourished in Greece in the 6th century B.C. They were
renowned for their maxims of life and as the authors of the mottoes
inscribed in the Delphian Temple. Their names are: Solon, Chilo,
Pittacus, Bias, Periander, Clebolus and Thales.

The estimated number of Christians in the world is over 408,000,000; of
Buddhists, 420,000,000; of the followers of Brahma, 180,000,000; of
Mohammedans, 150,000,000; of Jews, 8,000,000; of atheists, deists, and
infidels, 85,000,000; of pagans, 50,000,000, and of the 1,100 other
minor creeds, 123,000,000.

In 1775 there were only 27 newspapers published in the United States.
Ten years later, in 1785, there were seven published in the English
language in Philadelphia alone, of which one was a daily. The oldest
newspaper published in Philadelphia at the time of the Federal
convention was the _Pennsylvania Gazette_, established by Samuel
Keimer, in 1728. The second newspaper in point of age was the
_Pennsylvania Journal_, established in 1742 by William Bradford,
whose uncle, Andrew Bradford, established the first newspaper in
Pennsylvania, the _American Weekly Mercury_, in 1719. The next in age,
but the first in importance, was the _Pennsylvania Packet_, established
by John Dunlop in 1771. In 1784 it became a daily, being the