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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Rush street bridge, Chicago, 111., erected in 

 1884, at a cost of $132,000, is the largest general 

 traffic drawbridge in the world. Its roadway 

 will accommodate four teams abreast, and its 

 footways are seven feet wide. 



The Victoria bridge, Montreal, one of the 

 most famous in the world, is nearly two miles 

 in length. 



The Cleveland (O.) viaduct is 3,211 feet in 

 length, 64 feet wide, 42 feet of which is road- 

 way ; the drawbridge is 332 feet in length, 46 

 feet wide, and is 68 feet above ordinary stage 

 of water. 



Politics of the Presidents. The sub- 

 joined table will be found interesting, as a 

 reference, to many of our readers. Of course 

 the name of Washington heading the list does 

 not mean that he was the candidate of any 

 party or faction, but is placed there to com- 

 plete the roll : 



NAME. 



George Washington, 

 John Adams, 

 Thomas Jefferson, 

 James Madison, 

 James Monroe, 

 John Quincy Adams, 

 Andrew Jackson, 

 Martin Van Buren, 

 Wm. Henry Harrison, 

 John Tyler, 

 James K. Polk, 

 Zachary Taylor, 

 Millard Fillmore, 

 Franklin Pierce, 

 James Buchanan, 

 Abraham Lincoln, 

 Andrew Johnson, 

 U. S. Grant, 

 R. B. Hayes, 

 James A. Garfleld, 

 Chester A. Arthur, 

 Groyer Cleveland, 

 Benj. Harrison, 

 O rover Cleveland, 

 William McKinley, 

 Theodore Roosevelt, 



INAUGURATION. 



April 30, 1789, 

 March 4, 1797, 

 March 4, 1801, 

 March 4, 1809, 

 March 4, 1817, 

 March 4, 182fi, 

 March 4, 1829, 

 March 4, 1837, 

 March 4, 1841, 

 April 6, 1841, 

 March 4, 1845, 

 March 5, 1849, 

 July 9, 1850, 

 March 4, 1853, 

 March 4, 1857, 

 March 4, 1861, 

 April 16, 1865, 

 March 4, 1869, 

 March 5, 1877, 

 March 4, 1881, 

 Sept. 20, 1881, 

 March 4, 1885, 

 March 4, 1889, 

 March 4, 1893, 

 March 4, 1896, 

 Sept. 14, 1901, 



POLITICS. 



Unanimous. 



Federal. 



Democrat. 



Democrat. 



Democrat. 



Federal. 



Democrat. 



Democrat. 



Whig. 



Whig. 



Democrat. 



Whig. 



Whig. 



Democrat. 



Democrat. 



Republican. 



Republican. 



Republican. 



Republican. 



Republican. 



Republican. 



Democrat. 



Republican. 



Democrat. 



Republican. 



Republican. 



The President's Salary. Most people 

 believe that the $50,000 a year which the 

 president gets as his salary is the sum total. 

 This is a mistake. $36,064 is given him, in 

 addition to his salary of $50,000, to pay the 

 salaries of his subordinates and clerks. His 

 private secretary is paid $3,250, his assistant 

 private secretary, $2,250 ; his stenographer, 

 $1,800 ; five messengers, each, $1,200 ; a stew- 

 ard, $1,800; two doorkeepers, each, $1,200; 

 four other clerks, at good salaries ; one tele- 

 graph operator, two ushers, $1,200 and $1,400 ; 

 a night usher, $1,200; a watchman, $900; 

 and a man who takes care of the fires, who 

 receives $864 a year. In addition to this, there 

 is given him $8,000 for incidental expenses, 

 such as stationery, carpets, and the care of 

 the presidential stables. And under another 

 heading there is given him nearly $40,000 

 more. Of this, $12,500 is for repairs and re- 

 furnishing the White House ; $2,500 is for fuel ; 

 $4,000 is for the greenhouse, $15,000 is for gas, 



matches, and the stable. The "White House, all 

 told, costs the country, in connection with the 

 president, considerably over $125,000 a year. 



Insanity. It is estimated that the number 

 of insane persons in the United States is 168,- 

 900 ; in Germany, 108,100 ; in France, 93,900 ; 

 in England, 81,600 ; in Russia, 80,000 ; Italy, 

 44,100; Austria, 35,000; Ireland, 19,500; 

 Scandinavia, 18,100 ; Spain and Portugal, 13,- 

 000 ; Scotland, 11,600 ; Belgium and Holland, 

 10,400; Canada, 7,300; Australia, 4,900; 

 Switzerland, 3,100. 



Causes of Insanity. Hereditary, 24 per 

 cent. ; drink, 14 per cent. ; business, 12 per 

 cent.; losaof friends, 11 per cent.; sickness, 

 10 per cent. ; various, 29 per cent. 



The above result is the medium average ar- 

 rived at on comparing the returns for the 

 United States, England, France, and Denmark. 



Height of noted cathedrals, monuments, 

 buildings, etc. : 



FEET. 



Eiffel Tower, Paris 990 



Washington Monument 556 



Pyramid, Cheops, Egypt 1 



Cathedral, Cologne ^ 



" Antwerp 476 



" Strasburg 474 



Tower, Utrecht 464 



Steeple, St. Stephen's, Vienna 4 



Pyramid, Khaf ras, Egypt 4 



St. Martin's Church, Bavaria 4 



Chimney, Port Dundas, Glasgow 4 



St. Peter's, Rome. ., 



Notre Dame, Amiens 



Salisbury Spire, England 



Cathedral, Florence 3 



" Cremona 372 



' Freiburg 367 



St. Paul's, London 365 



Cathedral, Seville 360 



Pyramid, Sakkarah, Egypt 356 



Cathedral, Milan 3 



Notre Dame, Munich 3 



Invalides, Paris 347 



Parliament House, London 3 



Cathedral, Magdeburg 3 



St. Patrick's, New York 328 



St. Mark's, Venice 328 



Cathedral, Bologna * 



' Norwich, England 309 



" World " Building, New York 309 



Statue of Liberty, New York 305 



Cathedral, Chichester, England 300 



' Lincoln, England 300 



Capitol, Washington 300 



St. James' Cathedral, Toronto 3 



Trinity Church, New York 283 



Cathedral, Mexico 280 



" Montreal 280 



Brooklyn Bridge 2 



Campanile Tower, Florence 2 



Masonic Temple, Chicago 265 



Column, Delhi 260 



Cathedral, Dantzic 250 



Porcelain Tower, Nankin 248 



Custom House, St. Louis 2 



Canterbury Tower, England 2 



Notre Dame, Paris 2 



Chicago Board of Trade 230 



St. Patrick's, Dublin. 226 



Cathedral, Glasgow 226 



Bunker Hill Monument 220 



Notre Dame, Montreal 220 



Cathedral, Lima >2# 



" Reims 220 



" Garden City, L. I , 219 



Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia 210 



Washington Monument, Baltimore S 



Vendome Monument, Parii 163 



