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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



weighs about 443,732 pounds, and its esti- 

 mated value in metal alone is at least $300,000. 

 St. Ivan's bell, also in Moscow, is forty feet, 

 nine inches in circumference, sixteen and one 

 half inches thick, and weighs 127, 830 pounds. 

 The bells of China rank next to those of Rus- 

 sia in size. In Pekin there are seven bells, 

 each of which is said to weigh 120,000 pounds. 

 The weight of the leading great bells of the 



world are as follows: ''Great Hell of Mos 

 cow," 443,732 pounds; St. Ivan's, Moscow, 

 127,830 pounds; Pekin, 120,000 pounds; 

 Vienna, 40,200 pounds ; Olmutz, Bohemia, 

 40, 000 pounds ; Rouen, France, 40, 000 pounds ; 

 St. Paul's, London, 38,470 pounds; "Big 

 Ben,'.' Westminster, 30, 350 pounds ; Montreal, 

 28,560 pounds; St. Peter's, Rome, 18,600 

 pounds. 



Population of Great Britain and Ireland. 



CENSUS OF 1901. 

 ENGLAND. 



United States Army Recruiting Re- 

 quirements. Applicants for enlistment in 

 the regular army must be between the ages of 

 twenty-one and thirty years, unmarried, of 

 good character and habits, able-bodied, free 

 from disease, and must be able to speak, read, 

 and write the English language. Age for en- 

 Jistmrut of citizen soldiery, eighteen to forty- 

 five years, married or unmarried. 



Minors are not enlisted, except boys between 

 the ages of sixteen and eighteen who may be 

 needed as musicians and who have the written 

 consent of father, only surviving parent, or 

 legally appointed guardian. 



Original enlistments are confined to persons 



who are citizens of the United States, or who 

 have made legal declaration of their intention 

 to become citizens thereof. 



For infantry and artillery the height must be 

 not less than five feet four inches, and weight 

 not less than 120 pounds and not more llian 

 190 pounds. 



For cava?vy the height must be not less than 

 five feet foiit inches and not more than five 

 feet ten inches, and weight not to exceed 165 

 pounds. 



All soldiers receive from the Government (in 

 addition to their pay) rations, clothing, bedding, 

 medicines, and medical attendance. The follow- 

 ing is the rate of pay as now established : 



