Of General Interest. 



What Machinery Accomplishes. 



1. A sewing-machine does the work of 12 women. The United States export 

 100,000 of these machines yearly. 



2. A Boston "bootmaker" will enable a workman to make 300 pairs of 

 boots daily. In 1880 there were 3,100 of these machines in various countries, 

 turning out 150 million pairs of boots yearly. 



3. Glenn's California reaper will cut, thresh, winnow and put in bags 

 the wheat of 60 acres in 24 hours. 



4. The Hercules ditcher, Michigan, removes 750 cubic yards, or 700 tons 

 of clay per hour. 



5. The Darlington borer enables one man to do the work of seven in mak- 

 ing a tunnel, and reduces the cost to one-third of work done by hand; it also 

 permits a week's work to be done in two days. 



Average Annual Rainfall in the United States. 



Place. Inches. 



Neah Bay, Wash 123 



Sitka, Alaska 83 



Ft Haskins, Oregon 66 



Mt Vernon, Alabama 66 



Baton Rouge, Louisiana 60 



Meadow Valley, California. ... 57 



Ft. Tonson, Indian Ter 57 



Ft Myers, Florida 56 



Washington, Arkansas 54 



Huntsville, Alabama 54 



Natchez, Mississippi 53 



New Orleans, Louisiana 51 



Savannah, Georgia 48 



Springdale, Kentucky 48 



Fortress Monroe, Virginia 47 



Memphis, Tennessee 45 



Newark, New Jersey 44 



Boston, Massachusetts 44 



Brunswick, Maine 44 



Cincinnati, Ohio 44 



New Haven, Connecticut 44 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 44 



New York City, N. Y 43 



Charleston, South Carolina ... 43 



Gaston, North Carolina 43 



Richmond, Indiana 43 



Marietta, Ohio 43 



St. Louis, Missouri 43 



Place. Inches. 



Hanover, New Hampshire 40 



Ft. Vancouver 38 



Cleveland, Ohio 37 



Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 37 



Washington, D. C 37 



White Sulphur Springs, Va 37 



Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory. ... 36 



Key West, Florida 36 



Peoria, Illinois 35 



Burlington, Vermont 34 



Buffalo, New York 33 



Ft. Brown, Texas 33 



Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas 31 



Detroit, Michigan 30 



Milwaukee, Wisconsin 30 



Penn Yan, New York 28 



Ft. Kearney 25 



Ft Snelling, Minnesota 25 



Salt Lake City, Utah 2$ 



Mackinac, Michigan 23 



San Francisco, California 21 



Dallas, Oregon 21 



Sacramento, California 21 



Ft. Massachusetts, Colorado. ... 17 

 Ft Marcy, New Mexico Ter 16 



Ft. Randall, Dakota 16 



Ft. Defiance, Arizona 14 



Ft Craig, New Mexico Ter n 



