In Europe 587 languages are used. It is a carious fact that the honey bee was never known in the United States till brought from England, and, though now found in all parts of the country, It did not reach California until 1850, and Sooth America until 1845. The Census reports of religious bodies in the United Slates show that there are 134 sects, with 25,000.000 members. The Methodists number 5,000,000, the Baptists 4,000,000, the Koman Catholics 4,000.000, the Presbyterians 3,000,000, and the Episcopalians 2 000,000. Dr. Schliemann, in his recent excavation on or near the site of Troy, has laid open an Odeon containing the statues of Tiberius and Caligula, with female statues supposed to represent Agrippina and Poppsea.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6987, 12 February 1891, Page 4
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