The Morning herald., 1877-10-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

ITEMS OF INTEREST,
Japan's population foots up 33,625,67s.
New York street cars carry 165, ,OOO, 900
passengers year.
The Suwanee river, that the old song tells
about has just been opened to steamboat
navigation.
Mr.. James Byars, living tan miles from
Gonzales, Texas, in boring a well struck
coal oil at depth of thirty-dvs feet.
Gold fish are simply Chinese and Japan
ese carp. They were brought to this
country many years ago by sailors, and
thrived in the Long Island ponds.
On a hemlock tree upon the very sun'
NIT of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near
Silver Lake, can be seen the name Of Kit
Carson, carved there by himself in 1874!
The largest jet jewelry establishment in
the country is located at Pawtucket, r. I.
Thirty persons are employed at present,
and most of the glass used is imported from
France. %
Lewis n. Shelton, Of Sycamore Spring,
Texas, declares that twenty miles south Of
Austin is cave containing petrided man,
sitting on stone with gun, hard Is .
rock, lying on his knees.
The population of Egypt is confused
mixture of Copts, Jews, Arabs of different
tribes, and Turks. The peasantry are the
poorest people in the world in the most fer.
tile of countries.
The wine cask of Konigstein contains
$40 hogsheads more than the great tun Of
Heidelberg. It was constructed by George
Ryan in 1926. The bung diameter is
twenty-six feet. The cask contains 5000
barrels Of wine.
The French Government has adopted 4
revolving cannon that fires eighty four
shells minute, each of which bursts into
twenty-four fragments. It can be pre-
pared for action with great rapidity, and
two men only are required to work it.
The owners Of the Mammoth Cave now
search visitors, to be sure that no instru-
ments are taken in by which the bearings
of the cavity can be ascertained. They fear
that an entrance may be made on somebody
else's land, and the profit Of the cave
be thus divided.
n English earthen dinner sets are now more
popular than French. They are creamy
white; in the centre of each plate and dish
!. is a spread fan, which is in turn decorated
with tiny objects, birds, reeds, plants. This
fan rests on careless group of bamboo
reeds, and bird is on one side. The en-.
i tire dinner set is worth $3.50.
The superintendent Of the Royal foundry
at Woolwich, England, has made report
on the experiments with the big guns of the
Italian ironclads Duilio and Dandolo, stat
ing that the heaviest English ordnance
would fail to pierce their armor, while the
1OO-ton italian pieces could successfully
damage any vessel in existence.
An immense cave has been discovered in
Josephine county, Oregon. It has been
found to be over five miles In extent, and
the exploration is not yet completed. The
stalactite formation overhead is said to be
unique, being similar to that Of other
caves of which more is known. A party
will shortly make a thorough investigation
of this mammoth cavern.
Many Of tho Africa Kings boast Of an un-
broken succession in their families for thou.
sands Of years. They are absolute despots,
except when controlled by custom and re-
ligion; but in general their government il
liberal and kind. Mohammedanism Ia
professed, but the fetish superstitor' gen.
orally prevail, and belief in witchcraft Ia
general.
Telegraphing in France ID government
monopoly, and all dispatches have to be
vised by the government. kilograms do
not go directly, but are sent by pneu-
| inat;c t,,ha tn tha Rna Gienelle Saint Ger
main. There an agent Of the government
takes them out, reads them, has an inter-