The daily Cairo bulletin., 1881-01-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


lege, Maine, l3S rare and choice draw
ings have been found, collection
made in Europe more than seventy
years ago by Governor Bowdoin.
The highest mine in the United
States and probably in the world, is
the Present Help, on Mount Lincoln,
Park county, Colorado, This mine
lies IA, 1877 feet above the sea level.
Prof. Haas, the renowned church
historian, has celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary Of his nomination TO his
proicssorship at Jena. The letter ap-
pointing him was signed by Goethe
us minister of Art and Science of SAKE
Wcimar.
Nathaniel Thaycr, one of the largest
railroad capitalists in the country, and
a citizen Of Boston, has retired from
the board of directors of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore on
account Of increasing age. His son
has been elected in his stead.
1t is estimated that during the past
eighteen years 100000 worth Of real
estate has been deposited in front OF
Atlantic City by the ocean. Many
buildings have already been moved
scaward to the made grounds, and
many more are bound to follow.
Mrs. j. w. Mackay, who has tho
distinction Of being the richest Amer
lean lady in Europe, has been subject
ed to great deal of annoyance by the
actions of n woman who pcrsonatcd
her in Paris, and contracted large bills
in her name.
Sunday in the family of Sir Roland
HIPS grandfather, a rich dissenting
tradesman, was observed as follows
Silent breakfast at s, cxtemporary
prayer, chapel S to II, chapters from
Matthews Henry read aloud, also
prayer till dinner at noon, on boiled
pudding. At |, chapel till 3; after
which the father smoked and the
children were free till 5, when chapel
recommended. At 6 80 the mother
taught her children in her own room
until they were called down for
another sermon and long extcmporary
prayer from their father.
A statistician has recently made Il
curious calculation of the quantity Of
pins made each day. The manuiac-
turers Of Birmingham hold the first
rank in this industry, and produce
daily 100000. Other manufactures
in England produce some l3,OOO,OOO,
giving n daily production Of 5O,OOO,-
600 for England alone. In France the
works of PAigle of Buglcand of Paris
produce about l0,00O,OOO. So that we
estimate approximately at SO,OOO,OOO
the number of pins manufactured ev-
cry day, giving 20 milliards, 2OO,OOO,-
600 of pins manufactured in year i'll
Europe alone.
The st. Louis Cremation society
has obtained from Gotha, in Germany,
the plans and specifications of the
"columbarum" and crematory in that
city. The buildingand appurtenances
cost So, 900, and the incineration Of
thirty bodies has taken place in it
during the past eighteen months. The
columbarium is building which re-
ccivcs the urns containing the ashes.
These are furnished by the relatives
of the deceased, are thirteen inches
high and fifteen wide, and may be de-
posted in the columbarium for tWen-
ty years, after which they are TO be
removed. The total cost Of cremation
in Gotha is $3.50, and the entire man
agemcnt Of the crematory, rs well as
the charge Of the columbarium, has
been undertaken by the municipal
authorities of that city.
Within very near approach to
truth, the human family inhabiting
the earth has been estimated at l,0OO,-
100000; the annual loss by death is
100000. Now, the weight Of ami
mai matter of this immense body cast
into the grave is no less than G3i,OOO
tons, and its decomposition produces
9,0O0OOO,0O 600 cubic feet OF matter.
The vegetable productionsof the earth
clear away from the earth the gases
thus generated and dccomposing and
assimilating them for their own in-
crease. This circle Of changes has
been going on ever since man became
an occupier of the earth. lie feeds on
the lower animals and on the seeds of
plants, which in due time become
part of himself. The lower animals
feed upon the herbs and grasses, which
in their turn, become the animal; then
by its death, again pass into the at
mosphcrc, and are ready once more to
be asSimilated by plants, the earth or
bone substance alone remaining where
il is deposited.
How large portion Of our public
domain remains rs yet unoccupied
may be seen by looking over the an
nual report OF the General Land Office,
The United States, according to this.
contains 3,5SO,2l2 square miles of ter
rilory, or in acres 2,20l 1904 dis
tribulcd as follows The old thirteen
original colonies contain 3lS,7j2
square miles. the twenty five States
subsequently admitted have l,5ll,S63
and the ten Territories inclusive of
the District of Columbia l,7l6,637
square miles, making up the aggrc-
gate above stated. OF the older States
admitted prior to 1850, Florida pos
scsses 2O.6 per cent. Of unsurveycd
land, and Louisiana 4.G per cent. OF
their respective areas Of territory, OF
the seven States admitted since 1850,
including California, Kansas alone is
wholly SURVEYED. OF the territory