Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

When q young man asked an old
Joker the other day what was the safest
business, he advised him to be miser.
Within the last ten years the Metho-
-dists of Cleveland, Ohio, have built over
twenty church edifces, at a cost OF oyer
100000. M
Last year the South raised 600, 900, 900
pounds of tobacco, which exceeds the
production of any other year by H.
O0O, 900 pounds.
The acid poison of the cobra is SO
active that one-fifth of grain injected
into mans veins would be sufficient
to cause his death.
Sig. Florelli, in charge of the exca-
vations at Pompeii, estimates that it
will require seventy years and one mill
ion dollars to complete the work.
The most beautiful pearl in the world
is in Moscow, weighing twenty-eight
carats In the French crown jewels is
pearl as large as pigeons eggs, val
ued at $1,000.
The first railway line built in this
country was between Baltimore and
Washington in the spring of 1874. 1t
was first opened to the public for busi-
ness April 1, 1S45.
There are at present in this country
2,O53 National, 923 State, $50 savings,
and 2,57S private banks. OF these, 263
have been organized in the last twelve
months.
An ant, three-eights of an inch long,
carrying a burden of one-sixth OF a
grain, moves at the rate of one mile in
eleven hours. The weight Ca small one
compared to that they can carry) is
eighteen times thir own.
Less than fifty years ago one man
could not make more than IA pins a
minute; now he can make more than
400. Then one girl could stick on pa
pers about 10,000pins day; now fair
days work is from 800, 900 to l ZOO, 900.
Serpents, scorpions, and large pinch
ing-ants, are regarded in Egypt as
transformed villains. 1t is believed
that these reptiles and vile insects are
wickedly disposed, and feel 3 pleasure
in committing mischief.
The number of bibles and testaments
issued each year by the British and For
eign Bible society is nearly 5000, 900;
by the American society, 1,400, 000.-
Within seventy-five years 100000
copies have been put into circulation.
Sir Henry Bessemer has taken out no
less than la patents. The freedom of
the city of Lo1don has just been con-
ferred upon him. Before his steel pro-
cess was introduced into Sheffield the
entire make of steel was $1,000 tons q
year; now it is $4,000 tons.
California was called the land of gold,
It is now called the land of grain
Last year it produced $50, ZOO, 900 worth
the latter. Agriculture is the back
bone and source of real wealth to q ma
ton after all.
Mr.. A. Bronson Alcott has no faith
in the opinions of the ancient disciplin-
arians OF New England. Il hold" said
he the ether day, ''that the man who
cannot govern children. OF men either,
by moral means-by the power of his
eye, the charm of his manners, the re-
sources of his intelligence-is not wor-
thy to control his fellow-creatures.
Beware of all imported candies, they
are universally adulterated. A cheap
article of glucose is now made by a
chemical process from old linen rags
and other substances, which cannot be
detected by ordinary, taste or means,
and furnishes a profitable adulterant
for jellies, candies and confectionery
generally. Pure candy is about as rare
an article as can be found in the mar
ket.
As curious fact, it has been noted
by Sir Samuel Baker that negro has
never been known to tame wild ele-
plant or any wild animal. The ele-
plants employed by the ancient Cartha-
ginians and Romans were trained by
Arabs and others, never by negroes
1t had often struck Sir Samuel as very
distressing that the little children in
Africa never had a pet animal; and
though he offered rewards for young
elephants, he never succeeded in get
ting one alive.