The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

Tho census of India has been completed
and shows population OF 253 500, 900.
II is found that brandy arynents the rap
idiiy and force o: the pulse 10 per cent.
More than one fourth the number Of pre-
mature deaths are caused by lung diseases.
The quantity Of blood existing 10 the hu-
man body at any given moment Is from
thirty to forty pints.
One cubic inch of water, when converted
into Invisible vapor occupies more than
1000 cubic inches of space.
The muriatic acid constituting tho essen,
tial ingredient Of the gastric juice is derived
by I'll act Of secretion from common salt.
The stif blue clay upon which London |,
chiefly built contains organic remains which
indicate the presence, at some former period,
OF tropical climate in that locality.
Something OF n sensation Is caused at Der.
lin by decree ofthe minister of Justice of
Slxony that the anniversary Of the capt.
ulstion of Sedan is not to DO observed in
future.
There Is an ant town In tho AIleghapy
mountains consisting Of LOO nests or comes.
rising 10 tho hoght of two to five feet The
ground Is oxcavated in u network of sub.
terranean tunnels.
Nebraska 10 tryings high license law
$1,000 10 cities of 10000 inhabitants and
$500 In smaller places, Tho courts have do.
cAred tho law valid in spite Of tho objection
that il intended not to raise revenue, but 10
prevent liquor selling.
One of tho features of the forthcoming
Atlanta cotton exposition will be the manu-,
fscture of suit of clothes from raw cotton
In twontyNiour hours. The cotton will be
picked, ginned, spun, dyed, wove aud mado
into suit of clothes for Georgia senator
inside OF one day.
To guard against another capture Paris
has during the last fow years been greatly
fortified. Saint Dennis, Versailles, Seyres
and Saint Cloud are also now fully protected
An investing army TO succeed would now
have to DO three times greater than the Prus-
sian army IN 1870.
Gold 10 coming into the country pretty
freely. aud the receipts for the resl of the
calendar year are estimated st S25 900 OOO.
Meanwhile tho elevators of the country are
illled with grain awaiting shipment. IL
docs not look bad ESPECIALLY IS prices of PRO.
duce aro considerably higher lhsn a wear
ago.
The provinces Of tho Russian Empirs Ara
to b, divided into three cstegorios, 10 be-
formed the Calm, tho Suspected and the So.
dilieus. This classification will also extend
to persons and all passports will bear one of
the three distinctions. Special attention
will DO paid TO tho bearers OF passports
marked Seditious.'
| While digging we'll near Gadsden, Geor>
gis, the spade struck the opening of A bot.
tomless cave, A ledge Of slate dipping al an
angle Of forty five degrees, twenty-five feel
under ground, Is tho entrance 70 this Elowah
avornus. A rock thrown into this nit can
DO hoard TO slide, roll and rebound Cor ton
minutes. 1t may DO that this IS the highway
10 China.
Baltimore Is exercised over is Baltimore
Ofiolo and October celebration. The pro.
grAmmo Is Quarto of sixteen PAGES.
Ta6leaux are to enter largely into tho nor.
formances at an expense Of SO 500. Gilmore
oilers TO DO there with his hand ll8 mani
three days aud two nights, for So 600, clear
OF railroad and hotol expenses. Besides
pagan, PROFESSIONS, etc., athletics at Druid
d,ll park, such ~ lacrosse aud hurdle races,
are proposed.