Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-04
BITS OF IMPORTATION.

PetteU DIS Sue.-dUT21eTS WSSEty.
BITS OF IMPORTATION.
The probe was invented by Escula-
Plus.
The Atlantic cable is 1890 miles in
length.
AMETHYsrs were found in Kerry, Ire.
land, in 1755.
CHERRIES were first planted in Britain
100 years B. G.
GLASS windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
THE first complete sewing-machine
was patented by Elias Howe, Jr., in
1916.
BEER was the common drink of the
Germans in the time of Tacitus, who
wrote his "Treatise on the manners of
the Germans about the end of the first
century.
The ambulance is comparatively
modern invention, due mainly to the
French. We find no trace Of regularly
organized military hospitals until the
time of Henry ~.
THE city Of London proper covers an
area Of l22 square miles-that is, the
area under the operation Of the Metro
politan Local Government act. The
postal district, however, extends over
about $50 square miles, and the police
district 800 square miles.
THE name cold Hickory" was con-
ferred upon Andrew jackson, in 1918,
by the soldiers under his command.
There are several accounts given as to
its origin one is that it sprung from his
having, on one occasion, set his men an
example of endurance by feeding on
hickory nuts when destitute Of supplies.
GRANGE" in the land system of the
ships lying between two successive me-
ridian lines six miles apart, and num-
bered in order east and west from the
principal meridian of each great sur
vey, the townships in the range being
numbered north and south from the
''base line," which runs east and vest
as Township No. 5, N, range 7, W.,
from the third principal meridian.
The name "Molly Maguires" is said
to have originated frem circumstance
that occurred in Ireland. An old lady
and her two sons rented house from a
landlord who demanded the rent at a
time when they were unable to pay it.
They explained the poor circumstances
they were in and promised to pay as
soon as they were aule. The landlord
refused to wait and had the mother ar
rested, and, being in i'll health, she died
from exposure. This so outraged the
Maguires that they procured guns, and,
by lying in wait, killed the landlord and
made their escape.
THE investigations of medical scientists
in times that are comparatively recent
have shown that the time required for
the blood to traverse the entire round of
the double circulation-that is, through
the lungs and the capillary system, re-
turning to the right side Of the breast
is much shorter than was believed to be
the case. Prof. j. G. Dalton records
that the observations Of Herring, Pois-
seuille, Blake and Matteucci on the sub
ject were made, for the most part, by
injecting into the jugular vein on one
side upon the living animal some SUBJ
stance, like ferrocyanide Of potassium,
which could readily be recognized by its
chemical reactions. Blood was at the
same time drawn from the juguIar vein
of the opposite side, and the interval
which elapsed before the appearance Of
the foreign salt in the blood drawn from
this second opening indicated the time
required for the blood to pass from the
point of injection through the vena cava
60 I, %I,4r ~vrrI,& il IS ia
heart through the lungs to the left cavi-
ties, from the left ventricle through the
carotid arteries and the capillary vessels
of the head, and thence downward to
the jugular vein on the opposite side.
The average results obtained from these
experiments were as follows: In horse,
% seconds; dog, Is seconds; goat, ID
seconds; fox, 121 seconds; rabbit, Sec
onds. In man the complete double cir
culation, says the same authority, re-
quires from Is to % seconds.
A Observation-Disclosures has been pat
ented in England which is thus described:
action of the hand in such operations as
French polishing. The work is laid
upon a reciprocating table under a
vertical shaft which carries a disk, in
which are number of vertical revolving
spindles terminating in pads. The
mechanism is so arranged that a given
point in any pad revolves rapidly around
its own spindle, and slowly round the
central shaft.
IT is said that the private fortune of
| Queen Victoria amounts to $50, 600, 600,
and she possesses an annual income of
S3,25O, coo. Before her birth her par
ents were so poor that they had to bor-
row the money to pay their passage to
England, that the expected Princess
might be born on British soil, and she
remained in comparative poverty until
she assembled the throne. This Vast
fortune is not the result of engaging in
business enterprises, but has been
wrung from the taxpayers OF England.
| THE cotton factories in the South
have, since the Rebellion, paid an aver
age Of 22a per cent. in dividends.