Daily globe., 1882-09-30
So. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ Ine census enumeratOrS have aSCer-
tanned that for the last ten years the
mortality in New Orleans has beer
twelve in one thousand per annum, al
exceedingly low death rate. u
In Arizona recently Papago Indian
acted the part of Virginius and killed
his daughter, who had been made the
victim of several brutal Mexicans. The
Mcxicans were followed and one OF
them was shot. sgaoe lDse b So
A Toronto small boy stole ball OF
twine from store, the other day, by
catching the loose end, and when r he
got outside he deftly proceeded to clay
in"' the twine hand over hand until he
had secured the Whole. ,,rgs
The one hundred and fiftieth ami
/. Yersary, of the founding of, Baltimore
= will be celebrated in that city, next
October, by a three-days' observance.
and on one Of the days the corner stone
of new p5ostoffice viii be laid. 'SFhf
In England there are at present
about one hundred and eighty generals
holding honorary colonelcies Of regi-
ments, costing the z country nearly
100000 pounds a year and doing not
one hours work from year to year for
their pay 'i1af 1'inpn 81. III
Mrs. Ursula Humphreville, of North
field, Conn.,, now more than 100 years
old, recently rode to an adjoining town.
distant four miles, sat four times for
her photograph, and made some calls.
and returned home very little wearied.
F. A case to test the legality of the ap-
pointment of Commissioners by the
Governor Of California to manage the
Yosemite valley and Mariposa big tree
grove, will be Immediately brought
before the Supreme Court of that
State.
The mallet used at Truro by the
Prince of Wales was the one with
which Charles Ii. laid the foundation
stone of ST. Paurs cathedral. 1t was
presented to the Old Lodge of St.
Paul by Sir Christopher Wren, menu
Der of the lodge.
Fanny Richardson, aged IL, living at
Paris, KY, being discovered by her
father in the act of criminal intimacy
with a married man, attempted suicide
by jumping into the river. She was
rescued and taken charge of by rela-
tives.
The number ofburglaries in London
has increased 26 per cent, since 1869,
while it has decreased 80 per cent in
the rest Of England. 1t is asserted
that since the death of Sir r. Mayne,
the London police force has been
steadily deteriorating.
Patrick Kearney, the Oregon pioneer
who in 1862 threw into the sea a BAG
Of gold, the hard earnings of many
years, to rescue a little girl from
drowning, is now at the Skagit mines.
still hard at work. He says that he
ioesn't regret the loss Of the gold.
A pamphlet entitled 'Agriculture
IN the United States and Russia" Just
issued jim St. Petersburg, concludes
hat unless all the modern appliances
If the grain trade and the improved
American methods of agriculture are
introduced in Russia, Russian prosper
.ty will be seriously endangered.
An ourang outang lately exhibited
1t Munich amazed people by its skill
,n the violin, until one evening a
ioubting visitor stuck penknife into
t, and, us this had no effect, pulled
is tail, which came off, bringing along
piece of hide. The disguise had de-
ieu detection for week. The wear
II was the father Of the exhibitor of
'hc prodigy. go
A matter in legal controversy, in the
,ity OF New York: brought by the as
iignec of the Leland Bros, against the
state Of A. L. Stewart for the distri-
,ution of $4,000 arising out of the
ale of the furniture of the Metropoli-
an Hotel, and interest to the Judgment
;rcditors, was decided and there re-
naiIlcd $63.63 to distribute. All the
unds, but this small remainder, had
,een eaten up by lawyers fees and the
'ourt's delay for ten years.
Coverlets filled with cork waste are
said to be not only cheaper and
healthier-since exhalations from the
body do not adhere to it--than those
filled with feathers, but also for the
same weight to be warmer than those
Of the finest down. A thickness of
only one and half inch is sufficient to
keep the heat in. 1t is necessary to be
careful to sew UP the cork filling in
sections, so that it does not settle to
the lower parts.
Steel Springs.-Coiled springs of
steel wire are tempered by heating
them in piece of gas pipe, i'll which
they arc packed with bone-dust or
animal charcoal, precisely as though
they were to be heated for case-hard- :
ening. When sufficiently heated-that
is, to deep red-remove the spring,
or plunge the spring and its recepta-
Gle together. into bath of animal
oil. The spring is to be tempered by
putting it in shallow pan with tai
low or animal Oil, over the forge fire,
and agitating the pan and its contents
until the oil takes fire. Take the
springs out, and, when the oil is burn
ed of, cool them in water. - -
Two Americans, Messrs. Prescott,
profess to have discovered that under.
ground currents Of electricity, flowing
in all directions, form the true
'earths" Of lightning discharges. They
assert that all houses, trees, etc., struck
by lightning are underfowed by these
crr,o,,to a,6 fbof mn hou,oc -.