Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-21

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division, bounded on the north by the
Qualicum river and Alberni canal,
contains 100000 acres, of which ST.
600 arc estimated to be cultivable.-
The 0uthern division contains 2,670.-
600 acres ofwhich 250, 900 are account
ed cultivable, making q total of 3S9,-
600 acres OF cultivable land ia the
island.
A remarkable hit was made blythe
New York Life company in the mat
ter of the Brougham annuity. When
the benefit was given to John Broug-
ham by his friends, every effort was
made to render it profitable in the
highest degree. Under such circum-
stances it became q grand success, and
the two performances cleared the al
most ipcredible sum of $4,000. The
next question was, what to do with
the money? After some deliberation
the purchase of an annuity was order
ed, and the New York Life Insurance
company took the contract which gave
the annuitant $2S per week for life.
In TWO pears the payments stopped by
his death. The company during this
time paid Brougham $2,912. They
received $4,000 which, with 5 per
cent interest for two years, equals
$l5,4 400. Now deduct the PAYMENTS
($2,9lO and you have as the net gain
$I2,4SS.
Mrs. Tom Thumb is described by a
correspondent as she appeared recent
ly i'll the surf. She is now perfect
matron in miniature. Her face, though
still pretty, shows her aye, and has u
quaint motherly expression. She is u
realization, i'll small way, of fair, fat,
and forty. She wore a suit Of blue
gray flannel, which was jaunty and
coqucttish before it got wet. Her
arms were bare to the tops of her
shoulders, in each Of which was Il
pretty little dimpIe, and there was a
shapely taper down to her wrists.
Her small feet were uncovered. She
had a comically dignifcd air, and
stepped into the surf with the air of
knee-high queen. She waded boldly
until she met the first wave, which
soused her, Topped her down, rolled
her over and over, and finally threw
her up OH the sand. All the style had
been instantaneously drcnchcd out of
her clothes, put, "take her altogether,
she looked better after the ordeal than
did most of the bigger women"
The Ashuelot On. h Warp Com.
pany has completed the rebuilding O.
lis factory, which was burned in Jan
nary, and the entire structure, fur
lishel with $4,000 worth of machiu-
cry, costs about $4,000. 1t is eighi Y
feet long by forty wide and four sto-
rics high, and has 1000 spindlcs. The
product is 10000 yards Of cotton warp
per day.
\ workingman in Glasgow, whose
wife is confirmed and violent drunk
ari, has hit upon q novel device fur
pacifying her and protecting himsel:
and his family. In the morning he
passes a chain around her ankles rs
she lies in bed, and secures the chain
with a paddock. lie then goes for; IN
to his daily work. On returning in
tic evening he releases his captive
and allows her to remain at liberty
until morning, when he chains her up
again. The ncighbOrs have seen ii to
interfere and to have him arrested.
bat as his wife has acknowledged his
persistent kindness to her in the face
OF he" own glazing misconduct, tic
magistrate has dismissed him after
admonishing him.
The Gentleman's Magazine says:
'"Thc consumption of wheat III Eng
land, which was formerly estimated
1T eight bushels per annum per head
of the population, has recently been
declared TO be six and one third bush
cls-the decrease being due to a bet
ter supply OF meat and vegetables
than in the last century, when the
! original estimate was made. III the
norih-central parts of Turkey, where
| tile climate is moderate and cereals
are largely grown and little meat
| consumed, it is reckoned that eight
bushels ofgrain arc required in year
for the bread, soup, and burghul.
which constitute the chief dietary OF
the people. The average price Oh
wheat is about Sos. quarter; TIE
wages of a workman of ordinary skill
is $50. day ; his house rent is 93 IS.
year; taxes, if q Christian, FL Is.
81.
Three bluebottlc flies, says Linnsus
will devour horse as soon as q lion
could do it. The statement no doubt
is somewhat of an cxaggeration, but
it is not so far over the mark as it may
be supposed to be. One fly, it has
been stated, will produce 10000 eggs
and no sooner are the maggots hatch
ed from them than they set TO work
with such vigor that in twenty-four
hours they will increase in weight
some 200 times. In about three weeks
every one Of them may have become
perfect fly, half Of them, perhaps,
females, each capable of depositing
another 10000 eggs in any deaf rat or
high" leg of mu tton that threatens
to breed pestilcnce in the air. 1t will
thus be seen that it was very dubi-
Gus work of wisdom Oh the part of
ST. Bernard to "excommunicate'' all
the flies from his part of the world.
New York Post: It seems mac
countable that city like New York
which is so ready to avail itself of
every improvement, has made almost
no use Of pneumatic tubes for the
quick delivery of letters and larger
packages. Tie first attempt at an