, 1883-03-29
General items,

The biggest royal eater since the
death Of Emperor Maximus is Cete-
wayo, King Of the Zulus. He ate II
pound Of steak for dinner
The largest diamond cutting house
is in Amsterdam, whore they employ
400 men. The famous Kohinoor dia
mond was cut there. The cutters
make from 81 to 81 and $lA day.
Probably the biggest feet are those
Of u Chicago girl named Lizzie Mortz
They are said to measure l6l inches
each. 1t is reported that she once
kicked a young man and fractured his
spine.
The largest suspension bridge will
the one now building between Brook
lyn and New York. The length of
the main span is 1,595 feet, 6 inches
The entire length of the bridge is
considerably over 5000 feet.
AFTER the battle of Waterloo King
William presented to the Duke of
Wellington a splendid estate sur
rounded with woods, situated in the
neighborhood Of the famous battle
field. According to the law of pri-
mogeniture in England property de-
scends from father to son; and the
last of the great Dukes male descend
ants has passed away. The property
consequently reyerts to Belgium. 1t
is valued at eight million francs.
FOREIGNERS are gradually getting
foothold in France. In the first
quarter of the present century only a
few were living IN France, but in
1851 their number had increased to
37S,563. In 1861 their number was
497,09l; in 1871, just after the war,
they numbered 100000, and in 1881
they were over 100000, or nearly
per cent of the total population. The
annual increase between 1876 and
1881 was at the rate of 10000, which
if continued, would represent nearly
100000 foreigners in the year 1890.
Two means are suggested for coun-
teracting this slow occupation OF
France by foreigners-the popula
tion becoming more prolific and the
workmen less fastidious.
BUSINESS MAKES THE DIFFERENCE -
A Kansas paper complains against
railroad monopoly" because "a ship
ment of goods was brought from Liv-
erpool, England, to Kansas City, a
distance of four thousand miles, for
forty-two cents per 100, and a Kansas
road charged sixty cents per 100 fol
delivering it to it's destination in the
interior of the state, distance of 15I
miles" circumstances alter cases
with railroads as in many other con,
ditions OF business. This water and
land carriage by the steamship and
railroad lines employed in this tran.
sit OF four thousand miles at $40 PEI
ton, most likely pay Il regular diyi
dend OF fair per cent. to al concerned
while the Kansas road, at $l2 pei
ton Tor s cts. per ton ppr mile) for one
hundred and fifty miles, very likely
has to scratch to MAKE running
expenses, leaving dividends out OF
the question. Extent Of business
makes all the difference in the fore,
going; but at the worst view Of the
contrast, the imposition is only about
one-third the rat1s lately current for
the mud. wagon transportation Of late
years past. Journal If Commerce.
The GLUCOSE BUSINESS. 1T is stated
by those connected with the trade,
that the glucose business is in a bad
way; that most OF the factories
throughout the country are closed,
and that glucose is selling at u lower
price than when corn was but thirty
cents a bushel. The enormous profits
realized by those who first Went into
its manufacture 'eated a boom which
led to the building Of factories all
over the country, till there has been
an over production Meanwhile, the
novelty has worn off, and the public
has learned that it is a spurious, bas-
tard product, having low intrinsic
value, and it's use and consumption
have greatly fallen off i'll favor of
straight sugar goods, The charges
that it is Objectionable on sanitary
grounds, and injurious to health,
nave never been proved, and it is
doubtful if they can be sustained.
It's growing unpopularity arises
mainly from the fact Of its low sweet
ening properties, only about two
tifth5 that of sugar syrups, together
with more OF less of prejudice, on the
ground that it is unwholesome.-Chi-
cGgO Grocer.