Daily globe., 1883-05-15
FIRE ESCAPES.

murder. His reason gave way, and he was
subsequently reprieved and sent to Broad
moor Criminal Lunatic asylum, and now
Eliza Ebbon is discovered alive and we'll.
1t Is generally known that the Italian
foreign Office is under the control of a Jew.
Slgnor Malvapo, who holds the post of po-
llt1cal director. Owing to the ill-health of
the minister of foreign affairs, Signor
| Malvano has for some time been virtually
head of the foreign office of Italy.
Professor Binz of Germany asserts that
| chloride of lime has given good results as
an antidote to snake poison when intro
| duced under the skin near the wound. In
| cases where the patients failed to recover,
the fatal effect of the poison was evidently
retarded by the chloride of lime solution.
The mercantile failures in Great Britain
have been growing steadily fewer in num-
Der since 1879. Statistics show diminu-
ton In the number of insolvencies for
1882, especially in the retail trade. The
figures for 1882 are: Number of failures,
wholesale trade, 1914; retail trade, 9,7O5;
total, 1913.
Angelo Marina, pilot of Para, Brazil,
is the survivor of three wives, by whom he
has forty-fve children still living, and
| through which children he is called grand
papa by 119 persons, greatgrandpapa by
l84, and reat-greatgrandpapa by 260
more, his living descendants numbering
COS persons.
The accidental discovery has been made
By French surgeon that lowering the
head and raising the feet of patients who
have been treated with chloroform, will
cause speedy return of consciousness,
and 1t is thought that an observance of
that's imple fact will greatly lessen the dan
ger attending the use of annsthetics.
Mr.. TyndaIl says: ''The union of bodies
in multiple proportions constitute the
basis of modern atomic theory" TyndaIl
has made some mistakes here. We have
forgotten for the moment, just what the
modern atomic theory" is; but 1.-The union
of bodies in multiple proportions" we have
always supposed, constituted the basis of
Mormonism.
The London Acad9my says the ancient
palace of the popes at Avignon is at pres
ent occupied by company of actors who,
1t is affirmed, do considerable damage to
the old frescoes with which the walls are
covered, and also in many ways to the
building itself. The Commission des
Monuments Historiques has therefore
taken the matter up, and it may be as
sumed that the troupe will soon have notice
to quit.
According to statement by Mr.. Joseph
Jacobs, B. A., in the Echo, out of the A.
900 Jews in London there are about 1000
wealthy families in the western and 800
well to do families in the other quarters of
the metropolis. The London Jewish COM
munity supports not less than forty seven
charitable institutions at cost of e37 900.
AS contributors to the Sunday Hospital
fund the Jews rank next after the Church
of England and the Congregationalists.
The London Lancet opportunely makes
onslaught on one of the most cruel of
sports. 1t says: "We have put down cock
fighting, although the cock undoubtedly
gratifed its natural instinct in the sport.
Even the pugnacious rat is protected; but
the poor defenseless pigeon and the equal
ly defenseless deer may be mangled and
worried for the pleasure of benevolent men
with entire impunity. When will the
canting spirit of this sentimental age be-
gin to give proof of little consistency
and common sense? The scientist must
not infict pain even to elicit ways of cure
from nature; but the bitterest agony may
be ruthlessly inflicted on dumb animals so
that it is done under the guise of SPORT