The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-13
IEAiJE ITEMS.

MANY of our greatest inventions wero acoi
dentally scveaied or suggested. The telephone
was discovc ed or invent by hroc persons
ahout the sains limo. Tho monograph wai
I'M resultOi IN accident The carel ,ssness OF 9
Kitchen rpeid IN allowing MOI containing brine
TO boil over led to ne maaufscnfs OF 61mo y
the reccssily OF p gning his wife's wedding
ring. whl psec, ofrubbor la his hand acci
denials struck hol stove and from the con,
10 make It india-rubber The steam hammer
was the result Of a workman's observation o.
Sac motions Of u heavy machire In an bngiisn
During the past year III average quantity q
water ,,sppi,ed TO London vas i4i.ooe0O gal
Ions per dav. OF which q O,O0oo gAlions OF
lie Thames, while Of the remainder
neaYly the whole was o1tsined from
the River Lea, and only compstaIyely smaii
= PAPER recently read before tne society OF arts,
Or Franklin showed that much oi tho wster
derived II, IN he Thames rs contaminated WIN
beverage and other objectionab matter, ana
fnEt such water might a. any time carry Win II
l1lecyiou, Ine Iou,'io s.eaiAS 70 o. tl., I.s.aay
lll OF the towns IN the Thames basin reject the
river end 70 tributaries as souace , 81 .' sor
That purpose; and the great obstacle In the way
Of similar supply being btained or inc metro:
polls y the m.gni,ude OF .nc csp. s,sh esnii
tai sre at present allowed TO override oil o'her
considerations.
Boyalty IL grave YAK on ,no Lu,so y, nc
alone yet $3.50 T75 Annually, and no incnsider'
able amount OF tho couD try's revenue nnds its
WAY Into the po.ks,s OF he ans octscy, hwe" NJ.
rfiicea i'm the last hir -iv" years. and for ser
viceS n rendered b 70 depleted the orchcquer
20 the tune q $50 0sv; The mile. OF hiry.
time, drawing In all. Es305.gJo; while 2oD earls
have In the came period gobbled up person.
ely or n ough their relative $50 Offices and
total Of ss6 2S72I with the families u viscounts
ana bcrons still 70 be heard from In addition
% his the queen has granted pensions which,
According TO the vice hector az The Rio ia
metro faculty OF medicine. II appears that IN
Eraxfl. whrre great quantities Of coffee are used,
Ard whe,s al ,se he msny
a South Am erican correspondent OF tho Medi-
GAL Times confirms this statement asserting
chat the number q cafes n the isrse ei.les 0d
bigAexttovn 70 the lowest 90 IN TO take cup
Of that delicious beverage which none but Bra
x,iars KNOW how 20 make pr,Perly-is onor.
NOUS. while neutrality-suspicious. or bars arc very
low, End their patrons stiil fewer
Al r Landansr, esq Belgium consul ha:
10 dyed circular relative 20 the Univsrsal
S isss. under the exalted patron.
To exhibition VIII embrace ali IN.
T7vsng risc TO commercial iran saotiona. and all
Siioc5s and sppispces with tho interest q navt-
GiS7oo The object Of heir combined efforts q
: inccoase and extend the foreign trade OF Bell
S1Sn I'D ~ the port Of Antwerp BY calling
n - MD the mauufscsurers and merchants
= Nm n0f3S IL the void and thuz enabling them
~ No. no gigantic works she construction
II 2S5{k eha Beisinn government and the city
405verp have. within the last I've years
1i1x8 ovof one hundred millions OF francs
6n1D ana which We now inadeouf port
~ ~ ~ sefbs anI beat organized IN the world
~ S1<1'~n md kympafhy which Belgium has
~>74716 6monRst all civiiizsc nations VII. We
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