Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-29
ODDS AND ENDS.

New York finds that an electric plant for
the execution Of dogs will cost but 5000.
The first Chinanlan to receive a pension
has just been placed upon the rolls. He was
injured while serving on man Of war.
The canning Of shrimp is becoming great
industry in New Orleans. Fully 100, 600 cans
day are packed there during the season
! The government is trying lobster culture
| on the Pacific coast. The first Atlantic in
stallment has been anchored at Santa Cruz.
/ Land in New York city is so dear that it
I does not pay capitalists to build houses for
! rental Many houses that sell for 1000
viii not bring $500 year rent.
An effort is being made by the New York
Working Women's society to have the fac
tory inspection law amended so as to give
women power to act as deputy inspectors.
The largest load of spruce lumber shipped
on the Erie canal in many years, if not since
the canals were opened, is on its way to
Brooklyn. The load consists of 203, 195 feet.
For every 1000 inhabitants the United
States runs trains Q 700 miles annually, while
the train mileage of Great Britain on the
same basis is 800; Belgium, 1850; France,
$3.50; Germany, $3.50
Unknown persons have begun to remove
the rails from the historic Yale college
fence, presumably with a view OF securing
them as relics before the whole thing is
taken down by order of the college author
tiles.
All the life saving stations on the Atlantic
coast of Long Island are to be connected with
each other by telephone, and those isolated
from the mainland are to be connected by
telephone or telegraph with the nearest vii
lage
Professor Roberts, of Cornell, urges the
Importance of complex diet for man. and
especially the use of concentrated products,
such as beef, milk, butter and cheese. Only
on such food is it possible to reach the fullest
perfection of physical health and intellectual
development.
By the old method the steel wire from
which watch springs are made was heated to
the proper temperature and Immediately
plunged into oil. In the new process the
wire is immersed in the oil bath first, and is
then brought, by means of an electric cur
rent, to the desired degree Of heat.
The largest bunch of grapes supposed to
pounds, but it is said that much heavier
punches have been gathered in some vine
yards and thrown into the wine press
Watermelons weighing from fifty to eighty
pounds are often sold in the San Francisco
markets, and one exhibited last fall weighed
lis pounds.
Thirty thousand dollars was voted by con-
gress the other day for firing morning and
evening salutes to the flag, which brings out
the curious fact that the powder left over
from the war lasted just twenty-three years.
The last barrel was used early last spring,
since when no salutes have been fired at any
military post except West Point, Fortress
Monroe and Fort Riley.
Near the old Indian burying ground at the
mouth of the Walla Walla river has been
found medal which was given to Yellepet,
famous chief, in 1906, by the explorers Clark
and Lewis. On one side Of the medal is the in
scription, peace and Friendship" and
pipe and tomahawk in relief. On the other
side the face of Jefferson is to be found, and
the words, IT. jefferson, President U. S. A,
1SOl."
The danger Of somnambulism is well
known A writer in The Century tells Of
piece Vi SOOd luIc from LIE udDlt.
A young lady, troubled and anxious about
prize for which she was to compete involv-
ing the writer of an essay, arose from her
bed in sleep and wrote a paper upon sub
ject upon which she had not intended to
write when awake, and this essay secured for
her the prize.
A peculiar incident of history is the fact
that two Jews Of Bagdad have bought the
entire site Of the ancient city of Babel, the
great capital of Nebuchadnezzar The pur-
chasers are two brothers Effendi one Of
whom was elected member of the Turkish
parliament which convened in 1873 1t is re-
marl4able that two Jews have become the
heirs Of the gardens of Semiramis and the
p5laces of Nebuchadnezzar, or what is left of
them.
One of the most thoroughly equipped and
highly accomplished centenarians on record
is reported from San Diego, Cal Jeffrey
Gordon is his name; he is a negro and he
was born in Boone county, Va, on June 16,
1913. He is still vigorous, and his memory
so good that he remembers to have seen
Washington when he was president, and also
jefferson, and to have helped build the cot
ton bale Notifications at New Orleans for
Gen. Jackson.