Telegram-herald., 1890-06-30
ODDS AND ENDS.

Ga an average there are thirty-dve more
bows than Firis born ia New Yor. city
every week. On the average hity-ave more
males than females die. So the female pop
ulation grows more rapidly than the male.
The perfection Of ventilation is now at
tanned by electricity. The new United
States man-of-war Baltimore is supplied
with IN electrical vcutllator which wiz
change the atmosphere Of tie engine room
completely in two minutes.
a postage stamp was recently found by q
Connecticut physic.--n ia the ear OF little
patient and on its removal severe pain,
from which the child had suffered and
which caused the visit 70 The doctor, diSap-
pcared.
While English bank directors are forbid
ding their clerks 70 marry on q less salary
than $3.50 the fpanciers OF Vienna are pur-
suing a course which is the very reverse.
They are dismissing all their single en-
ployes and retaining only those who are
married, their idea being that clerk who
has a family dependent upon him is less
likely TO 60 wrong than one who has not
a gentleman remarked in one Of the bo-
tells the other evening that he noticed dur
ing several years experience IN q position
requiring the use CT a large amount Of
small change that for about six months Of
every year there are more pennies than he
knows what 10 do with, aid during the re
nainder OF the year il is almost impossible
10 yet enough pennies TO transact husi ness.
There are fewer blondes. more brunettes
and Just as many auburn haired girls and
women as there were ten years ago. IS
the climate gets nlilder the number OF dark
haired persons increases, and the change
has been more marked by the fact that
most of the immigration has Of late years
been from the southern countries Of Eu-
rope.
On drawing 3 net Florida fisherman
succeeded in landing an alligator and a
turtle. The alligator was nine feet in
length, while the turtle was OF the logger
head variety. and subsequent weighing
showed it TO be eighty-fve pounds in
weight. The back OF the alligator was
broken in two places, while one Of the feet
was almost severed from the body.
Supposing that YOU wished TO walk
through all the streets and lanes and al
leys of London, and were able 70 arrange
your trip so that you never trGverSed the
same one twice, you would have 70 walk
ten miles every day Tor nine years before
your journey would be completed.
While grading for q site for new build
ing in Nevada a large stump was uprooted.
Tho wood was partially decayed and bore
no signs Of anything unusual, bat as soon
as darkness had settled down upon the
earth the stump became a thing Of bcsuty
Every particle o. tho fractured wood
glowed with phosphoresccDt light, and AZ
a distance OF three feet ane print could be
read by this light. PhosphOrcsoent wood
is not uncommon, bat it is not often THAI
it is found to throw light any distance.
The authorities Of Tbaurila have initi-
ated hard fight against the German names
which German colouists have bestowed on
their settlements since lS62. SIX villages
bearing respectively thc names q Gna3en-
fed. Herrndsnk, Marieafeld. TIe.enburg,
Philipstal and LiebensiGl were ordered 90
be called By the more euphouious TO The
Russian ear appollations of Karmyshik
Telesh, Spst. Sargbash. Tomiblat and
Marty These names, all but the last, are
OF Tartar origin.
The dep;h q r SEA about six rniles is re
ducsG GO feet by compression, II the ocean
were iucomp mpressi Die the level of TIRE surface
would be Il6 feet higher than ~ j. ~ pres
ent. and aholt 10000 square miles of
land would be submerged
There has been strike II children en-
ployed In the sugar beet felds o. oaKony
The children near Braohw3tz ouit work be-
cause their employers refused 70 raise their
wages from twelve q twenty FIVE cents pcr
DAY. Il Ianaenbo1rn TIE children de-
nanded an advance FROM Eve % ten cents
per day- All TIE children were sccustcr-ed
q attending school from E O'Clock n Tire
morning till noon. aud n working with9Et
cessation from 20 O'Clock in fh7 after
noon They were compelled - bs in the
fields. rain ~ shlne. a. their work through
oat the SIX hours.