Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-24
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

Now that the epidemic has nearly run
its course in New York City it is estimated
that there have been 100000 cases, which
means that one-eighth of the population
was attacked by the scourge.
China, with population in the vicinity
of 3S0,000,000, has only three newspapers
at present. Considering that an editors
head is chopped off on the slightest provo
cation, the wonder is that there are even
three.
The French soldiers have been an army
of tea drinker during the prevalence of la
grippe. Whenever la grippe made its APP
pearance in a regiment all the soldiers who
remained free from the epidemic were
given between meals hot tea with sugar.
Nine. LIE Roy, mother of the Due dab
rantes, of France, is one of the most in
trepid explorers of the day. She has been
several months in the East, and suffered
much privation while visiting Babylon and
Nineveh and crossing the Persian deserts
on her way to India.
For fish well able to get his work in
commend US to the shark every time In
Berlin the other day Professor Wicker
than, while dissecting a a shark, found in
its stomach Dolphin weighing 12S pounds,
| forty-three fish, decomposed SEAL
human arm and four human legs.
During the year 1889 there were car
ried over the elevated railroads Of New
York 1S24l3,9S7 passengers, not one of
whom was injured by carelessness or other
| fault Of the management. This is GER
tainly wonderful showing and affords
marked contrast to the accidents associated
with surface travel.
There is collection of postage stamps
in Germany, the most complete in the
| world, which is valued at more than one
million dollars. This appears wild talk,
but it is true if reports from abroad can be
depended upon. There are several collec-
lections in England which are worth $751;
| 600 in the open market
Caleb Loengood, a wealthy resident of
Pottstown, Pa, possesses an abnormal ap-
petite for peanuts. They form his fayorite
article of diet, and he often eats six quarts
at a time. He gays that he eats them sci
entiically, whatever this may mean, and
| could eat nine quarts on a wager. He
wants some prominent peanut-eater to
challenge him.
New jersey has a school fund Of 81, co.,
| 600 and doesn't know what to do with it.
1t can't be used for anything but the pub
lie schools, and not very much Of it is al
lowed to go there only part of the annual
income beng available, so jealously has
the State Constitution guarded its sacred
ness. Meantime it is piling up every year,
and the Commissioners are at their wits
end to find an investment for it, The
original idea was to have fund large
enough to entirely support the public
schools throughout the State, but that, it
is said, would take S70,000,000; and, be-
| side, it is generally believed that it is bet
| ter for the school system to have the local
schools directly provided for by local taxes.
People take more interest in something
they have TO pay for.
The discovery Of phosphate deposits in
Florida is matter of great importance to
Southern farmers, who use large and in
creasiug quantities Of this fertilizer. Com
bined with cotton meal, it makes an ad-
mirable fertilizer for both corn and cotton.
1t is easily transported and economically
applied. II is now making the light.
sandy lands Of South Alabama yield pay
ing crops. 1t has revolutionized farming
allover the South. Thus far South Carolina
has furnished the bulk of the phosphates.
producing last year 100000 tons. The
Florida article is said to be superior to
that of South Carolina, and, as the in
creasing supply must lead to lower cost. it
will lead to more rapid development of
agriculture in theSouthern States than has
ever before been known.