Omaha daily bee., 1892-07-18
ODDS md ENDS.

German of science has shown that the
lands of Germany devoted to grains used in
beer production would support 10000, 900
people.
The difficulty of soldering together two
pieces OF aluminium is said TO have been over
come by the use OF chloride OF silver as a
fuse.
The smallest Quadruped in the world is the
pigmy mouse OF Siberia
Wine CHARTERS of France use moro than
So 100000 eggs year.
j. w. Carter of Cairo. IN payment of
wager, crawled through a sewer in the pres
ence or several hundred people who had as
semoled TO witness the feat. The sewer was
only sixteen inches in diameter and l20 feet
long.
The famous Treadwell mine in Alaska,
which has yielded more than S300OO0O in
gold bullion, was purchased b. the man for
whom 1t was named for $500.
A bit of steel was removed from the cere-
belium OF a patient at Bellevue hospital, New
York. SO quickly ana painlessly that the
patti Mt laughed aloud when the operation was
over
The annual report of the state almshouse
at Tewksoury, Mass, for 1891 shows that
there were 2,9l5 persons admitted, of whom
only 81 were born in Massachusetts, while
1924 were born in Ireland.
Twenty 1.-TWO acres OF land are needed TO
sustain a man on flesh meat, while the same
people; under oats, elghty-cight people, un-
der potatoes, Indian corn and rice, l16 peo-
pie, and under the paintain or bread fruit
tree, over 5000 people.
Emigration from ireland fell off consider
ably ia the last three munths-of 1891. The
number OF emigrants who left Irish ports in
that quarter was Il, SOB, being l,427 less than
the corresponding quarter of 1890, and ., 439
under the average number for the fourth
quarter Of the ten years lssl-9O.
Eighty years ago boys In the United States
under years OF age worked in factories, in
acme instances fourteen hours day; 80
cents week was not uncommon rate of
wages for women; very capable woman
could earn 90 cents day at q trade which
She must give SIX months of unpaid service
to learn; with calico at 30 cents yard, q
woman's earnings for ten weeks would only
sutiice to buy the material for dress.
OF POS railroad time tables employed on the
Russian railroads. examination shows that
but routes have spesds above 20 miles an
hour, the maximum being 2S miles; be-
tween % and 26, Sc between 20 and %, 30 be-
tween III and 20, lOI between l3 and IL aud
% less than l3.
Warwick, the king g-maker, was a man of
unceasiug vigilance, but he dld occasionally
sleep, ana there is at Ware, England huge
bed called the great bed OF Ware which Is
said TO have been made for him. II is twelve
feet long and twelve feet wide. The bed of
Og, King OF Bashan was only thirteen feet
long ana not more y IN SIX teet IN width,
and that In which as XVI slept after his
coronation In Rheims cathedral was seven
feet ten inches long aud seven feet eight
inches wide and eight feet from the ground,
which is rather high for comfort.
rne word 'calicon has queer origin
Many centuries ago the first monarch of the
province OF Malabar gave TO one of his chiefs
Us reward for distinguished services mis-
sword and all the land within the limit OF
which cock growing at certain temple
could be heard. From this circumst tance the
little town which grew up IN the center Of