The morning news., 1892-03-28
NATURAL FRUIT FLKvoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Sons experimental tests In regard 10 the
strength OF waterproof bricks have resulted in
exhibiting a resistance TO crushing on their part
OF from 5000 to $4,000 pounds per square inch
according TO the quality or grade of the bricks
the average of ten varieties being 2, $50 pounds
per square inch.
CoREAN NATIVE COIN is copper cash. Mexican
dollars and Japanese yen are used In the ports
to moderate extent, but are almost Unknown
in the interior. and the cumbrous nature Of the
medium employed, together with the great
fluctuations In its value, is serious obstacle to
the expansion OF trade.
AN AMERICAN LADY. bent on being original In
the selection Of her attire. has just invested in
wonderful dress. the trimming OF which con-
slsts or l,oOO buttons of various colors shapes
and sizes There are 100 buttons on each sleeve
$50 on the collar and the remainder are dis
tributed all over the garment.
THERE are many kinds of beetles in the
United States, which are as good for the pur-
pose Of blistering as the Spanish fly belonging
70 tne same family with 1t. One species in and
about Washington prevs destructiveIy upon the
petals of chrysanthemums and asters, but has
the redeeming habit of deyouring grasshop-
pers' eggs.
ELIJAH DAVIDSON, who went to Oregon in
1885, was the father OF twelve children, six bows
and six girls. The first child born TO Mr. and
III o. OANAuSOu 4du T6Q 0dlf, GO6 next one DlaCk
hair, the next one red hair again. and 50 on al
ternating red and black through the whole
twelve, no two in succession having hair of the
same color,
PHoToGRAPHY has been utilized as evidence in
the question as to tho destruction of seals Sir
g. Boden Powell paid visit to the Bering sea
and took a number of photographs especially
of those spots known as the Breeding islands
These plates have now been developed and the
prints sclose the presence of seals In hundreds
Of thousands.
ACCORDING to the last report Of the Michigan
bureau of labor statistics the farmers number
more than one half the population, but their
profits constitute only one eighth of the total
net proceeds of the industry In the state One
fortieth of the population own all the timber
lands, railroad and farm mortgages and manu-
factures in the state.
Our of every 1000 persons. men, women and
children, in the population, COZ are unmarried
S45 are married, and So are widows or widowers
During the year 1889, the last year for which the
complete figures are available, there we're 2IS-
| $50 marriages regisi cred in England and Wales,
| or the husbands "a, $50 were widowers and of
the wives Il, 321 were widows.
SINGULAR CASUALTY attended the suicide of
an artillery man in the barracks in Vienna on
Saturday. The man shot himself with wer-
| raj rifle. The bullet, after passing through the
| suicides breast, plowed through the head of a
second soldier standing near, killing him, and
then lmbedded itself In the arm of third SOL
dier, inf1icting serious injury.
SECRETARY LANGLEY, of the Smithsonian In
stitution, has been experimenting for some time
past with fire. flies from Cuba. He says that
| the light they give is the "cheapest'' in the
| world-produced, that is to say, with the least
| heat and the smallest expenditure OF energy
and he believes that successful imitation OF it
would prove most profitable substitute for
| gas and electricity.
| iptaraatin1 L.
some of the engines Of the Great Eastern Rail-
way Company to test the advantages of oil as
| fuel In the ordinary locomotives Several of the
engines have been supplied with oil tanks, and
the hremen have the option of using the oil or
the coal as they think flt. Experience has
shown that the men prefer the Oil. It requires
less stoking and produces steadier body of
| steam.
| VERY novel feature was introduced at an
entertainment given recently by Mrs Astor, It
consisted of the turning loose Of o lot Of auto
matte toys, tiny alligators. papier mache roost-
| ers, tiny toads and other animals which were
wound up and then set going by the gentlemen
: of the party. Each man closely followed the
| progress or the animal which he had wound up.
| and selected as his partner the young woman
! before which it paused.
AT Brooklyn entertainment, held at club
house not long ago, novel means TO call car
riages was adopted. A sheet, somewhat larger
| than bed size, was stretched across the side
| walk of the side street. and on this were thrown
| the carriage numbers as they were desired by
for their numbers, and the incessant shouting,
| usually confusing accompaniment of such
| functions. was done away with.
TIE crown Of the emperor of Russia dates
| from the year 1888, and is the masterpiece of
| the court jeweler. jeremiah Panzio, native OF
| Geneva, who made IL for the coronation of the
4 Empress Catherine H., says the Jeuelers' Re-
UielU. Its chief ornament is the Orloff dia-
| mond. which is said to weigh 779 carats and to
| be worth GOO rubles. 1t formerly be-
| longed to the Brahmin temple at Tcherigam
and was stolen by French grenadfer, when it
| came into possession of Prince OrIoff, who pre-
sented 1t to the empress. The scepter, too
made by order of Paul l.. is adorned with a
| diamond OF 1876 carats bought by Catherine IL
| from an Armenian for 100000 rubles Its
present worth is estimated at sc, 600 900 rubles
| This brill ant diamond formed one eye OF the
| massive golden lion on the throne of the Shah
| Nadir; the other eye was the famous Kohl
| Moor.
AN important experiment. designed to test
| the power of endurance possessed by the Rus
i sian infantry soldier in campaigning work. dur
| ing period of intense cold, has lately been
made in district near the western frontier Of
Russia. 1t was desired to discover under what
decree Of cold troops could camp out in tents,
and for this purpose eight infantry men were
chosen at random. The snow, which lay deep
on the ground, was leveled over q certain area
a tent pitched, and its interior covered with
! mats, on which we're laid fifty-six pounds Of
| straw. u. The men, accoutered in heavy gray
| coats and Wellington boots, lay down TO rest.
using their knapsacks as pillows, at o'tlock In
| the evening. Outside, the thermometer, pro.
tected from the wind blasts then indicated
| 31o Fahr. An officer remained outside all
| night making observations. At ! o'clock the
| temperature inside the tent was i7e above zero
and outside at zero. Toward morning the ther-
mometer gradually fell without and within
| Until O'Clock the men slept quite comfortably,
| but toward 4, when the cold became so intense.
| sleep was impossible. The soldiers left their
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