The morning news., 1892-03-29
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AhE totai humDer OF travellers passing the
Russian borders in both directions during eight
years was 14.l7s.6OO Russians and q, ,522. 5sI
Foreigners Out of 100 Russians leaving their
country only IS return. whereas of 100 foreign
ers arriving s77 leave the country again On
eacn Russian leaving the country there are two
foreigners arriving.
In the old days, before the French revolution.
favorte pastime at the court OF the grand
monarch was the attempting to guess the iden-
tity OF person by the eyes alone. Face and
form were totally concealed by mask and
domino, and the eyes were left TO tell what tale
they could. The result was the mereSt guess
work.
A CURIOUS INCIDENT connected with the
| Servian army is the manner in which most of
/ the regiments carry the big drum. 1t is not as
In most other countries, slung in front OF the
man who plays it. but is placed upon a small
been so trained that It keeps It's place even
through the longest and most tedious OF
marches.
ENoLAND's principal source Of supply for the
tomato out Of season lies In the Channel is
lands, Guernsey, Jersey. etc. The climate there
suits the plant, where it can be grown in tha
open air In the year 1890 these islands sup
piled the London market with over 900 tons
valued at $25o,000. The Azores and Canary
Islands also sent their quota, and so did France
and Spain. =
AMONG the people Of the globe the Japanese,
IA tnoiE OL LOphCCO, as IN many OtQor Lning0,
would seem to be the most temperate as well as
the most refined. The rudest coolie or the
coarsest farm laborer equally with the lady OF
rank (the pretty geishal and the minister of
state are content with the kiseru tiny pipe
which does not hold enough to make even
Queen Nab sneeze.
In PREPARATION for the next seige of Paris the
French war department has taken steps toward
the construction of an immense establishment
in the city for the preservation OF meats by
freezing. Similar establishments on a smaller
scale will be attached to the forts encIcling the
capital The cold air will be supplied to all
from central station operated according to a
new compressed air system.
THERE is 955 religious papers in the United
States, whose combine circulation is about one
eight of all the newspapers published IN the
country. The Methodists publish Ia papers,
with population of 650, COO; the Roman Catho-
lies. 127 papers. circulation 1900 BaptIsts
lSo papers circulation 300, 0o0; Presbyterians
b3, circulation SEQ, 900; Protestant Episcopal a.
with general circulation all over the country.
THE highest clouds. cirrus and cirro stratus,
rise, on an average, to a hight of nearly 200
| feet. The middle clouds keep at from about
10000 to % 900 feet above the surface of ths
earth; the lower clouds seldom lower than 5000
or higher than 900 feet. The cumulous clouds
float with their lower surface at hight of from
1000 to 5000 feet, while their submits frequently
extend upward to hight Of 10000 The tops
OF the Alps are often compietely hidden by
clouds OF the third class. while those OF the
other classes are frequently shooting up
the ravines like sheets OF smoke. Prof. Moller
took observations on one cloud, the vertical
dimensions OF which was over 100 feet.
SOME particulars of a remarkable case of re-
vival from apparent death are report from
st. Petersburg, says GGhgnGnfs MeSSen-
ger. lady who had been suffering from
| violent nervous attack sank into state
OF syncope, and after a time ceased it seemed
to breathe. The doctor who was attending her
CertiilAd that death M wal
of the heart For some reason, which is not
explained, another medical man, DR.. Loukhma-
now, saw the body. and, having been informed
that the lady had suffered from attacks OF hys-
terra and catalepsy, thought it worth while TO
make a thorough examination. After trying
various other MEANS he applied the micro
phone to the region of the heart and was en-
abed by this instrument to hear faint beating
which proved thai life was not extinct. Every
thing was done to resuscltate the patient who
shortly afterWard recovered consciousness.
In HOLLAND, where good deal of alcoholic
| liquor is taken-in consequence. perhaps, of tho
| temptation Of there being always water at hand
| to mix with it-men can no longer be trusted to
work the switches of the railways, and women
now I'LL their places, says the London Netss.
This is a slap In the face indeed to the male
| sex, and great triumph to the advocates OF
| female labor. But we have yet TOO see how the
| thing works. The men saytthat there will be
looking glasses in the switch boxes, and that
| the women will never leave them till they have
smoothed their last hair and settled the bow of
their last ribbon, and that in the meantime
there will be collisions that when left to them
selves they never have been in time for the
train passengers, and will not be more pune
| tual as polntswomen; and. finally, that il they
| hear their lovers whistle anywhere In the
neghborhood they will pay very little attention
| to that of the locomotive. II these objections
| are not valid, conclude the men, I'VE are not
Dutchmen."
"THE ordinary expression, fixed STAR so per-
sistently used by nearly everybody" said L. N.
| Gregory, q scientist of Albany, N. " at the
| Lindell. according TO the st. Louis Globe Dem
ocrdt, 'is a misnomer that ought by this time
| to be discarded When the place of a star has
been accurately determined by measurement
made with the meridian circle, and when after
lapse of a number of years the place of the
| same star is again determined by observation.
| it frequently happens that the two places dis.
agree. The explanation is thst the star has
moved in the interval; and it is infinitely i'm
probable that any fixed stars exists.
The usual method of determining the
| measurements of stars is by the telescope
| and the meridian circle. But there are some
movements which cannot be thus measured.
These are the cases when the star happens to be
darting directly toward the observer or di-
rectly from him. In such cases the telescop-
ing method is simply inapplicable, because the
observer would not notice any change in the
stars position. 1t is just here that the spectro
scope comes IN to I'LL the vacant place in the
armory OF the astronomer Formerly this valua-
be instrument was used only to ascertain the
chemical constitution OF the stars"
PROBABLY one Of the queerest devices ever
put on bank note, check or letter-head was
that formerly used by banking firm at DEVILS
Lake. Oak IL sheaf of wheat standing
upright, entwined with a ribbon, the band bear
ing the inscription: mo. / hard wheat. In
hoe sgno vinces." Above the sheaf and resting
on its edge was a good representation OF one OF
Uncle Sans silver dollars. Tho face of the
dollar bore an eagle, map OF DEVILS Lake, q
plat OF the city OF Devils Lake, showing a
plug" railroad coming In from the southeast
surrounding nj "A rad
OF America, One Dollar" the first three letters
OF the word United" being hidden by the map
OF the lake, which extends 20 the milling on the
dollars edge. The bust Of devil shows above
tho upper edge OF the dollar, his satanic ma.
Jesty holding a balance In hls left hand ana a
spear n his right. the head OF ths spear resting
directly against the edRs of the plat of She city
lna words Bank Of" Ners Ia large letters
above the horn Of Bee sehub the motto, '0ige
the Devil his due being stamps above the
devils left hand inside : dotted oval. THIS