St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-10
BRITISH FIRE ladies.
The Appliances They Have and the
Causes of Fires.

Chicago Herald.
In 1891 the population of the city of
Liverpool was 517, O51 and covered $500
acres. Its buildings are all of stone and
brick. Five steam fire engines were in
use and eight hand engines, and there
were 256 men on the regular force. Five
hundred and seventy-eight fires &C.
Cured in 1890, 2S of them from lighted
candles. 81 from lights thrown down, %
from children playing with matches, 80
from smoking tobacco, % from childre II
playing with fire and SO from sparks
from fire. Firemen in Liverpool have
the title of constable" and have GER
tam police authority.
The great city of London had within
its corporate limits In 1891 4, 231, 431 per-
sons, and about 100000 i'll territory I'M
mediately contiguous; 557, 1874 is given
as the number of brick and stone build
ings in 1891, and the city has no wooden
buildings. The number of fire alarms
given in 1891 was 4, 164. of which l,029
we're false alarms, 243 chimney alarms,
and 1852 actual fires; 1000 Of these fires
were confined to the floors where they
originated, and 1874 extended beyond
such floors; only fires extended to adj
joining property. and only extended
beyond adjoining property. The Lon
don fire department consists OF AZ land
steam fire engines, % land manual fire
engines, steam fire engines on barges,
steam tugs, 105 hose carts, Sc miles of
hose, with ladders, trucks, fire es-
capes and an abundance of alarms, tel
egraphs, telephones, ETC., to render the
service of its 706 firemen very efficient.
Nineteen million gallons OF water were
used during the year at fires, one-third
of which was taken from the river,
canals and docks. The causes OF fire
are curious: Fifty-nne came from air.
ing linen, $50 from candles, 80 from chill
dren playing with fire and 81 from their
playing with matches; 81 were caused
by swinging gas brackets. 60 from es-
cape of gas. 81 from curtains or blinds
coming in contact with lights; 104 origi-
mated from hot ashes, 300 from spirit
lamps COS of them being from upsetting
such lamps; 100 came from sparks Of
fire and SO from improperly set stoves.
s'But Don't FiIibuster."
Chicago Tribune.
$40 come back to what l was about
to say, Miss Quickstep," began the ris-
ing young statesman, the honorable
member from the 'Steenth district,
clearing his throat, 'you must have sus-
pected that /"
"Wnat queer thing cat is, isn't it,
Mr.. Hackers? See how quickly pussy
gets acquainted with one. RubS her
head against you and purrs as if she
had known you all hel life."
Eyes, a cat is a queer animal. /
haven't any great admiration for cats. l
confess, but to return to what | was
about to say, Miss Amanda, you will
pardon me if l seem too preSumptuous
when tell you that L"
Don't you think Mr.. Isaacs' is very
wonderful story, Mr.. HackerS?'
Eyes, it's a great story. But what L
wanted to say is that /"
land are you reading Benefits For
got?'"
mo. l always walt till magazine
story is finished before tackle it. But
listen to lie just moment, Miss
Amanda, +"
Doesn't it seem to you, Mr.. Hackers,
that the study of Dante is"
amanda Quickstep!" exclaimed the
young congressman, impetuously, eff
you think you don't want to be my wife
give me chance to put the question
squarely and theu say no. if you must,
but for heavens sake don't filibuSter"
Squirt Blood Out of Their Eyes.
Independent.
1t has been said that horned toads,
when leased. sometimes squirt blood
out of their eyes. This has been proved
by o. p Hay, who. to facilitate the
shedding of the skin, tossed one into
the water, when son the side of the
basin there suddenly appeared num-
Der of spots of red fluid, which reSem-
bled blood" This was microscopically
proved to be blood. A day or
two afterward Mr. Hay was holding
the lizard between his thump and mid
die finger. and strOking its horns with
his forefnger. All at once quantity
of blood was thrown out against his
fingers, and portion of it ran down on
the animals neck, and this blood came
directly out of the right eye. This has
been noticed by others, and Mr.. Hay
states that more than twenty years ago