Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-10-27
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

A FLORIDA paper says that Florida
has an area Of cultivable land greater
than that Of al, the New England
| States.
THE German statistcian, Bernhard
| Ornstein, has computed that Greece
stands in the first rank among Euro
pean countries in the number Of cen.
tenarians. He attributes this to its
climate.
OFFICIAL reports show that three.
fourths Of the cattle In Texas are
now In the hands of persons owning
less than fifty head each. This fore.
IDLY illustrates the passing AWAY OF
the old ranch system in that State.
A WRITER who describes the fac.
tories Mt Varzin controlled by Prince
Bismarck Is struck by the care this
man OF blood and iron takes to make
his workmen comfortable. Every
One Of them" he says, lis we'll
housed and well fed"
INVESTIGATION Of Bradstreet's rec.
ords show that eighty per cent. Of
the business concerns that fail are
those who do not advertise. This
record Is authentic, and conclusively
proves that the great aid to success
In mercantile pursuits Is to adver.
tise.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has hardly ever
suffered from sleeplessness. Some
years ago, when the strain Of his Par
liamcntary life was greatest, he would
60 home, lie down on the sofa, tell
Mrs. Gladstone he wanted to be
reused Mt certain time, and be
sound asleep in very few minutes.
Establishment are all more or less
discontinued, from the aristocracy
downvards. Are the great magnates
who possess the soil satisfied? Not
30! The great and wealthy Duke Of
Devonshire Is in mourning because
the new budget will mulct his heir Of
p, 900, 900, and leave him poor, pitt.
able mortal, with only n little over
$SO, 600, 600 worth Of property!
AT the recent session of tie Ameri.
can Association for the Advancement
Of Science, Mrs. Laura Osborne, Of
Washington, ID. c., addressed the nm.
thronologists OH THE Child OF the
Future" She advocated the mp.
pointment Of women physicians for
each police district TO watch over the
interests OF little children, especially
by assisting ignorant, careless moth
ars to train and develop their chill.
dren, mentally, morally and ply.
sically.
A PROFESSOR In one Of the princi-
pal colleges in Paris has proposed to
the French Minister OF War that
large blowflics should be bred and
kept In large cages, being fed upon
blood placed between the artificial
skin Of lay figures dressed un In the
German uniform. When war was dc.
clared, these flies would DO rendered
venomous by feeding them on the sup
Of tropical plants and taken to the
front In these cages, from which they
would be released, and make short
work OF tho enemy. Another patriot
suggests that dogs should be trained
to bite lay figures wearing the Ger
man uniform, and that each soldier
should be accompanied by o dog In
time Of war.
Mn. EDISON has finally decided, II
10 said, that tho photograph has lit.
Ito commercial value, that It does
not fill real need. But ut the time
this announcement Is made someone
puts the photograph on the market
In the form Of u watch charm, dem.
onstrating that 1t will after all be
OF use to mankind In Its humble
way. Tho Boston Herald thinks
man assuredly lives too much by SCI
ence when 1t comes to carrying pet
monographs around on the end OF u
watch chain" But such q "still
small voice In the waiscoat pocket"
would be almost us useful as the
watch; It would aid man In doing
his wife's errands ut the dry goods
store, remind him to, post a letter or
whisper to him tho words which one
plans to say and forgots when the
time comes.
An alarming bullAght accident Is
reported by the London Standards
Paris corr espondent to have taken
place In the arena OF Langon, In the
Landes. A superb bull, which had
been let In the arena, rushed, bel.
lowing loudly, at the double wooden
barrier and brought 1t down. A door
having been left open by negligence,
the furious animal rushed into the
street, where some five hundred per.
sons were standing. Making straight
for tho neighboring Cafe de Ia Pedale,
1t put the customers to immediate
flight, upset tho tables, and broke
the chairs and glasses. An old lady
Of seventy years, who was unable to
run away SO quickly rs the other PEG.
pie, was knocked down by the bull,
which tore her skirts with it's
horns. Fortunately, she was not in
jured. The toreadors. gendarmes,
and all the personnel of the arena
had, Of course, followed quickly in
pursuit; but, after a headlong chase
OF over two miles, the bull got into a
wood and disappeared.
ELECTRICITY is now used in 300
mines in tho United States, and pro.
prietors OF perhaps as many Others
are considering it's utilization, says
Engineering Mechanics. A high
Western authority, in commenting
on the probable future Of electricity