Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-16
HERE AND THERE.

The barracks built for European sol diers are generally far better than the houses of the peasantry
 The Central railway of Peru crosses the Andes at place 15,635 feet above sea level, an elevation equal to that of the summit of Mt. Blanc.
 The process of toasting is said to in- duce a peculiar chemical change in the bread, giving it a more appetizing fia- Vor, as well as certain valuable proper tics.
 The Legion of Honor of France was established as a reward for distin- guished services in any line, whether military, civil, scientific or literary It was founded in 1902.
 The British are to coin a silver dollar, for use in Hong Kong, the Straits set dement's and the far east generally, where the Mexican dollar has long been the standard coin
 It is said that the Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain is the godmother of more chil dren than any other woman in the world. She never refuses to act as spon- sor for anyone who has any kind of claim.
 Stockings are first mentioned in liter ature as being worn in Italy about the year HOO. They are alluded to as a great invention and far superior to the former practice of wrapping the feet in cloth .bandages.
 Letter carriers in London sometimes become crazy because of the vast num- Der of streets which have the same name. There are 264 Victoria streets, 241 Cross streets. 240 Albert streets, PIP Church streets and 191 Queen streets.
 A member of the London county coun- cil has begun crusade against street cries in the metropolis. He proposes that the council shall regulate them. and prohibit all crying of wares when it can be shown to be a nuisance to residents.
 A society is reported to have been formed at den-Baden entitled the German Naval union, having for it's ob- ject the raising of voluntary contrbu- tions for the increase of the German navy. Branches of the union will be established in other parts of Germany as we'll as abroad,
 It is proposed to hang a number of clocks along the walls of the big belt tun- nel in Baltimore for the use of the mo- tormen. It would be impossible for them to carry watches, as the electric current necessary to operate the trains would speedily render a watch abso- lutely unreliable.
 At BhattiproIu, thirty miles from the delta of the River tistna, in India relics were found recently containing lidS OI lne DOQy or 6udIdn1a Buddha, which there is good reason to believe are authentic. The inscriptions on the caskets are of a date not later than POO years before Christ, or only 250 years, that is after the death of Buddha and show that at that time the relics were believed to be genuine.
 The velocity of a cannon ball is now measured by firing it through two screens, each one of which has an cleo trical apparatus connected with it. As the ball strikes the screen the circuit is broken and the time at which it passed through each screen recorded on clock connected with it by wire. so that the difference in the time at which it struck each screen is accurately recorded All that is necessary then to work out the problem is to find out how far apart the screens stand from each other.
 A feature of the Cotton States exposi- tion in Atlanta, Ga, will be the produc- tion of a spectacular play based on the career of Hernando De Soto and his band of Spanish cavaliers in the early history of America. A company of New York and Atlanta capitalists has been organized by Mrs. Littleton, with a cap ital stock of $100,000, to produce this spectacular drama. They will build a theater and present in tableauX the TO- mantle and adventurous career of De Soto in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. drawing partly on tradition and partly on imagination.