The herald., 1897-01-10
NOTES or THE DAY.

II Is being urged in England that natona,
granaries be erected so that III case of war
or in case of the interruption of commerce
by any other cause the price of bread will
not he extravagantly advanced TO the Brit
ish people. Great Britain is so dcnseiy pco
pied that the soil of the island Is entirely
insufficient 10 produce food in sufficen.
quantities for the population. It is esii~
mated that out of every seven ioaves of
bread consumed six of them are made Of
imported wheat. The meat supply comes
largely from Australia, Argentina and the
United States.
It is told of pet cat owned near Augusta.
Me, that, It having manifested symptoms
of acute agony, a surgeon was called In to
attend It. and he decided to administer
ether and make an incision in its stomach.
He found there darnfng needle. Soon af-
ter the cats recovery it had q similar at
tack, and the doctor. repeating his opera
ton, and finding another needle came TO
the conclusion that the cat had, like other
victims, got under the spell of the anaes
thetic. and wanted to have experience with
it. again.
A French audience was curously vic
tmized by lecturer who advertised to
discourse OH the i'll effects Of wearing tight
corscts and to illustrate the evils with "ex-
periments OH two live subjects The hall
was crowded. but as soon as it became
evident that the live subjects We're to be
conspicuous by their absence there was q
general stampede. The audience declined
even to look at the Roentgen ray pictures
that the lecturer offered as a substitute.
The paternal character of the French
government is amuSingly eXemplited in
one of the rules of the Bicycling Touring
club Of France, which, of course, bear the
stamp and seal of the minister of the inter-
ior. No woman. either French or foreign,
can become a member or tour unless FUR
nished with declaration. notarially sealed
witnessed and signed by her father or hus-
band to the effect that she has permission.
movement is on foot in New York 10 do
away with or in some way regulate the
taking of expert testimony in court triais.
The question of expense is a serious one.
this feature of the Marie Barberi trial hav-
ing cost $4,000. while $4,000 was expended
in the trial of DR.. Meyer. the poisoner, a
year or two ago. AS high as $500 a day has
been charged by medical experts.
Gertie Owens, aged 5 years. daughter of
Alvin Owens of Niles few miles north
of South Bend. Ind. is dead. Her case is
remarkable in that she never saw daylight;
never spoke, never stood up or sat up. and
could only hold up her head. Her susten-
ance was two quarts Of milk daily. and she
weighed but fourteen pounds when she
died.
In 1875 the United States was third on the
list of deht-laden nations. and now we are
down to sixth. which means that our condi-
tion has been relatively bettered one-half.
dation of their debts than do the people of
any other nation-43 cents. About sl.150.-
000.000 of the worlds substance goes an
nually for debt.
A careful compilation of the capital ac-
credited to all chartered gold mining com
panies in Canada gives total of more than
1920, ,000, 900. British Columbia heads the
list in the number and wealth of its gold
mining companies. while Ontario, with its
scarcely less extensive deposits of free
milling ore in the Rainy river district.
comes second.
Congress appropriates between $4,000 and
$4,000 annually for the current expenses
of the executive mansion to meet clerk
hire. including that of the presidents pri-
vate secretary, which is $1,000 year; stem
ographer typewriter, telegraph operators,
messengers, door-keepers, a steward and
housekeeper and light and heat.
A cultivated English enthusiast who had
settled" in the Whtechapel district of
London to do good to the people by precept
and example. said recently that the den-
zens of the region came to have kindly
feeling for him, but that obviously it sprang
chiefly from pity. "rhey looked upon me-"
he said. "as an idiot"
Analysis of food is enlisting the services
of Roentgen rays for the discovery of
adulteration. In pictures so obtained of
powdered materials thinly scattered on a
sheet of glass the presence of any of the
mineral aduNerants commonly used is
plainly visible on account of the rays not
being able TO penetrate them.
The city of Pekin contains undoubtedly
the Oldest university in the world. 1t is
called the "School for the Sons of the EN-
pire." The antiquity of the college is very
great. and a granite register consisting
of stone columns, 800 in number, contains
the names of $4,000 graduates of the highest
degrees.
Johnson Knight. a negro, was fined s25 in
St. Louis for splitting tobacco on the stove
and floor of a Citizens railway car Con-
ductor Mountain asked him to stop, but he
refused. Patrolman Dwyer was on the car
and arrested the negro. 1t Is the first arres.
under the anti-spitting ordinance there.
George Thomas of Grand Junction. Col.
died of nose bleed recently. The bleeding
continued at intervals in spite OF all the
physicians could do for him. and he died in
hospital after his weight had become re-
duced from 1870 to 100 pounds. Lifting a
sack of flour caused the attack.
The present king of Belgium is Leopold
H.. who ascended the throne Dec. 10, 1866
The kings Of Belgium are Successors of the
princes of Orange, the first bs(ng Philibert
who succeeded to the throne in 1902. For
a long time they were known as stadt-
holders.