The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-23
What is Meant by Limit
cd" Corporations.
A Very Strange Bird and the
Way it Calls for Food.
The Hc,lthiest City In EUROPA
Canary That Grew New Leg.

The word "limited which we see
quite frequently now in connection with
firms aud corporations, is of compara-
lively recent introduction into this coun-
try and It's significance therefore is not
very generally understood. Explaining
the meaning of tho term rs now applied,
lawyer says it originated in England.
and almost every business concern there
is limited copartnership. OF all tho
cities in this country Philadelphia has
more limited partnerships than any
other, though there was not one there
twenty five years ago. Philadelphia got the
idea during the centennial, and 10 hav-
ing been found by experience TO DO a
good thing, IL has grown constantly. 1t
means that those Interested in firm are
only Interested TO limited extent; that
Is. only to the extent in which IL Is stated
in the articles of Incorporation. The
limit of one member of a firm, therefor,
may be 5000 while the limit OF another
may be ten times that amount or one
tenth, or any other part. Thus in the
firm of Brown, Jones ~ CO., limited,
Brown may have three-fourths OF the
stock. and Jones and the others the re-
manning fourth. It limits the response
bility, as it makes a member OF the firm
liable only for that which Is named IN
tho articles Of incorporation. In this
klnu Oh COrpOTutlOHs UT DIIHS tiiS low
which allows them to limit their respon-
sibility also requires that the word "lim-
tied" shall always be used in naming tho
firm, so that all may know exactly thar
though there NAV be n large number OF
very heavy men financially interested in
concern, their interest and responsibility
are limited. 1t is a fair thing ali round,
for IL prevents the use of big names
which have sometimes been used to boom
enterprises and corporations, when in
reality the owners of tho names have had
but little interest in the concerns.
The strapgest bird that ever reached the
Philadelphia Zoo" arrived there from
Brazil recently. It is the bell bird, fat
and pudgy, curiously marked in its plum
age, and about the size of a small pigeon.
It's most striEing characteristic Is its
wonderful voice, from which it gets its
name When hungry, the bell bird squats
on its launches throws its square-cut
bill MP toward the skies, and utters its
peculiar resonant notes. The song Is
not unlike the sound produced by striking
a hammer on an anvil-clear and ringing,
so penetrating that it can be heard
throughout the gardens. There Is no
let-up In the cries until the Keeper re-
spends by bringing cream nuts, the food
on which the bird thriyes in its native
forests. Tho creature is a great consumer,
often making away with quart OF nuts
IN a single day. 1t breaks the hard shells
e1sily IN its viselike beak. After stufliDg
itself IL rests contentedly until the pangs
of hunger are again felt, when the bell is
rung.
The Military Order of Foreign Wars OF
the United States Is one of the many
organizations that have come into exist
enco in recent years, as the result of "a
sort OF revival of patriotic pride. While
some OF them incidentally afford oppor-
tunities for the display of genealogical
records they all tend TO strengthen
patriotic interest in our national past
and 10 bring all sections closer together
in the present. The Military Order Of
Foreign Wars Stands for the needed aud
honorable principle of national defense
against foreign aggression" and "coyers
the period Of American history since
national Independence Companionship
is limited to participants in actual war
fare. or TO direct descendants, in the malo
line only. from commissioned officers
who took part in foreign war of tbs
United States. The order includes in it's
officers and membership many of the most
men of all sections. and
should form another patriotic bond OF
union between the different parts Of tho
country.
According to statistics recently pub
lished by the Belgian government Frank
fcrt-on Main holds the record of healthful-
ness am ong European cities The NOR
tulity among it's inhabitants is smaller
than In any other city of the Old World.
being only 10. o a Thousand. The Hague
follows next with 16 8: then comes Edn-
burgb. with 1915; Stockholm and Genoa,
with II; Copenhagen, III; Turin, 172;
Amsterdam and Hamburg, l1S; Berlin,
IS; Rotterdam and Nice, 1S5: London,
1873 and Brussels. 1879. 1t is curious to
note that Mica. which is ordinarily ro-
rarded rs one of the chief health resorts i'm
Europe, has a larger pro rata mortality
than either Berlin, Edinburgh or Ham
burg
1t Is not only invertebrates that havo
the privilege Of seeing the renewed growth
of any part of their body. which may have
suffered amputation. This phenomenon.
known as regeneration, also takes place I'm
birds. II we are 10 believe writer i'm "A
scientific paper. who quotes u curious case
of the regeneration of tho foot OF a canary.
This canary had been seized by tho foot
by a tame crow, which occupied an ad-
joining cage, and the lower part uf the
leg was wrenched off. The canary did
not die. however, and managed TO get
along with only one foot. short time