The herald., 1897-08-01

to Yokohama in eleven days, and thence
to Hongkong in eighteen. This included
stops. An average speed Of seventeen
knots was maintained.
In the formation of a single locomotive
steam engine there are nearly 5000 pieces to
be put together, and these require to be as
accurately adjusted as the works of a
watch.
The remedial effects of laughter are
really wonderful. Cases have been known
where a hearty laugh has banished dis
ease and preserved life by a sudden effort
of nature.
The expenses of Great Britain are now
about $500 900 GOO yearly, or nearly $1,000 a
minute, but every tick of the clock repre-
sents an inflow of little over SIG into the
British treasury, thus leaving an annual
surplus of about $40, 100000
All the flags for British ships of war, ex-
cept the royal standards, are made in the
government dry docks, and the enormous
number required may be judged from the
fact that in the color loft at Chatham alone
about $4,000 flags are made in year.
| A negro living near Newton, Miss, who
heard his dogs barking one night, found
| that they had killed a remarkable animal.
1t had head like a bulldog, ears like a
mule, legs like a. duck and a tail like an
| weasel.
| The airship craze is said to be nearly as
| strong in Germany and on the continent as
in this country. Prof. Hoffman, an i'm
peria1 councillor, has invented machine
constructed on the principle of dragon,
| with steam propellers which he is conf
| dent will work all right.
| Senator Joseph Hawley, when in the
class of Al in Hamilton, N. Y. college,
was at the head of band of sophomores
who stole the college bell For fifty years
the names of the perpetrators were kept
secret, but at the recent reunion OF the
| class they were made public.
| Zinc ore, of which Missouri is one of the
largest producers, has advanced $S per
ton. The mines in Europe are failing. and
over 10000 tons of zinc ore has been ship
ped from Missouri to Wales and Belgium.
Both zinc and copper are in largely in
creased demand for electric railways.
Report comes from Missouri that the
fruit crop of the state will reach value
of $40 900, 600 this season, which will be
more than the worth of the wheat crop
of that state and Illinois, with the cotton
crop of Missouri thrown.in for good meas
ure. Apples and peaches are the great
staples.
sark the smallest of the channel islands,
| will be the urSt brltlSH poSSeSSioH Ill WHiCH
the postoffice will use the Marconi system
of telegraphy without wires. The island
has now no telegraphic communication
with the outside world, and is often cut
off entirely by the fogs and storms.
The New York Central railroads $780,
900 600 mortgage is being filed in compliance
with the law in the county clerks office
in every county in which the road runs or
leases lines. 1t is filed in the shape of a
printed pamphlet, and special messenger
is going through the states to place it in
the required offices.
Only one sovereign in the world has ever
been I'D in balloon. This event occurred
some five years ago. when Queen Regent
Christina of Spain happened to drive near
field where some experiments in aerial
navigation were being made, and imme-
diately stopped her carriage and asked to
be permitted to make an ascent.