Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-03-02
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

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restored BY treaty. as
In 1882. the settlement Of Pennsylra-
MIA was commenced BY William Peon.
The Peras;ns give name to every day
Of the month, the same = We do Of the
week. -
April b % called fan. Apart. the
spring. t.
Ten beats Of . healthy pulse are equal
to nine seconds of time.
The 6rst writer who used slsebraic
signs. was Nursmberger, named Stiff
elias. in 1914. 81.
The least friction il found in polished
iron and brass.
A man Eve feet six inches high, On
level ground or on the sea shore, can zee
about three miles distant.
Black rats are tanned in Germany. and
have bells hung about their nscks. They
drive away other rats.
The Angora ca. has one eye blue aud
the other yellow.
The pip in poultry is disease that pro-
duces a thin 6lm under the tongue.
Perfectly white cats are deaf.
A horse sleeps while standing.
The bones of birds are hollow. and 6l-
led with air instead Of marrow.
Fish and birds caa see through the nic-
titating membrane that they draw over
their eyes to screen them from the sun.
A louse lays sixty eggs or nits in six
days. and matches them in six days more.
The flea, grass-hopper and locust. jump
two hand1ed times their length, in the
ratfTof quarter Of mile to . MAJ.
In the migration Of birds. the males ar.
rive several days in advance Of the fc-
males.
Hair has been successfully transplant.
ed from one part of the body to another
The atoms composing the 'human form
divine" are supposed to undergo IN en-
tire change every forty days.
The pulse of children goes Just double
as quick as in person Of sixty-the one,
one hundred and twenty to the minute,
the other sixty.
Cassada roots are made into bread in
Brazil aud, the starch is our Tapioco.
Wheat and barley grow moro in the day
time than night.
Hops outwine to the left, aad eonvul.
vus to the right
Deciduous trees arc those whose leaves
wither and fall once . year, in contrast
with evergreen.
Extract of lettuce is cure for coughs,
and an effective sedative.
Galena is the native sulphuret Of lead,
and contains antimony. silver and zinc.
Mount Athos. in Macedonis, is a mile
high. 1t has twenty four Greek monas-
teries, with six thousand monks.
The metals retaining heat longest are.
in their order. brass, copper, iron, tin,
and lead.
Quicksilver freezes At $50 below zero.
ether at 47o
A poker laid over = Gre concentrates
the heat Of the passing smoke and in
creascs the drsugh through the Gre.
Frost goes downward, heat upward.
Eggs are h,tched a. 104o Of heat.
The first tragedy written in America
was By Benjamin Coleman. while a stu
dent at Harvard. 1t was entitled Gus,a-
vus Vasa. and was enacted at . regular
commencement of the college Coleman
afterwards became \ notad Boston divine.
The Greeks and Romans had no stand
ing armies in time Of peace. In time Of
war. every citizen was soldier.
The Romans lay on couches at their
meals resting on their left arms and eat
ing with the right. The sexes ate scpar-
ately
William the conquerer Was descended
from Rollo the Danish pirate. in the sew
enth degree.
Fahrenheit. who invented the thcrmom-
eter in 1720. was a Dan,sic merchant.
Bell metal is three parts copper and one
tin.