Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-07
GENERAL NOTES.

AN English medical journal says that
there are from one hundred thousand to
two hundred thousand hairs on lady's
head.
OF the forty three graduates of West
Point this year, four were assigned to
the engineer-corps, fifteen TO the artillery,
ten to the cavalry, and the remainder to
the infantry.
THE people of Georgia were excited a
few days ago over the supposed discovery
of a gold mine. 1t was afterwards found
that the deposit consisted of gold foil
stuck around the rocks with mucilage.
AK invention for steering vessels by
steam has just been perfected, by means
of which one man can do in ten seconds
what it requires eight men to perform in
a minute and half under the old Sys-
TEN.
The latest rage in England is the
wicker coffin. No one has made an
actual trial of one yet, but everybody
who is anybody has gone to see the ex-
hibition of samples at the Stafford
House.
THE occupants of six hundred shanties
along the lines of New York railroads
make living by planting corn and
potatoes between the rails and the
fences. 1t is said that nine thousand
acres are cultivated in this way.
PAPER is now used very successfully
for making buggy-boxes, baskets, betting
for machinery, boats, clothing, house
hold utensils, etc. For buggy-boxes its
utility is highly appreciated, as there is
said to be no danger of its shrinking or
cracking.
AT the Westminster Palace Hotel, in
London, mosquitoes have recently become
a great nuisance. At last small pool
of green, stagnant water was discovered
near the building. This was removed,
and the mosquitoes at once disappeared,
and have not since returned.
A MARKET for the sale of old clothes
was opened the other day in Glasgow by
the municipal authorities. Themarket is
the largest of the kind in Great Britain.
The rent is e2,000, and the receipts
amount to 10000 per annum. The
trade is chiefly in the hands of Irish
people.
ONE of the greatest curiosities in Japan
to the stranger is the wonderful variety
of coins that are used daily. In some
instances it takes one thousand pieces to
make one dollar. These are called
"cash," and are seldom received by
foreigners who, as general rule, refuse
to take them in change.
Two prominent business men of
indianapolis entered a sleeping car to go
to Chicago, the other evening, ana
passed the night very pleasantly, having
high opinion of the smoothness Of the
road; but on waking next morning
found the car standing in the depot where
it was when they fell asleep, the train
having been kept back by an accident.
A sTATIsTICIAN says married women
live two years longer than spinsters
An exchange, therefore, charges that
every man who refuses to marry shortens
some woman's life just two years, and
thus practically commits homicide, and
follows up the allegation by calling on
the grand juries to find bills against
bachelors over thirty years old.
SAYS RICHARD GRANT WHITE: have
remarked one fact which ] have never
seen recorded, and which on mentioning
it to accountants and teachers, l have
found to be new to them, TO my surprise,
that the combinations of always pro-
duce figures which are either 8 or the
sum of which is 9. Thus: 9, Is, %,
sc, As, "a, IS, y, 81, 90, so, los, III, l26,
and so forth. The reason of this re-
markable fact l do not pretend or hope
to understand; but it is none the less a
safe guide {.