The Morning herald., 1877-10-11

Onlo was originally spelled Oyo
| Envelopes were first used in 1889.
The first steel pen was made In 1880.
Parisians are learning to play base ball
The first balloon ascent was made h
1888 .....
| The first copper cent was coined In New
Haven in 1857.
I Kerosene was first used for lighting pur
poses in 1926.
A Wisconsin mans name il Death !. He
must be reaper.
The first use of locomotive in thie
country was in 1929. ''o.
Young English "lsdies in the country =
smuse themselves by flying kites. -,
Wade Hampton can call over 5000 oiti-
zens of South Carolina by name. ~,
Politeness is s'compound of little sti-
quette with great deal Of common sense.
The Bank Of England had only two de-
positors with largar credits than Brigham
Young. ,, a..
At Marseilles hair dealers employ chill
dren to pick up combings III the streets.
The hair is sold IN England.
Lake Titicaca is 1855 feet above the
sea. nlimani, the highest mountain peak
in Peru, is 21,224 feet.
The ancient Celtic clan system still exists,
the members OF different clans associating
but little, and rarely intermarrying with
those of others.
Two carrier pigeons recently flew q dis
tance of seventy-nine miles in less than two
hours. A strong northwest wind was blow
ing against them.
A colossal statue of the late Andrew John
son is to be set up as q monument to his
memory near his old Tennessee home. III
is of white marble, and is being carved h
Philadelphia.
The hans Of the Abyssinian OF are nearly
four feet long and seven inches In dame
ter at their base. The Abyssinian buffalo
is double the size Of our oxen, and two will
draw as much as four horses.
Maryland was named in honor of Hen
rietta, Queen of Charles l., in his patent to
Lord Baltimore, June 3, 1882. Rhode Is
land was SO named, in 1914, after the island
Of Rhodes in the Mediterranean.
The Sioux squaws are fat, short, stumpy
and ungraceful. Their greetings are stolid,
and they seldom smile. A white woman
in full dress calls forth . volley Of sarcasm,
and side-saddle makos them scream with
laughter. /
The drinking fountains presented to the !
city Of Paris by Sir William Wallace, the
English philanthropist, have proved to be
of such great benefit in the poor neighbor-
hoods, that one win be placed on every
square and avenue before the Exhibition
opens.
The daily average consumption of water
At Saratoga Springs, during tho month of
August, was 1900, 900 gallons. There were
5, 900, 900 gallons less Of water pumped at
The public water-works during that month
than during tho corresponding month Of
1875. |
There was at Diepps, in France, at Last
accounts, An old thrse.masted vessel called
Petrus, built 800 years ago. The stern is
elevated, and the bows are rounder than
hose of the present day. She is staunch,
md still in service. She was built in Nor
way, and has always been employed in the
Baltic and North Sea trades. |,
New Orleans proposes new and shorter
ut to the ocean, by ship canal cut through :
o Barataria Bay-an estuary Of tho sea
hat penetrates far into the land on the
outh coast of Louisiana. The distance
rom New Orleans to the Gulf Of Mexico by
bis route would be only ffty-sight miles,
nd the cost of digging tho canal about
Is, 100000.
Indications of prehistoric people, which :
re plentiful in southwestern Colorado,