Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-08-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Engineers have to whistle for their
pay.-PortlGnd Press.
1t is now calculated that the Turkish
war cost Russia $3.50, ,000, 900 and the loss
of 200,0 600 men.
1t is hard for man to maintain his
equilibrium in bank after he has lost
his balance GriSW0Id.
A single stroke of lightning lately
killed an English farmer and ten cows,
one of which he was milking.
GLOW happy l could be with ether,"'
us them with a raging tooth remarked
as he took bis seat in the dentists chair.
The total production of coal in 1877
was estimated at 285, 368, 1916 gross tons.
Germany produced 48, ,337 $50 to 50,000,-
600 for the United States.
The foundation for the meanest man is
laid when q small boy turns the worm
hole in an apple for his companion to
bite from. .-FdyeHe Record.
Nusbaum. Missouri wife murderer,
attempted to kill himself by cutting his
throat, but failed. He completed sui
eide by going five days without food.
No" said Paperwate, explaining;
/" no, | wasn't really mad when the old
man drove me from the house, but L
must say l felt put out.-BoStop Tran
script.
In 1850 the world produced 4,276,8lO
tons of pig and cast iron. In 1878 the
product was l3,907, ,725, an increase, OF
$3.50, ,9I5 tons, OF more than three times
as much.
John says he hates the toad worse
than any other insect. p S.-The rea-
son of this is, John was toed off the
steps by the old man the other night
iSeubenvHie Herald.
A little boy pickedup what he thought
was arather pretty pebble While playing
on the bank of the Little Miami river,
at Waynesville, Ohio, 1t turned out 10
be u pearl, and he sold it tor $780,
A Harrisburg (Pa.) soldier lost his
| hearing during one of the engagements
of the civil war. A few evenings ago he
went into the river to bathe, and While
thrusting his head under the surface OF
the water he thought he heard loud
report. Instantly raising his head he
was astonished to find that his hearing
| had been restored.
A LASS, THE POOR TYPO.
He was printer, mind!
And when he homeward showed,
Remarked he couldn't find
Not find the galley loved.
-Syracuse Times
Saws he, "No bodkin come from that,
i'll stick till she's my bride;"
But when another pressed her form,
Her trailty he espied, ~,
The following are the heights of the
principal monuments, domes, etc, IN the
world: St. Antoine column, at Rome
1876 feet; principal tower OF the smith
sonian Institution, Washington, i4oi
| Traian's column, at Rome, l42; Napo-
| Icons column. at Paris, l5o; w ashlns-
ton monument, at Baltimore, lSVi .he
great obelisk at Thebes, 2OO; bunker
| Hill monument, at Boston, 223; column
of Delhi, 262; Trinity Church steePle' at
New York, 264; the contemplated new
dome of the capitol, 300; dome OF OF;
Paul's Cathedral, London, 32o; tower ot
Manlius, $780, tower OF the cathenral az
Strasburg, 460; dome of st. Peters
Cathedral, Rome 465; Great Pyramid OF
Egypt. 46l.
A cubic inch of gold is worth S2lO; a
cubic foot, $685., $50; q cubic yard,,
80. .T97, ,762. This is valuing it at , .oo
an ounce. At the commencement OF the
Christian era there was then IN the
world S427, 100000 in gold. Ihls nad
diminished to $57,000,0OO at the tine
America was discovered. Then II began
to increase. Now the amount OF gola IN
use is estimated 10 be S6,OOO,Ooo,oUV;
Yet all this welded into one mass would
be contained in a cube OF twenty.slN
feet. This, in the case OF man Perlshl1s
ing from disease, would not OF ltsel
avail him so serviceably as some llttie
shrub growing by the wayslde whlcn
was especially calculated as remeolal
agent in his particular case.
A mission school in Philadelphia has
in its basement large bathing ana
swimming department. There are four
great tubs in which the dirty little chill
dren are free to cleanse themselves. and
to take aquatic exercise under prescribed
regulations. Each tub accommodates
nearly two dozen children at tlme;
The surrounding floors and walls are OF
brick and concrete, so that no restriction
is put on splashing A man with small
whip in his hand stands by during the
bathing hours ready to castigate any. Oh
the Young persons who are unruiy OF Vlo-
lent. To their credit itmust be said that
he is seldom compelled to use 1t, Inc
girls bathe and swim on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays and the boys
i, on the other days of the week, The rule
I is that no child shall be allowed to emer
: the baths more than once a day. Many
! of the boys dodge this rule by eXchahg-
: ING clothes and presenting themselves IA
y such combinations OF costume tnae tne