The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-03-20
CURIOUS AND INTERVENING.

WHIST and poker players would do
"eii 70 AVOID packs Of green cards 4
young Glasgow physician has recently
discovered the presence Of both arsenic
ana SchWeln1urt green ia the colorinp
OF greenhach" cards. Moist hands
dealing such packs for several hours at
a time, can easily cause toxical acei-
dents.
lHE Bank Of England has no end of
yaluabIes committed to It's KEEPING.
1he vaults OF its establishment hold
molderlng chests, deposited there for
satetys sake. and apparently forgotten
by their owners. III 1873 one fell VI
pletes from sheer rottenness, exposing
to sight quantity Of massive plate and
bundle of yellow papers. The latter
proved 70 be a collection Of love letters
Of the period Of the restoration, which
the Directors We're enabled to restore
to the llneal descendant OF the original
owner.
How sp1TFEs live under water Is
tins explained; The creature goes to
the surface of the water and moves aII
its legs Gusilv, just as ii il were trying
to crawl ont oI the water. Suddenly Ii
gives 8 sharp Jerk or kick, and dives
beneath the surface. It then looks ex-
ac.ly as If ii were surrounded by case
OF polished silver, owing to d bubble of
cir which il has Enclosed beneath it's
long hind legs. Besides this there are
number III smaller bubbles nlicL
cling to the other legs, and which en-
be added e the principal bubble when
needed. Ihis supply q air Is sufficient
70 last the spider tor considerable
time.
j. he erection OF the Pyramids Of
Egypt tire immense stones used were
obtained from tie quaIries III tie Ara
! ban hills, and were carried over tie
river Is i hriigoof beats. They verG
then brought ~ means Of causeYas,
which ot itself it took ten years to eol-
stauet, aud which is said to Lave }cen
a fine work, with its polished stones
add figures of animals engraved on
them. ore hundred thousand men
we're employed At time, and these
we're relieved by tie same A'tmber It
tie end of three months. \ long tine
was spent ii levellng of the rocks on
which the eaifice stands, and twenty
,ears for the eliice itself. The stones
were raised. step by step, ~ means q
Il machine made Of short pieces 81
wood and, last Of ell, commencing
! from the top, tic stones were cenentea
together ly layers Of cement not thick
er than i strip Of paper, the strength q!
which IS improved hy the age OF these
/ enormous materials.
EACH of our features is supposed e
/ have language-eyes, nose and mouth
! Bat the language of hair has been
formulated III tic following o.anner'
Straight, lunk, stringy-loohlng hair "a.
! diaates weakness and coNardlce. Curry
hair denotes quick temper Inzzy halr
set on ones head Is II each lndl
yitlua} hair were really to fight lts
neieilbor, denotes coaraeness. biacF
hair indicates persistent resolution II
1 ACCOMPLISHING al oNject, also aasroAe
frelisrosIti0a to ayenge wrongs az
3aeal.Ireal or fancied. Brown Ian
denotes fondIess Tor lie, friendly
disposltion, ambition, earAcstnesS 2.
purpose, canaeity iar business, re!ia
I..lisg III friendship, la proportion as ttt'
laif s fac. Very tile lair Indicate
an tyen disposition, readiness g fof
GIVE with desire g add e. tie Aafpt
ness IN Others Persons with fine llglt
brown on auburn hair, inclined e 81
or friz. are qqiek-temperod, and ~
rs&-S 81 ~ (r,
given TO resentment ana fes,lib'
LlgAt-hroan hair, inclined to res!!less i.
with frecklel skin, ls Q certain lao.
cation II deceit, treaehery and dlspe
sitiop to dosonethsug mean by ifIen'
who can 10 longer he Hsed to advantage !,
We give tic information as VIZ, We ilna .l.,1' :
/ and L is about as true as saeh tAlng
generally are,