The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-03-04
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Horse leather is largely used in Ger
manylfor making boots.
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam is
supported on 13, 695 piles.
ALGEDRA originated about the middle
of the fourth century of the Christian
era.
Man is the only living creature that
can walk or stand erect IN perfect
manner.
AlTHousH the aborigines of America
had 450languages, a thread of connection
runs through them all
EowER CALfFoRNIA, which belongs to
Mexico, Is n bleak and almost barren
country, but little populated
The first dissection of the human
body for promotion of the cause of science
took place at Alexander, Egypt 50 Is. @.
sFlEFsslsss .hoissallsl f,e1sons sSsere. killed
or injured by the fall of ON amphitheatre
ut Friden, near Rome, in the time Of
Liberius.
Ok Prices Hill, Dorchester, near Bos-
ton, stands n house built in 1910 1t Is
still occupied by the descendants of the
builder
THE Gatling mitrailleuse has discharged
as many rs 6J7 rounds in two minutes
The Martini Henry rifle has fired %
rounds in a minute.
THE Roman Colosseum was able to
seat l02, 900 spectators In its center
was an arena PSI feet bv 1T6. Its height
was $50 feet, and it was covered with an
awning.
A,rULErs Of stones, metals, strips of
parchment. animal preparations and
other articles have been worn by those
who believed IN their ability To charm
away sickness withcraft ana other evils.
TIE Anaconda of South America is
sometimes over 80 feet In length. and Is
called the water serpent from frequentiug
swamps and rivers. The natives kill it
for an oil which Is obtained from its
carcass.
Is the skeleton OF an adult there are
about 200 bones, but in the child they
are more numerous. for in the process Of
consolidation of the skeleton certain
bones originally distinct become fused
together
MANS spinal column is n very power
fu structure, being able to hold up not
only the weight cf his head and body.
bat of all the burden which he puts on
the shoulders or back or takes in his
hands or arms.
AN1URATH ", a Sultan of Turkey
captured the city of Bagdad, in 1888,
and disgraced his victory by slaughter
ing 30, 900 Persians in cold blood He
died at the age of %, after n life Of al
most perpetual inebriation.
RIFLED guns have pretty generally
surpassed smooth-bores in the arma-
ments of all civilized nations Elongated
projetiles, which are impeded by the
resistance of the air much less than
spherical ones, being in all cases EN-.
ployed
TIE awkward Mexican language when
literally translated makes some serious
showings. For instance. the Mexican
says 'I-flesh-eat' rs a single word, or if
he wishes to emphasizes, ''I-it-eat the
flesh. Or, "I-it-turn-give, the bread,
my son, " for Il give my son the bread.
ANrURArH or Murad l. Sultan of the
Turks, 1860 50, was a great statesman
aud conquerer, but was SO destitute of
literary culture that hesigned his treaties
and State papers 10y dipping his hand in
ink. and impressing the mark of three
fingers together, with the thumb and
forth finger at n slight distance at each
side.
MACHINES in n watch factory VIII cut
screws with $50 threads to the inch-the
finest used IN the watch has $50. These
threads are invisible to the naked eye,
and it takes IA, 900 of the screws to
weigh a pound. A pound OF them is
worth six pounds-Of pure gold Lay one
on piece of white paper and it looks
like tiny steel fling.