The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

France.
You may give the cold shoulder to the
poor; but let it be Of mutton, says the
Yonkers Gazltte.
Some of the palm trees in Jay Gould
late conservatory on the Hudson were
over 500 years old.
A Nevada critic, speaking of harpist,
said "We never before knew theI was
so much music in griGiron."
The cook who can give sage advice
does not always put the right herbs in
the soup.-Ne'O York Herald.
The military enrolment of Con-
necticut shows that there are in the
State 79,236 citizens fit for military
duty.
Kissing your sweetheart" says
trihing young man, 4" is like eating soup
with a fork; it takes long time to
get enough"
A railroad station would seem to be
the best place for marriage or divorce,
for they are used to coupling and un-
coupling there.
The comparative value OF wood and
coal as fuel is shown by the fact that two
and quarter pounds of dry wood equal
one pound of soft coal.
An Iowa judge, although sixty. eight
wears of age and considered a pretty
well educated man, has entered COL
lege III Boston as a student.
Detroit, Mich, has 800 manufactur-
ing establishments representing an i'm
vested capital of Sl3, 226, 1873, and giving
employment to 1880 skilled workmen.
By investigation at the records in the
treasury, Washington, it is found that
out of the $50 millions registered bonds
less than $50 millions are held by for
eigners.
The Baron Charles de Rothschild, OF
Frankfort, is reported to have just pur-
chased Tor his collection one Of the most
superb and expensive silver gilt cups in
the world. 1t cost $l50,000.
Jute culture is one of the rising in
dustries. In North Carolina alone ], ,9OO,-
900 yards OF jute clcth are used annually
for cotton baing, 1t can be produced
at one. eighth the cost of cotton.
The great glacier which gives rise to
the Zaralshan river in Central Asia has
been explored and recently described by
Mr.. Mushketof, Russian geologist. 1t
is fifteen miles long, and mile wide.
The Empress Eugene is very wealthy
woman, She has estates in Hungary,
Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy and
England. She has, besides, the product
of savings and speculations and the in
surance on the life of her late husband.
Some English sparrows built their
nests in box that had mirror back,
and nearly exhausted themselves fight
ing their own reflections. Failing TO
get satisfaction, they have resorted to
large pieces of gravel, which they take
in their bills and beat forcibly against
the mirror.
There are only $4,000 real estate hold
ers in New York city in a population of
100000. The tenement-house system
is the only resort of the masses, and
about 600, 900 of the population live in
this manner. The entire Fifth avenue,
three miles long, contains smaller
number than some of the more densely
populated squares
A bug has turned up in Asia Minor
which feeds upon the eggs OF the locust
Where a cluster of locust eggs is exam
ined the destro ying insect appears in the
midst OF them. Locusts from time inn
memorial have made themselves dis
liked in ASH, and the new bug, which
is believed to deposit its eggs in the live
locust's body, has general sympathy and
encouragement.
In all German towns OF any conse-
quence occasional exhibitions are held
where new foreign inventions and prod
ucts, which are in any way affiliated to
the local manufactures, are exhibited
and permitted to be minutely examined
by artisans and factory operatives. Any
excellence in the foreign article is
quickly detected and initiated by the
local workmen.
Sameschima, the Japanese ambassador
to France. who has just died in Paris Of
pulmonary consumption, looked aim 81
boyish, although approaching middle
age. His manners were amiable and his
and Madame Sameschima's receptions
were pleasant winter feature of Paris
ian society. The body of the ambas-
sador was shown to few friends in
sitting position and propped up with pill.
lows, as IL was when gasping for breath
he died, and there was in the NOR
tuary chambers service according to
the Buddhist ritual, which Buddhists
only were invited 10 attend.