Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-03
BITS OF INFORMATION.

- WHEN "18-carat gold +" is mentioned
or is stamped upon watch case, it init
mates that-A carats representing pure
gold there are six parts alloy to eight
cen of gold in the article.
The material used for producing the
colored faces of circus clowns is bismuth
for white and Chinese vermilGon for red.
Before either is applied cold cream is
rubbed on the skin.
THE largest State in the Union is
Texas. It contains 274 ,356 square miles.
The largest States east of the Missis-
sippi river are, in their order, Florida,
Georgia, Michigan and Illinois.
COLUMBUS regarded his discoveries in
America as portions of Asia, ga delu-
sion," says one of his biographers, un-
der which he labored till his latest hour
and hence he called the inhabitants
(of Cuba, Hayti. etc., Indians.
AN acre contains 4,840 square yards.
A square mile contains GAO acres. A
mile is5, 280feet, or ], 76O yardsin length.
A fathom is six feet. A hand (horse
measure) is four inches. Apalm is three
inches. A pace is three feet.
TIE three golden balls, which were
once the symbol Of the great Medici
family in Italy, became the embellish-
ment of the standard of the Lombards.
In Britain's early days the fugitive LON
bards settled in London, were the
"goldsmiths" of that city and the lend
ers of money to the crown, and of course
they had the insignia of their nation over
their doors. Hence the money-lenders
of the present day use the sign.
The potato is a native of Chill and
Peru. It was originally carried to En-
gland from Santa Fe by Sir John Hawk
ms, A. D. 1868. Their general introduc-
ton is usually set down as in 1892.
Their first culture in Ireland is referred
to by Sir Walter Raleigh, who had large
estates in the county of Cork. A fine
kind of potato was first taken to England
in 1765 by Mr.. Howard, the "patriot Of
every cline" He cultivated it at Card
ington, near Bedford, and soon after its
cultivation became general.
THE language Of England previous to
the invasion by the Romans under
Claudius Caesar, A. D. 43, was Celtic;
and from that stock have sprung the
modern Welsh, Irish and Scotch, and
the recently extinct Cornish. During
the Roman dominion the language grad.
ually became Latin. From the estab-
lishment of the German tribes in the
island CA. D. 450) down to the time Of
Henry LII. (about A. D. 1850 the Ian
guage of England was Anglo-Saxon.
From A. D. 1850 to A. d. 1850 the Ian
guage is called old English; from 1856
to 1850 it is called middle English;
since 1850 the language is called modern
English.
THE President has no title whatever.
He is not Honorable" like the mem.
beers of Congress, or State Senators and
Judges of the superior and inferior
Courts he is not ellis Excellency, -
like Governors and Ambassadors. He is
simply "the President. This is not
only matter of usage, but it has been
settled by Congress. A proposition was
made to give an official title to the Presi-
dent, and the one that was received with
the most favor was ellis Highness the
President of the United States and the
Protector of their Liberties. But after
discussion it was decided that the title
should be the President.