Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-25
BITS OF INFORMATION.

The crown in England is valued at
e134, 0OO
Guy FAwKEs was executed In 1906.
CROMWELL refused the crown of En-
gland in 1866.
DICE were invented and used extern
sively in gambling 1900 B. G..
LOUISIANA and Florida are the warm
est climates in the United States Min
nesota and Wyoming Territory the cold
est.
The French ascribe the invention OF
billiards to Henrique Devigne, in the
reign of Charles *, about 1871. Slate
billiard tables are very modern.
In the diary of Judge Sewall, under
date of Jan. "a, 1856, it is recorded
that the day was " so cold that the sac
ramental bread is frozen pretty hard,
and rattles sadly into the plates"
"THE apple of discord is a mytho-
logical allusion to the golden apple
thrown into an assembly of the gods by
the Goddess of Discord, on which was
written "To the Fairest," and which
gave rise to contention between Juno,
Minerva and Venus, to the last of whom
twas awarded by the judgment OF Paris.
In 1864 Count Landowners is related
to have discovered person among the
natives of Florida who was believed to have
lived over $50 years, and Maffeus men
lions, in his "History of the Indies"
man who had reached the age of 335
years without appearing at all decrepit,
having his youth several times renewed.
THE use of artificial flowers was intro
duced into England by the wife of Ed
ward iii. She discarded the hideous
head-gear then worn ct the court, and
in its place she and her ladies wore gar
lands of flowers. But the fashion OF
wearing flowers in the hair did not be-
come general in France till 1867.
THE Emperor Diocletian, who died
early in the fourth century, irritated by
revolt Of the Egyptians against the
laws of the Roman empire, ordered that
alltheir books of chemistry should be COM
mitted to thefames, so as to punish them
for their rebellion, by preventing them
from carrying on the lucrative business
arising out of the melting and working
Of precions metals.
The expression "suited to a T P" is said
to be derived from the so-called
T-square, an instrument used by archi-
tects and mechanical draughtsmen in
drawing their plans. As the T-square
is often used to test the accuracy with
which lines and angles have been drawn,
it is altogether probable that the phrase,
"Suited to IT," refers to, and origi-
mated in, this fact.
PHARos was the ancient name Of a
small island off the coast of Egypt, not
far from the ancient Alexandria, and con-
nected with the mainland by mole. It
was famous for its lighthouse. The
building was the frustum of square
pyramid surrounded by large base, the
precise dimensions of which are not
known. It was commenced by the first
Ptolemy, and was finished about $50
years before Christ. The style and
workmanship are represented to have
been superb, and the material was Of a
white stone. It is stated by Josephus
that the light, which was always kept
burning on its top at night, was visible
forty-one miles. This great lighthouse
was probably destroyed by IN earth
quake, but nothing is known of the date
of it's destruction. The tower existed
for 1000 years. For these reasons it
has been classed among the worlds Won
| ders.