The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-01-14
BITS OF INFORMATION.

| The fiddle is spoken of as early. as
1890 a. D., IN the Legendary hfe Of St.
christopher.
CHANois skins are not derived from
The chanois, as many people suppose,
bsit9 are the flesh side of sheepskins.
! The skins are soaked in lime-water, and
m solution of sulphuric acid; fish oil
lspoured over them, and they are care
flily washed in a solution of potash.
| In 1889, when the Federal Govern
Taent was organized, heads of depart
nents received SO, 800 per annum salary.
The principal Secretaries who formed
Washington's first Cabinet were : OF
Slate, Thomas Jefferson of the Treas
ury, Alexander Hamilton of War, Gen.
knox; Attorney General, Edmond Ran
dplph.
| THE heaviest loss inflicted upon the
American arms In any battle of the Rev
| oiutionary war was at the battle of
Long Island q, 900 in killed, wounded
and prisoners. But 10000 Americans
were engaged, AMI the loss was only 20
per cent. At the Battle of Hubbardton,
| VT, zoe. patriots engaged 1000 British
troops, and 324 were killed or wounded
NEARLY 80 per cent. At Guilford Court
House, Gen. Greene lost 1900 out of
4.400-a loss Of 80 per cent.
YELLOW bananas come from Jamaica
and Aspinwall, and the red bananas from
Caba. The yellow bananas sell the best
because they grow more to the bunch
A bunch of yellow bananas averages
about ten dozen, and sometimes they
average as high as twelve dozen, while
i theyred bananas seldom run over five
dozen. The punches are sold at about
the same price, so theretailers can afford
toseQ the yellow ones for less and still
make better profit than they can on
the red ones. The flavor of the banana
depends greatly on the soil in which it
is aised.
/ THE English guinea was so called be-
cause the gold Of which it was first made
was brought from Guinea by an African
trading company. Originally it was in
tended that tire guinea should be worth
| 20 shillings, but, owing to number of
errors in calculating the proportion of
the value OF. gold and SILVER, it never
circulated at that value Sir Isaac New
| ton fixed the true value of the guinea,
in relation to silver, at 20 shillings 5
/ pence, and, by his advice. the crown
proclaimed that in future it should be
current at 81 shillings. SIS
The hanging gardens of Babylon con-
sisted Of an artificial mountain 400 feet
on each side, rising by successive ter
races to e height which overtopped the
wallis of the city. The terraces them
selves were formed of succession of
piers, the tops of which were covered by
fiat stones sixteen feet long and four
feet wide. Upon these were spread
beds of mating, then a thick layer of
bitumen covered with thick sheets of
lead. Upon this solid pavement earth
was heaped, some of the piers being hol-
/ lo4asso as to afford depth for the roots
of the taLlest trees. Water was drawn
from the river to irrigate these gardens,
which thus presented to the eye the ap-
pearance of a mountain covered in verdi
ule.
! The day upon which any historical
event referring to the Christian era hap
pened may be determined by the follow
ing rule : 1. Subtract ] from the date
and divide the remainder by 400. 2.
Point off the centuries from the result
ing remainder and divide the odd years
By 4 8. Multiply the resulting quo
tent by and to the product add the re-
mainder. 4. From the sum subtracttwice
the number of centuries pointed off and
divide the remainder by 7. 5. Add the
resulting remainder to the day of the
year upon which the event happened
/ and divide the sum by 7. 6. To the last
resulting remainder add l. Then will
the sum be the number of the day Of the
week required. When the first quotient
is zero, or when it is l and the centuries
pointed off 8, unless there be remain
der, to avoid negative results, add 81 to
the date instead of subtracting ! from it.