The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-10-04
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Wednesday, October A, 1882.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Facts CuIIed from Here and
There.

-Euglands standing army numbers,
counting all ranks, 1873, 30 men.
-Ontonagon county, Michigan, the larg-
est and richest county in the State, has no
telegraph communication with the outside
world
of the 1,51S cases of smallpox in Chi
cago last year ] ZIG proved fatal. These
statistics suggest an important field for SCH
entific investigation. a e
-Financial. 81 aiThey tell me you have had
some money left you, said Brown, Eyes, "
replied Fogg, sadly. e 1t left me long ago. "
Boston Transcript.
The shortest charge to jury on record
Is the words "How much ?" uttered by an
English judge at the conclusion of a recent
breach of promise trial.
"A st. Louis tobacconist named Bedding
has got fame by carrying off his own six
months baby and having it hidden until his
mother-in-law paid him $4,000 to have It
reproduced.
The Choctaws out in the Indian Terri
tory are afraid of quaeks and have actually
established native examining board to adj
judicate upon the qualifications of all medi-
cine men.
Teachers in the public schools in France
are very seldom paid more than SIS week,
and as the expenses for salaries are now q
little over $15 1000, 900, the Minister of Pub
lie instruction refuses to add to this amount
and so increase taxation.
--London's latest is burying ground for
pet birds and animals. A company has
been formed, called the " Geological Necrop-
oils Company, limited" 1t will erect a
tomb and reception room for defunct house
hold favorites, and will set forth their vir-
tues upon neat marble tablets.
There are Paris dogs which wear on
their collars a medallion bearing the photo
graphs of the fair owner or some particular
friend of hers Cotbumes are tall boots,
made of doeskin. For dogs they are fast
ened with rings of india rubber, and should
be worn by every respectable dog when he
goes out walking.
The Oldest stove probably in the United
States is the one that warms--in the winter
season-the hall of Virginia's capitol in
Richmond. 1t was made in England and
sent to Richmond in 1870 and warmed the
House of Burgesses for sixty years before it
was removed to its present location, whore
it has remained for thirty years.
The new station of the Signal Service on
Pixies Peak is to be of stone, ike feet in
size. Tho work of construction will not be
easy, for everything which goes into the
building, except the stone, must be
packed up the trail a distance Of fifteen
miles, covering raise of 5000 feet. The
station will cost about $4,000.
Dennis Dineen, farmer ON the lower
Lachine road, Montreal is about to sue the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals for having imported sparrows. He
declares they have already eaten up thirty
acres of barley, destroyed his potatoes and
made havoc with early vegetables. He est.
mates the number Of sparrows on the land
ct five thousand
"A sure cure. -McGinnis, who has ru-
ined his constitution by getting drunk again,
went to the sanctum of an Austin doctor
and said: " am troubled with unpleasant
dreams at night. How can I prevent my.
self from dreaming bad at night 7" "Weli,
perhaps, the best remedy for you to try first
is to do all your sleeping before shutdown, "
sold the doctor solemnly. -1eras SJtings.
Mr.. Thomas s. Dana, an educated In.
dian, says: 1.-THE Indians never cook any
thing in the house whore they live. They
cook outside, and they give as reason that
II they cook inside the steam collects in their
clothing and attracts lightning. Whether
this is so or not do not know, but know
that an Indian wigwam is never struck by
lightning, and no Indian has been struck by
lightning in hundred years
I'm France fourteen Jurors are drawn for
each trial-twelve to form the jury and two
to act as substitutes in case of sickness.
The two substitutes are sworn and sit in the
jury box, but take no part in finding the
verdict unless they are required TO fill q va
cancy. unanimity is not required in finding
verdict, but there must oe n majority of
eight to four to carry full conviction.
TT should so like to have a coin dated
the year of my birth, said maiden lady of
uncertain age TO male acquaintance. do
you think You could get one for me?" 81
am afraid not, he replied. These very
old coins nre only to be found in valuable
collections" And yet he cannot see why,
when he met the lady the next day, she
didn't speak to him. Cincinnati Saturday
Night
The matrimonial market -" Lend me
800, Bill" said an Austin sporting man to
another who had recently married. 81
haven't got any money" "Why, I heard
you got 81, 800 when you married" cts
all a mistake. My wife told me when we
first got married that she would not give me
up for $500 in cash. l saw her and raised
her thousand dollars SO that's how the
rumor got out we had 81 500 in actual cash. "
-1eras SVtings
-" What Ais This Heart of Mine ?" Is the
heading to story that is going the rounds
of the papers. We suppose he saw his girl
out riding with another fellow. There Is
nothing that makes the heart get up and
pound ribs and carrom on the other vital
parts and jump up and down like churn.
dasher, and then get tired and keep so still
you think it has stopped beating forever, as
when you see your girl out riding with
another fellow, we are told. -Pech's San.
That the negro is quick to learn is shown
by the following incident related by George
exchange: "A few days ago hog belong
ing to negro in Rockdale county got out OF
the pasture and got into white mans field.
Under the Stock law the owner has to pay
for dalnuge DONE so the white man charged
the negro 81 damages which was the value
of the hog. The negro told the white man
to take the hog, but the next night the hog
got ont of the white mans pen and got into
the negro's field. He got him out, carried
him home, sent for the white man and
charged him 81 for damages. The white
man refused to pay it, and the hog is now
the properly of the negro. The hog has
changed owners twice. and not cent Of
money u, paid OUT