Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-26
FACTS OF INTEREST.

FACTS OF INTEREST.
London is enormous. but the state
ment that it contains 5000, 900 people
is apt to mislead What is called the
metropolitan area, consisting of land
within a radius of fifteen miles of
Charing Cross, does contain very
nearly that number; but estimating
in this manner from the City Hall,
our metropolitan area would probably
include 100000. To talk, therefore,
of London having 100000 people is
delusive.
The Rev. Mr.. Northcott, pastor of
the Third Cor gregational Church of
Toledo, got ID pay weekly, and the
treasurer Of the church always
handed over lot of mutilated coin
that had come from the contribution
box. AS bar-rooms were the only
places where that sort of money was
taken at par, MIR. Northcott objected
SO strenuously that he finally brought
upon himself the hostility of the
church and now he must go.
A remarkable scene occurred at the
Plymouth Theater, London, February
10th, during the performances OF the
pantomime, creating, while it lasted,
considerable sensation in the house.
During the production of scene en-
'Calro en- Fete" a camel which is sup
posed to be resting in the desert rose
before its proper time. The keeper
compelled it to lie down again, and in
.Jei,ig Sc dranSod his stick. Tne an
-. y Is lsss:-Notee l.. ase again, and wlnlass
the keeper was endeavoring to obtain
his stick the animal sat down upon
him, completely doubling him up in
the presence of the audience. Actors,
scene-shifters and supernumeraries
rushed on the stage aud endeavvred
to remove the animal, and the curtain
was lowered amidst confusion. Al
though the animal was beaten with
guns and sticks it behaved so obstin-
ately that it could not be removed un-
til rope was passed around its body
and the whole of those present pro-
ceeded to pull it away, and eventually
succeeded in so doing. The keeper is
seriously, and, it is believed, morte'ly
injured.
A proposition to open driven wells
in Paramount Park. with capacity
of 1000. 900 gallons of water daily, has
been made to the Philadelphia author
tiles. and in support of the schaue it
is represented that driven wells sup
ply 100000 gallons day in Brook
1yn, 100000 in Newark and large
amounts in other cities. There are
many driven wells in New York, and
not q few furnish large amount OF
good water. But there is prejudice
against drawing drinking water from
wells in cities, however deep. There
would be much opposition to scheme
to increase the water supply OF our
city by opening wells in Central Park,
although not chiefly on Account Of the
trihing injury to the park involved.
The pure water of the Croton river is
preferred to any that may be drawn
from the depths of an island whose
surface bears 30 great a weight OF
impurity as does that OF Now York.
The gliding 80 profusely used for
ornamental purposes at the present
day is said to be silver leaf turned
yellow and golden by the application
OF shellac. The discovery OF the pro-
cess is accredited to a German tin
smith, who, while soldering a sauce
pan, accidentally dropped upon the
metal some of the resin he had been
using. This changed the bright tin
to a sort OF dead yellow, resembling
gold The development Of the OBJ
servation which this humble work
man made years ago is the gliding
process of to-day. Like numerous
other valuable methods, it was dis
couorad hu Incident