The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-05
CAIPPISes FoR THE CURIOUS.

The PortuRues imported tea into Eu
1spe early In the sixteenth century.
The tomb of Adam is still shown K
trpyelers, about twelve miles from
Damascus.
Christianity was made the national
ralizion of Norway In the year 1000, oJ
Olaf Skotkongung.
A remarkably large serolite. weighing
more than half q ton, recently felI ~
Ak. in the department OF the Haute
Garronns, France.
The ground upon which CINCINNATI
stands Was purchased by J. Z. Symmes'
shout ninety years ago, for slxty-seVen
cents per acre.
The first author who mentions sugar
as produced from boiling the juice OF the
sugar cane is Moses Chorenensis, who
wrote in the fifth century.
A French paper records the case of a
lady whose hair turned from black to
grey within the hours Of 2 and a. N:
during 3 very severe attack of neural
Eia.
Among the Chinese, should the lily
blossom on New YEARS. day 1t is regard
ed as a most happy omen, presaging the
best luck to the fortunate owner OF the
plant.
The worship of Jupiter Terminus,
the god OF boundaries, was founded by
Euma Pempiius, who ordered that
every one should mark the boundaries
OF his land and celebrate sacrifices a1nu-
ally.
Ducks infest Coos Bay by the mill
ions, and are killed and captured in
every conceivable manner by men, wO
man and children. One man has a
homemade gattling gun on the bow OF
his skif, with which he mows them
down in swatks.
The first washing machine was paten-
ted in England in 1851, by John Tyn-
acke it was called IAN engine to be
worked by one or more men for the we'll
and more easy oyling and dressing OF
feathers and cloath"
The hrst trial of TRANSMISSION of blood
on man was made in Paris in 1866. Some
OF = sleeps blood was conveyed into the
veins OF mauiac, who seemed to be-
come more sensible, but who died dur
ing repetition of the experiment.
The odOr Of patchouli was known in
Europe before the material itself was in
trOduced, in consequence of its use in
Cashmere to scent shawls with q view
OF keeping out moths who are averse to
1t. The genuine Cashmere shaw.s were
thus known by their scent, until the
French found out the secret and impOI-
ted the herb for use il the same way.
There is in existence a curious class
OF knives, Of the sixteenth century, the
blades OF which have on one side the
musical nots to the benedictiOn of the
table or grace before meat, and on the
other side the grace after meat. The
set OF these knives usually consisted Of /.
four. They were kept in an upright |
case of stamped leather, and they were I
placed before the singer.
Many singular creatures are known
to science, but probably none Of the low .
er animals have a more remarkable /
method of securing prey than the chae- 4
todian, beautiful japanese fish. See
Ing 2 hy lighted on the surface OF the /
water, this dsh gently approaches, and |
WIZ unerrlnR aim projects a drop Of /
water a. he unsuspecting insect, knock /
Ing 1t from its perch when it is easily Sc
cured.
In an article published IN one of the
Scientific journals on the effects of the
color of glass bottles OH the liquids con-
tanned in them, sOme interesting facts
are stated. 1t appears from this that
liquors contained in colorless bottles,
when exposed for sometime to the light .
acquiring e disagreeable taste, notwith- /
standing the fact that they may have
been Of superior quality before being
thus treated liquors contained in green
and brown bottles, however, remain un-
changed In quality, even if exposed TO
direct sunlight. Since then, the result
in question is due to the chemical &C
tlon of light, it follows that red, orange /
yellow, green or Opaque bottles are es-
sential to the preservation of liquors,
while colorless, blue and violet ones are
be discarded.