Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-10-18
FACTS FOR The CURIOUS.

The domestication of buffalo calves is
being attempted in Arkansas.
The new postage stamps cost the
United States government nine cents per
sheet of /, 600 stamps.
The climate of Western Nebraska is
said to be growing more rainy, because
Of the great cornfelds, which act a.
miniature forests.
In the eleventh century Frenchmen Of
fashion wore their hair, mustache and
beard in style meant to simulate a
waterfall The hair was cut evenly
around the head, the mustache was heavy
and dropping and the beard long and
pointed.
A man living in Minneapolis has pet
pig which follows him about like dog.
At one time pigs were made pets Of Ly
Spanish ladies, and very, very long ago
dogs and pigs roamed the streets Of
towns in England and Scotland, and
were petted alike.
The editor Of the Albany (Ga.) Nesss
and drA'7---fs' been presented ter
rapln or turtle of some kind in perfect
state of petrifcation, being as hard and
almost as white as a piece of solid marble.
1t weighs about pound, and on the out
side all the marks of terrapin shell are
plainly to be seen. On the back Of the
formation is the imprint Of star fish,
which is almost as plainly marked a. the
terrapin is.
Among the most authentic instances Of
sudden change taking place in the
color of the hair is that of sGuarino
Yerones, ancestor of the author of Pastor
Fido,' who having studied Greek at Con
stantinople, brought thence on his return
two cases of Greek manuscripts, the
fruit Of his indefatigable researches; one
Of them being lost at sea, on the ship
wreck Of the vessel, the chagrin Of losing
such literary treasure, acquired by %
much hard labor, had the effect Of turn
ing the hair Of Guarino gray in one
night"
Guinea-fowl have five distinct calls.
The cluck of the hen is in higher pitch
than that of the barn-door fowl, and 50
is the call of the cock when he wishes to
summon his family to some delicacy.
Warning of danger is conveyed by an
exclamation Of "kitti- -Htti-kitti- -kitti,
which, when taken up by whole flock,
resembles a concert Of kettledrums. The
fifth note is that Of interrogation. Per
haps hawks shadow skins across the
ground, and the Gallinus take refuge IN
the cover. There is absolute silence till
there is reason to suppose that the peril
is over. Then one little waited head
after another is poked out of the foliage,
and high-pitched note uttered softly
leaves no doubt that they are asking
other if all is right.
ne HuIlaH puASe las Fdlnef W1ut
range, but the general average may be
put about as follows: At birth, 40; at
two years, 100; at from sixteen to nine
teen years, so; at manhood, IS; old age,
60. There are, however, great variations
consistent with health. Napoleou's pulse
Is said to have been only "A in the min
ute. A case is also related of healthy
man of eighty-seven whose pulse was sci
dom over 80 during the last two years af
his life and sometimes not more than 26.
Another man Of eighty-seren years Of ~
enjoyed good health and spirits with Y
pulse Of %, and there i also On record
the curious instance Of a man whose pulse
in health was never more than 45, and to
be consistent in his inconsistency, when
he had fever. his pulse fellto 40, instead
of rising, as IS usual.
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II is believed that whales hunt out llia
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