The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-06-13
BITS OF INFORMATION.

TnE population Of Prussia IA IN tho
proportion Of eleven Protestants to soyen
Catholics.
The Revolutionary war cost the
United States Sl35, 1913, 7O3. Great Brit
AIN lost 80, 900 men, incurred debt of
flOO, ,OOO, 600 or $500 900, 900, and lost
her American colonies.
THE selection of Friday rs changing
day probably was due to the supersti.
ton that Friday is an unlucky day and
the fact that the most uAlucky thing
mat can possibly happen to nan is to
to he hung.
THERE is kind of lemon which grows
in Southern Europe as sweet as an or.
hnge, but all other species Of lemons arc
intensely sour.
The term "Gotham" was first applied
to New York city in Salamagundi " "a
humorous work by Washington Irving,
William Irving and james X. Paulding),
because the inhabitants were such wise.
acres.
UNDER the rulings oi the PostJlhco
Department, Postmastcrs are not
Obliged to accept, in payment Of post
age 'tImps or stamped envelopes, wmp-
pcrs, etc, any currency which may he
so mutilated rs 10 he uncurrent, or the
genrineness Of which cannot be clearly
asceriaiuoa. "
DEW Is the condensed moisture of the
atmosphere. During the day, under the
suns rays, water is cxhnlcd from all
moist and watcry places, and is held in
the mir III the form of ynpor. When the
sun goes down the air is cooled. and
therefore contracted or condensed, and
the water is deposited upon cool sub.
stances. Drops Of water on the outside
OF pitcher OF cold water in the summer
is dew.
OcrAyo, also written Svo, is from the
Latin oc!ayus, the eighth, and describes
a book formed of sheets folded in eight
leaves. DuodecimO is similarly derived
from duodecimus, the twelfth, and il
written l2mO. So We have Alto, quario,
16mo, sexdecimo, and so forth. The
terminal follows the Latin form.
The deepest well in the world is said
to be that at Sperenbcrg near Berlin
which was cxcavated in the attempt to
obtain a supply of rock-salt. This was
reached at a depth of $50 feet from the
surface, and the boring was continued
to maximum depth of 4,l9i feet, the
stratum Of salt boring being followed
to a depth Of 1907 feet without being
pierced through, and the boring rlcl,
discontinued on account Of the mcchan.
ical difficulties of the operation.
THE following figures will show the
extent of the United States as compared
with the British possessions i'll North
America:
Cmntrm Square Mites
United States. 3,Gu2 Ss
British Possessions
Ontario. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l"l,d
Qneh. ...'''.''''..''.,''''... .....''., 2l'H
Nova ScotlA ..,.'.'.... ....-......... lSbN
| New Brunswick Observation-Disclosures. 2iUJ
Briuth ooI"moia' '''''''''''''''''''''''''. 2lt W
MOnitola, ,.......... Observation-Disclosures. IGUW
Northwestern and Hudson Bay rcrrtoies 2,2OG ~
Labrador and Arctic Ocean island make
total i.....'.....,'..,......, ...,.,,". 3,5uOWN
To "CuT dido" is very common
phrase. We never hcaad of but one de
rivation of 1t, and that is somewhat
mythical. According to that account
it aIose from the conduct Of Dido, VIII,
was Queen of Tyre about $40 years be-
fore Christ. She fed from that plac,
upon the murder Of her husband, and
with colony, settled upon the northern
coast Of Africa, where she built Garth
age. Being in want Of land, she lar
gained with the natives for as niue
land as she could surround with bull
hide Having made the agreement, sh
cut bulls hide into fine strings, anC
tying them together, claimed as niue
land as she could surround with the lon
line she had thus made. The natives a
lowed the cunning Queen TO have he
way; but, when anybody played off
sharp trick, they said he had "cut
Dido" You can believe as much of thi
statement as your Judgment will allow