The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30
GENERAL ITEMS.

]. 1880. .I..,'s
i l7aas%' a%e '',' '''''s' match was 'n made e
q The first steamboat piled the Hu,
II son IN 1907 Er.'"
I The first telescope was used /
/ England in 1908.
Y The first watches were made /
Nurenburg in ff777.ss''s,s.- ,s.s-s-',s-,,ss.l
: First almanac printed by Geor.
Won Forback in 1860. 9
The first newspaper advertisement
) appeared in 1850.
- Percussion, caps were used in tb,
L. 5. army in 1880.
The first use of locomotive in tbi,
country was in 1929.
Kerosene was first usel for ,ipht.
ing purposes in 1926.
The first copper cent was coined in
New Haven in 1857.
The first printing press in the Uni
ted States was worked in 1920.
Glass windows were first intro
duced into England in the eighth CEN
tury.
The first steam engine ON this con-
tinent was brought from England in
1853.
The first complete sewing machine
was patented by Elias Howe. Jr.. in
1916.
Ninety-three acres of land were
planted with timber in Kan .as last
year.
1t is said the will of Pilot Barnum's
dead elephant, was found in his trunk.
In his case it was stubbornly contest.
ed before he died. Chicago Press.
Last week tue captain of a bay |
schooner, while asleep on the rail OF |
his vessel, fell overheard. He was of |
his guard, and was drowned.-T Balti.
more Sun.
The frightfuIly dirty condition of
Philadelphia 5 streets is due to the
fact that dresses with trails have not
been fashionable for some time
Philadelphia Herald. |
I'VE acquire the strength we have
overcome" said Emerson. The hun.
ter who captured the polecat made a
similar remark .--.T New York ]
Advertiser. !
As the story that an Illinois man
has toad trained to go down hi
throat and come up again on call, il
lenied by the Chicago papers. it is
probably true Boston Post.
Physicians affirm that diseases are
'ften contracted by person becom.
ng overheated. Which is all doctors |
now about it. Heat does not con-
roct it expands.-BostOn Transcript. ,
What with the wickedness of Gin. Z
innati, the bad whisky of 1t. Louis, ,
nd the general ''cussedness'' of Chi.
ago, we don't wonder that "young
'ochinvar has come out of the West" Il
: New York Advertiser.
Building is going on in Philadelphia
fast this spring that the man who =
oes to sleep on a lot at night is liable !
, have roof over his head in the
lorning-that is ifthe police do their =.
uty.-tPhiladclphia Herald. \
At breakfast the other morning a
lew York dude declined piece Of
had. lie had been told that fish food -
Iade brain, and he didn't want to II
nft himself for the position he uccu. :
led in society," Norristown HeraId;
At II reception the other evening
ne Of the ladies present wore = black
plvct dress, on which were sixty solid
old buttons down the front. Every.
Ddy knew they we're solid because she
I'D SOL New York Mail and Tx.
res.
The Sheriff Of Bay County. Mich
named George Washington. The
lly things about him that suggest
le traditional lIatchct are his official
,ts.- Harlem Times. This joke has
st it, edge q. W. has not been
heriff of bay County for some =.
ontls. :,
a gentleman had his boots blacked n
: one OF two boys. and gave the shin. 81
a ~ bill to get changed. After r.
aiting suine time he said to the other y
", where's your partner" "Oh." ~
id the youth. with a grin, "he's : hust
,, an I'm his assignee. e. Church II
Mon.
A 500 sexton fell from high
in NJ. Peters Cathedral, az
ncinnatti. Faster Sunday. and drop.
d right through a s2j,OOO painting
Murillo. Tie painting was ruined.
Dne Of the local papers state what ID
came or the t"n.-rlIurlington ir
awkeye. !
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Take some samphirp, :.
Mixed with capphirc. E
Put II on your clothe-. U
And then no moth
viii touch your cloth. ;,
1.-THE moth has got a nose. ~
-[Puck. ItI
A TOICitixG BALLAD.