The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-07-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Facts, Fancies and Conceits Picked Froi
Here and There.


Here and There.
The largest cotton grower in Southeast
Arkansas has between 5000 and 5000 acres
under cultivation.
From strawberry farm opposite Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, no less than $1,000 pounds
of berries were shipped during the past sea-
son.
Watermelons are profitable crop in
Georgia and other Southern States, and an
average return of $3.50 per acre is not I'M
common.
The death rate of the State of Mississippi
is officially given as thirteen per thousand.
This is certainly low, in spite of q large
negro population which habtually defes
ordinary sanitary precautions.
A ten-pound sack of gold from the Blake
ley claim at Plattsville, CAL, is said to look
very tempting The precious metal is
found in coarse grains and nuggets; one of
the latter, worth $780, having been recently
taken out.
The imprudence of keeping pet bears was
illustrated the other day at Susanvillo, Cal.
Six bruins got out of their pen and killed q
number of cattle and sheep, for the value of
which the owner of the bears is held respon-
sible.
II has recently been proposed to prevent
petroleum fires by placing bottle of am
monia in each barrel of tho oil; on ignition,
by accident or otherwise, the bottle would
break, and the effect of the ammoniacal
yapors would be to extinguish the fires.
Two negro women of Concordia Parish,
La, recently fought duel, the one having
revolver and the other shotgun. II was
believed, however, that both antagonists
shut their eyes during the firing, as neither
was hit.
Every one has heard of condensed milk,
but condensed, or rather solidifed drinks
Of moro potent nature are novelty. An
ingenious French chemist has discovered n
method by which any wine, spirit, or malt
liquor can be solidifed into q cake, like
chocolate, and 80 conveniently carried about
in the pockets of the thirsty.
possible clue to the sudden fatality pro-
duced by chloroform in some cases, even
when administered by the most cautious ex-
perts, is furnished by the just published OK
periments of M. Dubois, of Paris, who finds
that this agent acts with extraordinary RI.
pidity on criminals after the introduction of
alcohol into the system, and terminates in
death with startling abruptness.
Wny,ay, 1,otb Il, Tees. M o,,1 ,,;a..a..I..l
have far more important role in the family,
among the middle and lower classes, than
with us. The female, though not exempt
from hard work, undertakes the thinking
and managing department in the family af-
fairs, and the husband is but the exective
officer. In Switzerland especially the TO-
male is notably superior in manners habits,
tact, and intelligence to the husband
Many people who like TO have flag dis
played over their villas and business places
are guilty of tho practice of never taking it
down. This is altogether against flag eti-
quette. The colors should be raised to meet
the sun and lowered when he disappears
under the horizon. Besides, bunting soon
rots when 80 improperly exposed; and,
moreover, to leave flag out over night 10
declared by the superstitious to be an inyi-
tation to ill-luck.
The negroes at the South have the habit
of giving up Saturday afternoon to pleasure.
In the days of slavery the lqnient masters
were accustomed to reward the industrious
field hands by letting them leave their work
at noon on Saturday to go hunting and fish
ing, much to the envy of those who belong.
ed TO harder owners. Now that oil are free,
the half-holiday Is always taken and business
and worldly cares are forgotten.
It is true, says the Providence Star, that
$4,000 Indians are still in possession of
100000 square miles of territory in the
West, but can anybody point to q single in
stance in which tribe or band of Indians
has been allowed to retain tract of LAND
after the white people have discovered that
il was valuable either for farms, grazing, or
mining? 1t is only desert land that tho In.
dams are allowed to hold undisturhed.
According to the Silver City (Arizona,,
Apalanche o genuine diamond field has been
found not more than fifteen miles from tina,
place. The discoverer thinks the diamond
area quite large. He has kept his good for
tune secret for some time and visits his
treasure only by night, He promises, how.
ever, to give the public information as to
the situation Of the new discovery just as
soon as he secures oil the ground he wants
for himself and friends
The latest and most curious phase OF
sport is the post-hole digging pastime. A
man in Scotland sets himself up as the
champion post-hole digger of the world,
proudly exhibiting his well substantiated
record of seyenty-nine post-holes, three feet
deep. in one working day. This brilliant
achieyemept y not likely to be surpassed.
At any rate, there would be greater risk Of
losing the championship if the test were
reversed, md made to depend upon tn,
minimum number of holes instead Of tn,
maximum that workman might dig in {