Daily Republican., 1884-01-17
SENSATIONAL ITEMS,

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There are no less than forty thousand
square miles Of almost unbroken for
ests in North Carolina--pine, chestnut
oak, maple, beech, and hickory timber
in their Rnest growth. Within the
next ten years 1t Is estimated that the
timber alone In North Carolina will
exceed in value the present total valua.
ton of all the property in the State, in.
GLIDING lands. The State grows al
many as nineteen varieties of oak, and
its pine forests are of the hss West.
Luther's wedding and betrothal rings
have been counterfeited by dozens in
| Germany, industrious relic. vendors
having hunted up the sham rings made
for the two previous Luther cOmmemO-
rations. The orr ginals, however, are in
the library at Helmstedt, in the Harz
Mountains, where they were placed by
Duke Rudolph Of Brunswick.
In every house In Japan is little
raised dais cut off from the rest of the
room. This is for the Mikado, If ever
he should come to the house. 1t is, in
fact, AN altar to god who may visit the
place at any time, and becomes little
centre for offerings of beautiful things,
and for the exercise of art In decorating
IL.
A Boston florist furnished 20, 900 roses,
20, 900 carnations of different colors, L.
600 spikes Of tuberoses, 800 punches of
violets, 900 sprays OF heliotrope, g.
600 strings of smilaX, and 1000 yards Of
English laurel for decorations for the
ball given to the Marquis of Lorne
and the Princess Louise in Montreal.
Recently some valuable experiments
in photographing the larnyx and soft
palate at the instant Of singing have
been made. A powerful electric light
was thrown into the throat, The subject
then sang q note, and the actual posi-
ton of the vocal ligaments, uvula, ETC.,
was photographed simultaneously.
During the war of 1912 two kegs of
gold coin were sent from Prescott to
Kingston, Ont, by stage The stage
broke down and the gold was secreted
somewhere near Hog Back Hill. Some
people think the coin may be found
there still, and many holes have been
dug in search Of the missing treasures.
New Tacoma, thriving young town
in Washington Territory, already has
forty lawyers, the total population be.
ing but $500. The local paper says
that each one of the forty came with
the idea that he was TO be the principal
man in the territory, and in due time a
United States Senator.
Mr.. s. G. Hall, In his recently pub
lished autobiography, tells us that he
was christentd by a clergyman who
was 30 deeply in debt that he had a
tunnel made from the church to the
rectory, to save himself fro IN falling in.
to the hands of the bailits.
The Empress of Russia has ordered
winter cloak, the description of which
sounds like one OF Ouida's imaglnings.
1t il said to be Of sable fur, trimmed
with gold, and enriched with precious
stones. The whole will cost $4,000.
In early times the method of execu.
ting erin mails In Holland was TO
contine tn m solely to the use Of
bread IN which no salt was contained,
and which ultimately ocoasioned death |
by engendeling fatal form of dis.
ease.
Adamascobite Is the name of mineral
found only in the State of Missouri. 1t IL
remarkable for its cutting power. With a
fine edge, steel is cut by 1t very rapidly,
the sharpness of the stone being In no
respect diminished.
In Bishopsgate street, London, is eel.
lar where no customer can be served
with two successive drinks at one sit
ing II he wants a second glass he must
20 through the form ofleaving tie place
md returning.
Paper Is now made in Sweden from the
Dleached and blanched rema MS of mos
,es that lived centuries ago and are
now found III enormous quantities
The paper il turned out in all degrees
If excellence.
The Pope is TO be invited to settle IN
New York, according to the Popolo
Romano, which also informs us that
Germany proposes to recommend Italy
~ the future ruler of Egypt.
Murder is increasing in Kentucky.
There were SO in 1882 and 113 in 1883
hus far, with the crimes of the Thanks
living and Christmas holidays yet to
The authorities of Grand Rapids,
Mich, have given orders to the under
akers TO take funeral professions (
through the back st reefs.