The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-12
Items of Interest.


1900. and Cologne ons TO every 1i.eEyl
Alligators' teeth are nov used :oz but
tons, bracelets. earrings and bangles
They take high polish and are very
durable.
Tie annual consumption Of imported
and domestic cigars Is about sixty foI
every raan, woman AID child IN tie
United States.
A Milwaukee druggist adyeriises tia.
the way porous plaster acts is to retain
the back firmly il place while tie pain
erawls ont between the holes.
One OF Davy Cr9ckett's Old limiting
knives has been presented 70 the Iea
nessee Historical Society. Il has . four
inch wooden handle and six-iEcL blade
Deadly weapons are taken from men
Who carry them into one Of GalgestoA's
ambling and drinking houses a. en-
ployee gives checks for them, and they
are returned on their owners departure
The wealthiest mau IN the world IS tie
Chinese banker Han-Qua Of Canton.
He pays taxes upon All estate of SO,
go 900, and is estimated to be worth
billion tales, which il our money, Wou.J
be about fourteen hundred million dol
lars.
Tie largest room IN the world m.der
one roof and unbroken By pillars. i at
St Petersburg It's dimensions are sleI
hundred and twenty feet long by oae
hundred and fifty feet wide Twenty
thousand wax tapers are required 70
light it.
Explorers have discovered petroleum
III Founosa, aboHt twenty miles to tie
south Of Keeling. AT the latter plac
are the richest mines OF bi.HmlAigas
coal in the Chinese empire. Thus far
the Government has refused permits FOR
tie sinking Of wells.
Ii is the custom u really stylish Nea
York shop girls to carry to their fields Of
labor bundles Of school books, ia order
to convey the impression that they arc
completing their education at some
fashionable institution Of learHiag. IN
stead Of working for their daily bread
Uranium photography Is becoming
popular IN France Tie salts q the
metal are gold, green, aud greeHish-
brown, AID in thin layers prodGce very
delicate tints. For photosraphing for
ests and landscapes they are.saperior,
giving pictures that are nearly perfect
reproductions Of nature.
On Lake Derweutwater, in England al
floating island has made its Appearance.
Il is now Of comparatively small area.
though gradually charging. For years
ago the island was first seen, and rs II
only appears during exceptionally hot
summers, it Is locally regarded as tie
iorerunner Of continued fine weather.
Miss Bertha Higgins has been invest
eating samples OF American and fJreieH
iodide of potassium, as sold i'll New
York, and finds that none Of the speci-
mems Is up to the requirements Of tie
Pharmacopoeia 1t is an important mat
ter, both from a commercial and medi-
cal point Of view, as enormous quantities
Of the drug ase consumed.
1t might be going too far to affirm
that the prehistoric lake dwellers wore
shirts and employed laundresses bat ii
Is fact that there have been found Of
Moerigen bronze studs exactly like the
studs which now adorn the fronts OF
mems shirts, and double buttons in no
way distinguishable from the solitairs
used for fastening Wristbands
Wood pavement is to be given up il
London, and the old McAdaln system
restored The former is said to have not
only failed TO realize the expected adj
yantages, but has led, according to Prof.
Tyndalls report, to serious affections OF
the eyes aud lungs that is by continual
watering, the wood became saturated
with street filth and then, under the in
fueuce Of the hot sun gave forth per
nicious species OF dust.
The San Bernardino (Cal) Lde1 says !.
mammoth bee hive has been discovered
IN the bosom Of the noted peak common.
ly called "Old Paddy" The bees at
work in this wild mountain hive are al.
most innumerable, and they have il
store gigantic mountain Of pure honey,
which il estimated to be $50 feet deep
and 200 feet wide, and contains more
than 500 barrels Of the genuine article.
This is enough honey TO supply San
Bernardino and Los Angeles counties
for several years.
Perhaps the largest prune orchard in
the world is situated one mile south from
Saratoga Cal, and contains 10000 trees
1T Is situated on a gentle slope from the
foot Of the mountain to the Los Gatos
road, and can be taken in at a glance
Near by is the famous Rice orchard, con
tanning fruit and nut trees of almost
every known variety; also the OBauion
and Kent orchard OF eighty acres, for
which $4,000 advance has been offered
aud refused
Paris tradesmen begin to utilize science
for advertising purposes A late notice
reads: Tea aud coffee contain tlnnic
acid, the essential part Of oak and hem