The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-11-07
Items of Interest.

The Russian BARRIERS practise the old
Roundhead fashion, and really clip hair
by putting bowl over the heads of then
customers and clipping whatever hal,
proudes.
Alberta Tyson, aged four years and 6
half, died in the Camden Town district
of London from the bite of another little
girl The right arm was bitten, and
blood poisoning resulted
Tie Missouri father did not pursue his
clipping daughter, but sent clergyman
on a swift horse to overtake the couple,
ii order that the marriage ceremony
might be performed properly.
Among vegetable perifactions from
Arizona are moss agates in which the
field is colorless crystal and the i'm
prsoned matter brilliant red green,
gray and brown. They are found in
large pieces.
The most saline hot spring in the
world has been discovered at Idaho
Springs Col. The boiling water con-
tains from 81 to 40 per cent of sodic
sulphate, carbonate, and other salts II
is so alkaline that it dissolyes skin.
Discovered among the ruins of the
Zuni and Aztec cities are spindles and
whorls remarkably like those employed
by the Highlanders i'll Scotland. The
position Of some would indicate an an
tiquity of at least 1000 years.
A Boston gnl, finding that she re.
markably resembled the leading actress
i'll theatrical company, found diversion
in ordering a large quantity of finery
sent to her double. and signing thai
persons name to numerous passes.
A Santa Cruz lady has vine growing
III her garden which produces gourds
OF the exact shape, size and color of an
egg. 1t bears profusely, and the ground
about it looks as if somebody's basket
of eggs had been split without any
breakages.
A gentleman said to a friend that fol
years his wife had persisted in saying
that she was only twenty years old
mine is more reasonable" replied his
friend. 81 have succeeded in making
her enter her thirties but have failed tc
make her come out OF Them
A Boston spirit medium was detected
using a telephone in his cabinet. HI
allowed his mouth to be filled with mar
bles and sealed with court plaster. By
attaching the telephone to concealed
wires that ran to a confederate in anothel
part of the house lie nevertheless pro
duced ghostly voices
The stormy petrol possesses a very
large amount of oil, which, when ter
rifed, it has the power of throwing from
its mouth In the Faroe islands the
people draw wick through its body
when it is young and fat, and lighting
the end that projects from the beak, use
it for lamp. 1t will burn for a long
time.
The Oldest and largest tree in the
world, so far as known is chestnut
near the foot of Mount Etna. 1t is
hollow, and big enough to admit two
carriages driving abreast through it. The
circumference of the main trunk is 212
feet. The Grizzly Giant monarch Of
the Nariposa Grove, measures 90 feet
The law about the admission of the
Chinese is SO rigidly enforced on the
Pacific coast that Chinaman resident
in San Francisco found, OH going across
the line into British America, that he
could not get hack without making the
journey to China and return, i'll order tc
obtain certificate chat he was a mer.
chant, and not laborer.
There is a stagnant pool III a Florida
forest particularly lonesome and seclud.
ed Thirty years ago lover was shot
and thrown into it by the f,ther of his
sweetheart, who at once drowned herself
III the same water, and the belief is held
among the people Of that region that no
visitor to the spot eau avoid an intense
depression of spirits, occasioned by the
breeding ghost OF the pair.
Fifty years ago there was a boy in
Africa who was taken prisoner in one OF
the fierce wars between the tribes and
was carried away from his home to be
sold as a slave. After being sold and re-
sold, now for sugar and again for rum,
lie was finally carried away in slave
ship. A British cruiser captured the
SLAYER. The boy is now Bishop Crother,
England's black bishop of Africa.
The largest gold nuggets ever found
were the following: The Sarah Sands
nugget, found at Ballarat. 1t weighed
1870 pounds Troy, or 1850 ounces. This,
at "a per ounce, would be worth &c, 140.
Tie Blanche Barkly nugget dug up at
Kmgower. 1t weighted 145 pounds,
and was worth eG, 900 The Welcome
nugget, found at Ballarat. 1t weighed
1874 pounds, and was sold for e1O, 600.
This was the largest ever found.
Louisiana has the veritable lotos of the
Nile A pond near Opelousas is covered
by the umbrella-shaped leaves of the