The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-08-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Facts, Fancics md C0nceits Picked From
Here and There.


A new variety of potato beetle, described
as being black and from fve-eighths to
three-quarters of an inch in length, is re-
ported to be ravaging the crops in Moorhead,
MINI. The consuming power of the insect
Is said to be marvellous
At West Point, Miss, on the Canton,
Aberdeen, and Nashville Railroad, few
days ago, while boring an artesan well, the
workmen struck poplar tree several feet
in diameter at depth of $50 feet. The
wood is in perfect state of preservation.
"A lad from Troy, while roaming alone
about in the Adirondack woods, lately met
large bear. He did not run away, as
perhaps would have been prudent course,
but leyelled his rifle at tho beast, killing il
with single ball. This was lucky shot,
indeed.
The Farallone Island, not far from tho
Golden Gate, are famous fishing grounds
for San Francisco. A party of twenty-five
amateurs recently went there, and in the
course of a few hours caught 5000 pounds
Vi hOOh Cou utlu ULQeT uBneS.
/ The Digger Indians of California feast
upon grasshoppers and wild honey To Sc
cure the former they make grand drive,
getting the "game into pond of water,
and then catch them In baskets, dry them,
shake the wings of and store them away
for winter food.
There are 400 factories in Maryland ex.
olusiyely for canning fruits and vegetables.
They are mainly operated by and for farm
ers, who thus are able to preserve tho local
products of the soil rs soon as they nre
gathered. Thus the fruit and vegetables
usually sold in the city markets are packed
in tho tins within few days after they have
boon harvested.
rough diamond from the great Kimberly
Mine in south America, partially enveloped
in the lump of blue clay in which it WINS
found, is on exhibition at Portland, Me.
The stone is supposed to weigh about three
carats, and possibly Others may be hidden
In the Same lump.
One method of circumyenting the prohibit
tory liquor law of Iowa has been detected.
A Milwaukee firm undertook to smuggle the
forbidden whiskey into the State by ingen.
ionsly concealing the stuff in imitation
prayer books. But this novel liquor flash
betrayed itself by falling too frequently into
the hands of those by whom prayer books
are generally unused.
Speaking of the tulip tree, writer in the
Providence Journal says; "The leaf is
large, glossy and fragrant. The flower is
as gray as tulip. The bark has n medicinal
virtue which many q mother has found a
sure relief to her suffering children. No
worm is found upon 1t, or can stand the ten
from its bark. 1t is native of the South,
but grows well in our climate"
There were shipped recently from Nor.
ristown, Mimi, to Russia 10000 pounds
(about 700 bushels) of early amber sugar
cane seed. This seed has been purchased
for spring planting in the province of Kriew.
Efforts are also in progress to introduce the
cultivation of sorghum to Turkistan Asiatic
Russin, and the profitable growing of this
sugar-cane in Ceylon is q qestion also under
consideration.
Benjamin Lee, M. D., in the Sanitarion
suggests to the American Tract Society tn
issue of tract on the duty of wearing well
fitting shoes as a preventive of profanity
"Show me mans old shoe, and | wi
write the biography of tho owner" said
disciple Of Lavater; but DIR. Lee carrie
the principle further, and contends tina
the shoe makes the man, not the man til
shoe.
A house, modelled after those in the Lane
of the Montezumas is to be erected in Wash
ington by Colonel Ferguson. who, havin,
acquired largo fortune in Mexico, Ia
chosen the National Capital for his permo
nent home. The dwelling will be larg
square edi6ce, l0l feet long by IA feet i
depth, with central court 4S feet by "a
This court will be covered by glass ROOT
and have fountain in the middle with u
sncircling balcony on the second, whic
will be the upper story.
The theory is advanced by Louisville
KY, physician that the cases Of poisonin
by ice-cream favored with vanilla nre du
to a minute fungus of the toadstool genu
that grows upon the bean pod. He says
the pod is carefully wiped before it is groun
up for aavoring purposes there will be n
danger of poison from its USE. But this Il
after all, only cold comfort for the consum
ors Of vanilla ice-cream. How are they t,
know if the bean pod has been polished b,
The confectioners or not
The portraits of the Presidential candi
dates now appearing in the papers shoul,
not be accepted as proof that the art o
wood engraving is deteriorating in this coun
try. The man who hews out these cuts los
his broad-axe few weeks ago, and has sine,
heen doing his engraving with a crowbar
hammer, and cold-chisel. We can appre
ciate an artists difficulty in catching life
like expression with hammer and cold
chisel. Norristoon Herald.