The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-07-29
ITEMS of INTEREST.
Facts, Fancies and C0nceits Picked From
Here and There.

ITEMS OF INTEREST
Facts, Fancies and Conceits Picked From
Here and There.
good mechanic gets "a week in Hol.
land.
All the servants at the White House are
,olored.
Savings banks are almost unknown in the
South.
The mills of Spain grind slowly and are
turned by mules.
Pittsburg turns out IS, 600, 900 bottles and
walls every year.
The colored women of Mobile have or
ganized an art association.
The cattle ranches of the West occupy L.
365, 900 square miles of land.
Gloucester, Mass, has at present ITO
schooners engaged in the mackerel fishery.
There are now over 100000 stoves in
use, and the average life of stove is five
years.
At cattle-killing match at Sacramento
recently one man killed and dressed seven
cattle in forty-seven minutes.
Certain snakes have been observed to ut
ter cry like that of young puppy, on re-
ceiying an electric shock.
The women engaged in the manufacture
of cheap Bibles in London are worse paid
than almost any other wage workers there.
A law firm in Dubuque, Iowa, is Foster
Foster. The senior party is Mrs Ellen
Foster and the junior is her husband, first
name not stated.
The Mexican stage coach always has two
drivers, one to hold the reins and the other
to do the whipping The latter carries a
bag of stones to throw at the leaders
The cities of marvellous growth are moi
all in the West. Baku, Russian town on
the Caspian, had twelve thousand inhabi
tants in 1874 and thirty-eight thousand In
1883.
The white residents of Brunswick, Ga,
have placed monument over the grave of
Steve Wright, negro hostler, who lost his
life at o fire in December last while endeav-
oring to save their property.
The museum of st. Petersburg has bank
note, probably the Oldest in existence. 1t
is of the Imperial Bank of China, issued by
the Chinese Government, and dates from
the year 1899 before Christ.
In Norway every holder of public Office is
obliged to declare his adhesion to the Lu.
tleran or State Church, but this requirement
does not prevent persons who disbelieye the
doctrines of that Church from obtaining Of
fetal positions No scrutiny is made of
their professions.
Experiments made in the Paris hospitals
show that sulphide of carbon is the best
agent to restore the normal action of the
bowels in case of cholera. 1t has restored
to consciousness in thirty seconds hysterical
patients who were previously insensible tc
even the prickling of needles.
A Georgian lost a society badge some
twenty years ago and the other day saw il
upon the straw bonnet of negro woman
who was passing along the street. The wo.
man said she had been given it some months
before by another negro woman, and that
it had been worn as highly priced bonnet
ornament.
Water can be boiled in piece of paper.
Take piece of paper and fold it up as
schoolboys do, into square box, without n
lid. Hang this up to walking stick by
four threads, and support the stick on
hooks or other convenient props. Then q
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dainty caldron. In q few moments the watel
will boil.
In the Frsnco-German war, out OF Go, l6
Germans killed, but 2ls were killed b
sabre and dubbed musket The killed b
the sabre in six months, including Worth
yiopville and Sedar. together with the bat
ties cf the Loire and the northern provin
ces, as well as in the outpost services, ex
tending over nearly half of France, wcr
six, notwithstanding there were &C, 900 cav
airy engaged.
The design of the American flag wa
adopted by Congress June II, 1777. TIL,
stripes were first used in n flag which wa
presented by Captain Markoe to the Phila
delphia City Troop In ITS, and Is still il
the possession of that organization. In i
the stripes appear in the upper left hand
corner, where the stars now are. Where
the stars come from, or who suggested
them, is much disputed but little known
problem.
Lightning has killed 1909 persons il
France since 1885. An equal number have
been seriously, though not fatally wounded
and five times M many struck. The hol
years were the most fatal, and these are re-
markable as having been the best wine sea
sons. There has not been a single death
from lightning in Paris or the Department
of the Seine since 1854, though there have
been many violent storms there during thal
time. gtM