Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-15
GLEANINGs.

Six millions of dollars worth Of s;I.
yer is used in this country every wa,
Tor manufacturing and decorative pur.
poses. M
Forty years ago there was only one
daguerreotype gallery in New York
CITY, Now within three miles of Union
square there are not less than 500 pbo-
tograph galleries.
The town Of Newington, N. H.. has
no store, no saloon, no debt, no LAWYER.
no doctor, nobody in the almshouse'
and mo one to modest or make one
afraid" 1t has one church.
1t is estimated that more than 5000
people have moved away from Port
land, Ore, during the last year, and
the town is uncomfortably full of va
cant residences and store-rooms.
Ten pounds of normal alcohol have
been made from six pounds of water
melon pulp. Free sulphuric acid was
added, the mixture was warmed, and
the sugar was changed into glucose.
This product ferments directly.
The number of medical colleges in
the United States and Canadas Is stat
ed to be 1879. OF medical students
there are $4,000, of whom 10000 are
regulars, 1,200 are homeopathic. $50
electics, and 80 physio-medicals.
| There is less blood in cold-blooded
than in warm-blooded animals. The
larger the animal the greater is the pro-
portion of blood to the body. Man has
about gallon and half of blood,
equal to one-thirtieth of his weight,
Englishmen eat at much shorter in
tervals than Americans are accustomed
to. The farm laborer eats four meals a
day, and in some of the baronial halls
in England the tables are spread for
meals at intervals of four hours during
the day and evening.
| Photographic is the name of a new
science just introduced in France. II
| is the act of DISCERNING ting character
by the beard. Close-growing hair in
dicates vigorous temperament; coarse
hair obstinacy; fine hair, refinement;
curly boards, brilliancy, etc.
General Joe johnson, who is now II
years old, does not look over 60. He
IS as straight as an arrow, and the only
sign OF age is seen in his silky oray
hair, which flows in silvery curls almost
to his shoulders, and in his full gray
beard Otherwise he might pass for a
young man.
| A new clock has been invented, and
coming into use in Europe, which is
warranted by its manufacturers to run
for five years without either winding or
regulation. The Belgian Government
placed one in q railway station in 1881,
sealed with the Government seal, and it
has kept perfect time ever since.
Massachusetts has more railroad
travel than any other State in the I'm
ion. The number of passengers car
ried by the roads last year was SO, 0OO.-
600. Pennsylvania comes next with
| 50,000,000, and New York next, with
44,000,000. Illinois, New Jersey and
Ohio follow in the order named.
A novel experiment of carrying a
railroad through forest has been tried
in Sonoma County, California. The
trees are sawed off and leveled and the
ties are fastened on the stumps, two of
which are huge redwoods side by side
and reaching seventy-five feet from the
ground. So firm is this support that
heavily loaded cars pass over with per-
feet security.
Mr.. George Lunt, the old poet. has
found iig tree growing in the seacoast
town of Seituate, Mass, probably
springing from the seeds of fig drop
| ped in the spot, protected by doorsill
| and warmed by a cellar. The tree
dies down with every frost, but for five
summers has sprung up again, growing
to the heights of nearly six feet, but as
yet bearing no fruit.
A great English authority once de-
clared that no good girl would have
more than three proposals. first she
would be too inexperienced to UNDER
stand what was coming to pass; sec
ond offer might happen without her
fault, but the third time she must be-
forewarned. and unless she meant to
accept the man she ought to save him
the pain of refusal.
The streets of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
are very picturesque in the afternoons.
Young exquisftes with single eye-glass-
es languidly stare at daintily dressed
ladies of fashion. Stolid half breeds
| walk back and forth with toes turned
in, while Indian squaws trudge along
with their infants strapped to boards
| on their backs. Mounted police in
scarlet coats and white helmets add
| color to the scene.
A few days ago some dry sage on the
battlefield of Missionary Ridge, near
Chattanooga, Tenn, took fire and the
flames spread with great rapidity. A
stump soon blazed up and in few
seconds roar like thunder reverber-
ated down the valley, and the stump
was blown into ten thousand pieces.
Investigation developed the fact that
three shells were imbedded in the stump
and exploded from the heat.
The old Schuyler mansion in Albany,
now to be raised, was built in 100 by
the wife of General Philip Schuyler,
| and was marvel of grandeur in its
early days. Franklin, Lafayette, Aaron
| Burr, and Rochambeau were among its
| guests. Here Burgoyne was held a
prisoner after his surrender at Sarato-
ga, and in 1881 desperate effort was
| made by Tories and Indians to capture
General Schuyler. Gathering his fami-
ly in an upper room he stood seige un-
til relief came.
The grown-up Mormons are exceed
ingly hard to convert to anything like
orthodox Christianity. But the teach
ers and missionaries who are trying to
evangelize Utah are at work on the
children. who are plenty in that coun-
try Scventy-one school buildings have
been built at a cost of nearly $500, 900,
and dozen or more schools are held
in rented buildings. There are about
$500 Mormon children under anti
Mormon instruction, and they are said
to make good scholars.
In case of extensive burn unhealed,
after six years, DIR. Frank G. Wilson, of
Louisville, KY, in the Medical Necs,
says: ~ made use of three different
kinds of skin gratis, namely. from the
skin of young rabbit. from the hui
man skin, and from the inner menu
brane of hens perfectly fresh egg.
OF the three, he much preferred the
egg membrane as being much more
readily obtained, and one egg will sup
ply any number of gratis needed.
| The great cathedral in the city of