The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-04-08

Facts, Raseies and Conceits Picked Frou
Here and There.
Illinois spert 81 600 600 for charity lasi
year.
Spiders are said to eat twenty-six times
their own weight each day.
The most delicate watch wheels are now
made Of paper pulp in Germany.
A Rockingham, N. c., gentleman has e
pair of elks that he drives to a buggy.
Three lepers were recently captured with
in one week by the Coroner of San Fran
cisco.
An American church costing $250,00d
has just been consecrated in Dresden, Ger.
many.
Mail bags from Cincinnati were recently
delivered in Berlin in the short space OF
eleven days.
The schools Of Venezuela are supported
by the Federal Government from the reve-
nues of the Post Office and trade license
system.
0glethorpe, Ca, claims TO be the only
ideal town in the United States for the sim
pie reason that not solitary young man in
1t chews tobacco.
According to conservative estimates, there
are 6, 600 900 colonies of bees in the United
States, which annually yield 100, 1000, 900
pounds of honey.
Mary is the most common Of all names in
England, there being 1919 out of every 5o,'
900 individuals answering to it. William
comes next, with $3.50.
A Batavia, ILL.,, jswellor missed a fine gold
watch from his showcase and discovered it
in the possession of young lady on whom
DE was calling. Her lover had stolen it and
presented it to her.
A queer old man, who formerly lived in
Northern Illinois and was looked upon as a
crank, has received large sum of money
from Krupp, the German gun manufacturer,
for valuable discovery in projectiles
Recently at Lincolnton, Ga, the postage
stamp on the envelope Of an apparently in.
nocent epistle was accidentally removed,
and under it was discovered warmly affec
acters.
A lady in the st. Paul, l.. l., community
says she has one of the best husbands imag-
Unable. During thunder storm, she says,
he will do anything she wants him to do as
long as the storm lasts, but he changes very
quickly when it passes over.
A mine of potter's clay of an excellent
quality has just been discovered in San Ber-
nardino county, CAL, and great is the re-
ioicing Of Pacific coast people thereat. All
OF their pottery now comes from east of the
Mississippi, and is rather expensive in con-
sequence.
A Paris company is making white bricks
Of u very handsome appearance from the
pure silica used in the manufacture OF plate
glass. They are lighter In weight than clay
bricks, but are not porous being subjected
to hydraulic pressure before the final baking
process to which they are subjected.
Changes OF climate have no effect upon
them.
A little but not nice Schenectady girl
plays this game She rings house bell
about dusk. When the door is opened she
sobs violently, saying that she has lost five
cents near by and wants a lantern to look
for it. Instead of lantern, which she does
not want, she 10 given the Eve cents which
she does want. Then she goes on to the
next house,
Up In Midland county, Michigan, they
tell this story Some years ago Peter Duffy,
a-happy-go-lucky, bibulous individual,
while in an enthusiastic mood, dared the
Almighty in thunder storm to strike him
with lightning. Very singularly he was
taken at his word and Frustrated with ter.
rible shock Of the electric current The
narrator adds that Hank Harrington was
standing near and was considerable affected
by the shock.
The Japanese have novel method of ad.
vertising. They arrange small rooms along
the sidewalks Of some Of the large thorough
fares and represent the interior of student,
chamber crowded with pens, inkslabs,
dainty screens and popular literature. Some
rooms give an idea Of model kitchen, and
others show the scene Of tea ceremonial
being adorned with fragile cups and saucers
lacquered tobacco bons, tin tea services and
carved trays.
One young lady who is in the swim Of
Washington gay society announces that she
has braced herself up to get through the
winter on an average of eighteen cups of tes
daily. Another one doses with quinins 70
carry her through dinner and ball. Others
rely on strong coffee, beef tea with brandy
In IL. andths massage treatment. Altogether
itssems hks the grooming Of stud Of rare
race horses and unworthy Of human beings,
who tits to be supposed are endowed with
fair share Of brains.
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