The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-12-30
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Ahe nHsslsslppl valley mas an area OF II
100000 square miles.
There is in the White House conservatory
a $780, 900 lot of plaats
The new PostmistreSs in town in Indi-
ana writes her official name, Mrs. j.
4 Smith, P. Mrs. n-Boston Post.
The cork oak and canhphor trees have
both been introduced into Southern Cali
tornia, and appear to be doing we'll.
naturalist who has just returned from
Spain says that the natives keep locusts in
cages for the sake of their music"
A leading Raleigh physician is SO careful
nat he will not sit before an open window
the hottest night in July. Wilmington (N.
o. Star.
mass of lead in an elevated furnace in
Paris was completely dissipated by stroke
of lightning, no truce of the metal being
found afterward.
hear you have new baby at your
house" Yes, and she is an excellent
cook" How's that ?n q Well, she has
been making us stir-about already
English manufacturers sold during 1884
over five million hats in the Paris market
and unless steps are taken to cross thei,
path this figure will be doubled in 1886.
A husband and wife at Leipsic, named
zlliack, recently announced to their friends
through the columns of the Iage6latt that
a girl-their twenty-ninth child-had been
born to them.
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The petrified skeleton of q whale, owe,
80 feet long, has been discovered by an off,
ser of the Coast Survey on range of noun
aims in Monterey county, over 1890 feet
lbove seq level.-San Francisco bulletin.
9 Yes" said lady, when interviewed Oh
The subject of servant girls, 9. I find thai
the Swedes make the most capable and
trustworthy servants. l never had . Swed-
enborgian that did not give perfect satisfac-
ton. "-Boston Christian Register.
Uncle Toms Cabin = has been translat.
ed into the Armenian, Bohemian, Danish.
Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, French, German,
Hungarian, italian, Polish, Portuguese,
Romaic, Russian, Ssrvian, Spanish, Swed-
ish, Wallachian and Welsh languages.
An Albany druggist keeps oil his liquid
poisons enclosed behind strong wire screens,
which are securely locked, while poisons in
powdered form are kept in drawers of Pc
culiar pattern, having covers ON them. This
greatly lessons the liability to make mis-.
takes.
All the people now living in the world,
say l, 400, 100000, could find standing room
within the limits of field ten miles square,
and by aid of a telephone could be address
ed by single speaker In field twenty
miles square they could all be comfortably
seated.
silver dollar weighs less than IN ounce.
Hence, any letter not heavier than a dolai
can go for single two-cent stamp. A FIVE
cent silver piece added to the doliaI viii
give the ounce. If you have not the silver
dollar, five nickles and small copper cent
will give an ounce weight.
In the mountains above Chico the resi-
tents along lumber fume have novel
way of getting their mail. 1t is started on
n raft from the head of the flume at regular
dates, and the people below watch for it
tako out what belongs to them, and then
send the raft with it's precious cargo on the
way.-San Francisco F-cmintr.
Attention has been called to two races Of
men that must soon become extinct. Al
the present rate of decrease the Maoris Of
New Zealand-now reduced to less than
$4,000 men from 100, 600 in Captain Cooks
day-must have disappeared by the year
1000. The Laplanders are estimated not
to exceed 30, 900 in number, and are gradu-
ally becoming fewer.
Remarkable finds continue to reward
California miners. Several weeks ago Mr..
Rapp, at Tnttletown, wished to remove
boulder near his cabin, and it was blown to
pieces with powder. The rock was found
to be full Of gold, and during the past month
50, 900 has been obtained from the ledge
For several days 81 900 per day was obtain
cd. At Albany fiat a man has taken 1885,.
300 from single pocket.
In some parts of Europe pigeon flying
and racing is the most popular sport, and
raore particularly in Belgium, where there
are at present nearly $500 clubs and every
town, village or district in the whole coun-
try goes in for its weekly race. The birds
are sent off on Friday or Saturday by spec
al trains and arc liberated in clouds of
thousands on Sunday morning, 200, 300,
400 or even 500 miles from home.
In the Botanical Garden at Berlin flowers,
fruits and other parts of plants are preserved
by keeping them for time in saturated
solution of alcohol and salicylic acid Gre
duced by four times its bulk of water). and
then removing and drying them. 1t is said
that vegetable matter treated in this way
preserves its natural appearance, and never
turns black. The plan is considered par
ticularly valuable for orchids and other sue
culent plants.