The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-11-13
Items of Interest.

self mischief.
A New Orleans postof1ice clerk adj
vises people to rub the sticky side of
stamps over the hair two or three times.
The oil of the hair coats the mucilage
and prevents it from sticking when the
stamps are carried in the pocket.
The new marriage law in Pennsylvania
imposes so many penalties upon the
officiating clergyman who violates any
regulation that ~ special handbook or
guide has been issued, with which the
wary minister goes around on all occa-
sions
If you address the poorest person in
| Sweden it is the universal custom to
raise your hat, A gentleman passing
lady on the stairs of a hotel must do the
same To enter a shop or bank with
ones hat on is considered a terrible
breach Of good manners
Among the Saracens, the orange
blossom was regarded rs a symbol of a
prosperous marriage circumstance
which is partly to be accounted for by
the fact that in the East the orange tree
bears ripe fruit and blossoms at the
same time.
An ingenious method OF aheep steal
ing is being practised in Oregon. It
consists in srlspending rope made into
a loop and slip-knot from tree branch
overhanging a sheep path in the woods.
The animals put their heads in the moose
and are held till the thief can come in
the night and carry away the game.
Ten physicians, who have had an
opportunity for personal observation,
report diversely as to the deadliness of
leprosy. Four feel certain that it is
absolutely incurable. three are in doubt,
and three believe that chaulmoogra oil
may prove n specific, rs they have seen
remarkable results from it's use.
The expression of the eyes of persons
killed by vic enca is considered au i'm
portant matter in criminal Jurisprudence,
but its value has been greatly lessened
bv reason of its evanescent nature A
French scientist has found Il means of
restoring the life-like expression. It
consists i'll applying q few drops of
glycerine and water to the corner.
Tn 70 recent paper, Sir John Lubbock
says that ants of the same nest, however
large it may be, have means of recog-
II Eng each other not easily explained.
The recognition is immediate and COM
plete, even after an absence of a year
from the nest. Concerning the Ion
gevTty of ants, he said he had kept two
queen ants for twelve years.
Besides numerous tools and the pro-
ducts of manufacturing trades, there
may be recognized on ancient Egyp-
tan wall painting weavers, ropemakers,
the preparers of paper and of linen cloth,
ship carpenters with hand-saw and
auser, and the critters of bows and
lances, who employed ADDE'S quite SIM
liar to those still in urse.
Doctors say that mothers who take
pride in the weight of their newly-born
children should weigh them as soon as
possible after birth. Children lose
weight during the first three days of
life and the loss sometimes amounts to
twelve ounces or more. 1t takes them
nearly week to regain the weight they
had at the time of birth.
During the campaign against Riel,
Captain Peters carried n camera on his
saddle, obtaining sixty splendid pictures,
including a dozen taken during the bat
ties of Batoche and Fish Creek all under
fire. No other photographer has yet
accomplished taking picture under fire.
One was taken during volley from the
rebels pits, about $50 yards distant.
According to an old belief it was sup
posed that devils could at any moment
assume whatever form they pleased
that would most conduce to the sue
cess of any contemplated enterprise
they might have in hand; and hence
the charge of being devil, so COM
monty brought against innocent and
harmless persons in former years, can
easily be understood.