The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-06-27
FLOATING FACTS.

1t is claimed that there sre three
mountains of alum and one of alum and
sulphur mixed In lower California. The
amount of alum Is estimated ct 100, ,O00,-
600 tons, and the sulphur at LOCO, 900
tons.
"A New Haven man is giving his
Oldest boy sun baths in conservatory
erected upon the roof of his house in
stead of sending him to Florida, as the
physicians advised. The boy Is rapidly
regaining his health.
An English medical paper says that
''the care of babies has become quito q
fashionable amusement among moth
ers," and attributes this growth of ma
ternal solicitude to the innumerable
"guides to nursing" published in Eng
land of late.
There is considerable barbed fence
in Marion county, Arizona, and vast
1ocks of wild ducks which frequent the
valley often hy low, and, striking the
barbed fence, become impaled thereon.
II is said that tons of ducks are gathered
daily by the boys from the fences and
sent to market.
In the island of Ivica the popular
emblem of love is gunpowder and the
most brilliant accomplishment young
damsel can display is to stand without
flinching while her lover fires at her legs,
and which often assume, after lengthy
courtship, the appearance of Christmas
plum pudding.
There are some very odd things to
interest the traveller in Porto Rico. The
"switchmen' on the railroad are colored
women, the telegraph operator at one of
the stations is convict with ball and
chain on his leg, and the gardeners at
the captain generals country palace are
Cinnamon with pigtails.
There are 1918 trotting horses with
records of 2;3O or better, and $50 PAGERS
whose records are within 2:30. In color
the bays predominate, in both PAGER and
trotters, chestnuts taking second place,
while with PAGERS the grays and off co.,
ors are more numerous in proportion to
the number of horses.
Certain portions of New Mexico
abound in petrifactions of various kinds.
II is no uncommon sight to see trees
three feet in diameter and fifty feet long
petrifed and often crystalized. The
crystals-red, yellow, black or white
are often very beautiful, and would
make handsome ornaments for Eastern
parlors.
"A more remarkable or unique race,
says a traveller, does not exist on the
continent of Africa than the Nasal.
They are magnifcently modelled savages,
beautifully proportioned, and character
lied by the smooth AMI rounded line of
the Apollo type. The women are very
decentlysdressed IN bullock's hide. They
wear, by way of ornament, from 20 10
80 pounds Of thick iron wire colled
round their limbs, arms and neck, besides
a great assortment Of beads and iron
chains.
"A well-mowp professional man
who has brand new baby was advised
by friends TO rub the little one with lard
and camphor, As 1t was troubled With
some complaint, that treatment was
sure to cure. The father went down
into the kitchen, got some lard out Of
pan, and, mixing it with camphor.
rubbed it all over the baby's feet, face
and neck. Next morning the mother
found that the poor little thing was
covered with a crust Of cold mashed
potatoes.
The countryman who Travelled
hundred miles TO see "the invisible
girl" returned home mad as a hermit
because ''he got into the room whar she
was, and the darned thing wasn't in
sight"