The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-24
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Key West has one hundred and
.hirty-one cigar factories, each en-
ploying from ten to three nunoreo
hands.
The story comes from Paris that a
sausage-maker there displays placard
in his window announcing: every
link carefully inoculated by NJ Pas
teur."
Ordinary everyday English speech
employs only about twelve hundred
words, according to stenographer
who has made a careful examination OF
the matter.-N. 7. Times.
Pale young celery and eucalyptus
are the names of two new tints of
green. The former is almost like the
pretty linden green; the latter Is very
soft sea green.-ChicGq0 Max
THE Washington monument
writes Potomac penciler IN the Troy
On. w Times, lis a great disappolnt-
ment to visitors. While the structure
is in reality 555 feet high, it does not
appear, in the eyes of the average
! mortal, to be over $50.
There is one fishing town on the
| Maine coast where, if you should shout
out Captain on the public street, ten
out of every dozen men within reach OF
your voice would turn to you and ask:
t'Wel1, what yer want?' They are
captains of fishing vessels--Bostos
Transcript.
The language of sealing-wax
promises to supplant that of flowers.
Red wax must be used for business
only, black wax for mourning and blue
to signify love. Five tints of blue are
made, to express all the gradations OF
s., 10
lions, and white is for wedding and bail
Chicago Times
One of the largest trees ever put
into the water by Skagit logging
camp was one that was at jackson 8, q
few miles above Mt Vernon. The tree
contained three twenty-four-foot logs
which scaled as follows: Butt, 7,511
feet; second, 5,732; top, 5,s26--a tota
of 5000 feet of lumber in the tree
The diameter at the small ends was 78
Il and "a inches, respectively.
oGqo Enterprise.
The Queens birthday present t.
the Crown Princess of Germany was
sfull-dress'' carriage, and it has beer
dispatched to Berlin. The interior il
lined with blue silk damask. with golt
fringe and tassels. The outside is o
claret color, with lines of crimson, AM
all the mountings are of brass. On tn
doors and panels the English and Prus
sian arms are emblazoned in relief
London Truth.
i 1t is some time since we saw bet
J ter condensed piece of reporting tina
the following paragraph from med
cal paper: .<In the Solferino mine
Neyadaville, Col, loose rock knockc
A. Warren out of the bucket A plec
f iawbone was found at the twefv
hundred-foot level and piece of sku
and his coat at the thirteen hundred
foot level. These comprised the recoN
cradle effects IN. Y. Independent.
, The population of London now 9,
ceeds every other city, ancient or moo
ern, in the world. New York and a
its adjacent cities combined are M
equal to two-thirds of it. Scotland
Switzerland, and the Australian col
S MES each contains fewer souls, viii
) Norway, Servia, Greece and Denmal
It have scarcely half as many. Yet
a the beginning of the present centul
y the population of all London did n
y reach one million.
q The electric bell system has bet
as developed to such fine point in Ne
! York hotels that by moving a point
e, ct upon dial and then pressing the bt
Of the guest can indicate to the office
III desire for his bill, coupe. carriag
writing materials, chambermaid. me
D senger, boots. water, porter, hrema
ice-water or hall-boy. At one hot
n n the dial is divided into three section
h. one for eatables, one for drinkab
and third for ordinary hotel servI
IN. z. Tribune.