Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-04-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST .


ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Mate, o ParaguayAn tea, is o very
popular drink in South America, which |
has never been introd uced into theI
United States. 1t Is said TO be very
stimulating.
An English doctor has made calcu. /
lation from the mortality cases Of Eng
land, and finds that his professional
brethren are shorter lived than teachers,
lawyers and clergymen.
The latest novelty in the line ofinsur
ance is company that contracts to pay
men who are removed from Office u sum
sufficient to enable them 10 live while
seeking other employment.
An Iowa man has invented and pat
tented . system Of photography for thel
typewriter by means of which fairly
rapid operator OF the caligraph can
write ABOUT 200 per cent faster than
with pen.
A new metal, which resembles sill.
yer Ia appearance but viii not tarnish,
Is TO be utilized in the manufacture Of
table ware. A spoon Of this material
has lain on the roof of n shed for three
weeks without q sign OF rust or tarnish.
In the Louisiana lowlands, there
lives an old man, whose object of af-
fiction in this life Is . large gray
goose. The goose 10 never 30 happy rs
when ut his owners feet, his long neck
stretched upward and his head resting
against the old mans knee.
A gentleman who lives in Manga.
tuck, Conn. has q horse which certain.
| ~ knows . good thing when he sees 1t.
The animal will tear any common
cheap blanket TO ehreds IA soon rs 1t Is
placed on his back, but Is as proud rs
n peacock" OF nice eight dollar blau
ket, and will not disturb IL in the least.
The Delaware Water Gap IL one OF
the worlds scenic professional beau
ties, "situAted ut the northern boundary
of Northampton county, Pa, where the
Delaware river passes through defle
formed by preoipitous rocks on either
side from one thousand 10 twelve hun
dred feet high.
The minute hand of the cleck on
Westminster abbey 10 six teen feet long
ard the hour hand nine feet. They
weigh about 100 pounds each and are
kept in motion by weights proportion.
ately ponderous, the hands aud append
ages in all weighing about one ton and
half.
A drug store in Concord, N. H., issues
the following instructions how TO chew
gun: First-FiDd q Yankee; he will
show you how. Seoond-If no Yankes
is ct hand moiston or soften the gum In
the mouth until 1t becomes soft enough
TO give to the teeth without crumbling
Never attempt to chew it when first
placed in the mouth.
liza farmer near Blakely, Ca, says thai
his granaries are free from rats because
Of rat snake" great pet on the
plantation, who daily visits the corr
cribs and catches any stray and indis
Greet rat that may be lodging among the
corn. When the snake becomes tot
familiar the farmer whips BIN s0undly
with light switch.
The "Jewish Messenger" cites som,
I artistic anaohronisns. Tintoretto, in I
picture Of the children Of Israel gath
ering mama, has armed them with
guns. In Dutch painting of Abra-
ham offering mp Isaac, the patriarch II
represented as threatening his sons lifs
with blunderbuss instead of q knife
as the scripture states. A French artis
has drawn the Lords supper, with |
table ornamented with tumblers fille(
with cigar lighters.
The death Of q sea captain recently
was ascribed by medical authorities 4
blood poisoning, caused by his vesse
carrying q cargo Of nitrate of soda
The sailors were affected with wha
they call rheumatism. The captain
being In the after cabin, suffered tn
full force Of the evaporation Of tn
nitre. 1t Ia said that four captains Il
the employ Of q leading eastern ship
ping firm have died within few year
from the same cause.
The Jscobites we're party In Grea
Britain ESQ called from the Latin, Jaot
bus, James), who, after the revolutio
: OF 1858, adhered 70 the cause Of the de
J throned James II. and his descendants
} They were numerous and powerful 1
Scotland, and for more than half Ger
tury continued to cOnspire for the restt
ration OF the house Of Stuart. They ros
In unsuccessful revolt In 171B, and agai
. in 1746. Their final extinction as
t,arty may be dated from the death
the pretender, Charles Edward, In 178I
though they had long before ceased |
be formidable to the established govern
II ment.
A Methodist preacher in North Lou
siana has horse which possesses stron
reasoning powers or remarkable men
: ory. On the first and third Sundays !
. the month Mr.. Oadian holds service
or q town which is reached by taking Il
e. left of the road, while on the seoon
H. and fourth Sundays the town In whic
he breaches is at the termination OF Il
right fork Of the road. The horse wit
: out n word or . touch Of the bird
never fails on the first and third Bur
= days 10 take the road to the left, and
a the second and fourth Sundays that q
IN the right.