Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-18
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IdllIUil III NlcSOuIl.
A man at OrIand, Cal, made wager
that he could smoke ninety cigars in
two hours. He failed on the ninetieth,
which made him sick.
The first steamer to navigate the Pa
cific Ocean was sold at Victoria, b. G..
short time ago. She was built in 1887
and called the Beaver.
In Southern Louisiana POO or 800 feet
below the surface are strata of solid
pure crystalline sulphur, 100 feet in
thickness and of unknown extent.
Reading, Pa. is an old and rich town,
where most families own their houses
and everybody is comfortable and hap
Ply, but there is not a millionaire resid-
ing within IFS corporate limits.
The man who receiN IS the most letters
a day in Washington is not the Presi-
dent or any member of his Cabinet, but
a pension attorney, whose daily mail
frequently numbers 500 letters.
Poor old Kossuth, being no longer
able to earn his living by teaching lam
guages in Italy. has now found Il home
in the house of his sons, who are shep-
herds in the valley of SiXt. in Savoy.
In the land of the Hindoos, who are a
very amiablc and gentle people, there is
in many houses a room called the krod-
Niagara. or chamber OF bad humor, which
serves the purpose of the corner for
naughty children.
The taxidermist of the National Mu-
NH, - of. nc
mind, is constructing a unique footstool.
1t is to be made of an elephants foot,
the nails of the foot brightly polished
and the top upholstered in plush.
The Rev. Pleasant Punter Of Palmer,
Mass, recently received two calls at
$1,000 and 53, 900 Il year, respectively.
Although he receives only 81 800 wear
i'll his present charge, he has decided to
remain where he is, because he thinks
he has a work to do there.
Robert Browning is so fearful that
future biographers of the poet viii deal
too freely with family affairs that he has
destroyed avast pile of valuable letters
addressed to his father by eminent au-
thors. and autograph maniacs howl at
what seems to them positive vandal-
ism.
The Sucz Canal is 81 miles long and
26 feet deep, the construction having
covered period Of thirteen years, and
the capital employed amounted to $780,
100000 in round numbers. OF the tom
mage between the East and the West,
the proportions are l04 voyages by the
canal and 60 by the Cape of Good
Hope.
A tradition has long prevailed that
the waters of Lake Tahoe. California,
would not sustain human BODY and
that many daring swimmers had per-
ished by venturng into its treacherous
depths. Professor be Conte and the
young men of his scientific expedition
have exploded this dcluson by swim
ming in the lake.
Careful experiment has disclosed the
fact that 4 single square foot of leaf sur
face in the case OF soft, thin-leafed plants
will, during fair weather, exhale aqueous
yapor ut the rate of one and quarter
ounces daily. AT night the rate is only
about onc-tifth as rapid as during the
day, and during rainy weather there is
absolutely no evaporation.
The new Brazilian slave law fixes the
maximum value of slaves at the follow
ing rates: Slaves under thirty wears,
5000; slaves from thirty to forty years,
$500; slaves from forty to fifty years,
5000; slaves from fifty to lifty-fiye years,
S400; slaves from tity-iiye to sixty years,
5000. The value of female slaves is
put at 20 per cent lower Chan these
rates.
In the present Congress there are two
Adamses, two Aliens, Il pair of Ander-
sons, brace of Breckcnridgcs, trio
of Browns, a quartet of Gampbells, two
Davidsons, two Gibsons. two Greens,
three Hendcrsons, two Jonescs, two
Johnsons, and a Johnston, y pair of
0'Neils. Reed and . Red. two Stones
and four Tayiors. The faomascs go in
pairs, and 50 dc tie Wards, the Wcav-
ers, the Warmers. and the Whites.
The Paris correspondents Of London
Truth writes: am familiar with
French. and. thrsgh newspapers. with
English and American Gle toral oratory.
and think thr Eagish inferior to both.
Gen. Moves, cX-lnited States minister
10 Paris. is my bcau j{ca of a stump
speaker, ana one of the best for banquet
purposes was Parkn Goodwin, the poet
Bryant son-in-law ! think he was supe-
rior TO Lowell, because more cRtrGil9dat.
In order that Chin Flung, Of Denver,
Colo, might have plenty Of room to
make his flight into the Flowery King
dom, they treated him thus: His Chi
nesc attendants, thinking he was going
to die, caused the removal Of the pa
tient to vacant building on Wazee
street. Here the wounded Celestial was
placed on bare couch, without blank
cts or covering, the windows and do0rs
were opened wide, and Chin Fung was
let alone.
Much is said in favor Of the new kind
Of bricks made from the waste sand Of
glass factories, which often accumulates
in such large quantities rs to occasion
much Inconvenience. For utilization
in this way, the sand is subjected to an
immense hydraulic pressure. and then
baked in furnaces ut a high tempera-
ture SO as to produce blocks of variou,
forms and dimensions, Of 4 uniform
white color, which are composed of al
most pure slick. The crushing load is
from two 70 three tons per square inch
Pulyerised steatitc is coming into use
quite satisfactorily, rs a finish or cover
ing for walls and ceilings. 1t is simply
soapstonc; it takes u high polish, i:
pearl gray in tint, presents the best pcs
siblc surface for painting, either in OF
or water color, and will neither cracl
nor chip. 1t is claimed for ii that it il
a non-conductor and non-absorbent
that it can be washed without injury
nails can be driven into it withou
damage; when subject to heat, moistur,
and chemical fumes it gives no smell
and it does not turn yellow with age. |
is thought to be specially adapted TO
hospitals, factories, markets, etc.
The following extract from Berlin
paper about American journalism is to,
curious not to be translated: at is in
credible to what cxpedent American
| newspapers resort to gain a point owe
a competitor. Three eatable papers
printed on sugar cakes flattened out
appear at present in America; two OF
rolled chewing tobacco, five on fly pa
per, one on porous plaster, seven o.
linen handkerchief. Three publisher
have each of their subscribers photo
graphed yearly and make them a pres
emit of dozen photos, several give then
free burial, five invite them to Dime
once week, and 26l give each doc
! tors certificate