The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-02-17

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Good Housekeeping
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Fns -, Faacies and Concetfs Pibkod Bram
Here and There.
The famous Botanic Garden ct Kew, Lon.
don, covers an area of 200 acres.
An apple tree at Santa Ana. Cal, 10 said
10 have borne fne fruit that has neither
seods nor core.
A Massachusetts, man has invented ma
chine which, he says, will tie square knot,
hitherto regarded by Inventors az beyond
the power Of machinery.
Seth Green thinks profit can be derived
from masshy lands by raising frogs He
claims that they would destroy many In
sects while In some markets the frogs are
salAble at good prices.
II 10 believed that In ten years Ysnkton,
ID. T., will be an inland town. In front OF
the city, where the river ran twenty feet
deep FIVE yearr ago, there are now 100 acres
81 land SIX feel above high water mark.
Trinity Church, Boston, which is the
most stylish Episcopal church In Boston,
and OF which the rector Ia tho Rev. Phillips
Brooks, d. D., has done away with the pew
system and opened its doors on the volun-
tary plan.
An organization is being formed in Al
buquerqus to explore by excavation the site
of M ancient city of vast dimensions and
grandeur In New Mexico. II Is the belief
Of the prospectors that great wealth Is hid.
den In the ruins
California has been having . remarkable
rainy season, though n will NOT compare
with that OF ls4o. In November over
eleven inches Of water fell, hall the totai
rainfall for the wct season which in Cali
fornIa lssts ak mecaitaks
The quantity Of sumAc gathered In Var
Einia this year was very large. II Ia the
most valuable tsnnin plant known. Some
poor men have made as high % $500 by
gathering the leaves Of o shrub that re-
eaivsd no attention till now since the close
of the war
pretty little correspondence is MIR:
Gaadstones. Three shousand lottsrs
month. $4,000 year. 100 day, Ia not bad
for ono man, sxoinsiveiy, Ii would appear, :.
Of indefinite quantities of newspapers. cir
eulsrs. postal cards and the like. He ought
10 have special postman-
Az indianapolis NOT long since an aged
Jowish couple lived In ANAL house In
which they used gas stove. The pipes
became disArsanged and the gas escaped.
A. the day (sastardAy) vas their Sabbath,
they vonld not hx the pipes and were over
come BY the gas. When discovered they
wws pasa all hope Of recovery.
Tho plan Of moving buildings intact,
aissr the American fashion. 10 proving very
successful In England. Az Woolwich the
Royal Arsenal authorities arc now trans
porting big wooden house to another site
without taking IL 70 pieces. Tho founda-
tons arc underpinned, and the structure is
then placed on wheels and slowly shifted
10 tho required position.
Az . recent marriage In Ohio the bride,
Miss Morris. wore dress that was imported
srem Paris In i742 for wedding and In.
been in the family ever since, being used
only on such occasions. II was worn again
Ia i776 as q wedding dress, but not again
till the other day, whom Miss Morris don.
ned it. Not o stitch has been altered or
added to II, and it Is In as good condition
- when new.
A girl. thirteen years old. who has grown
only an inch in height since she was two
ycars old, and has gained but little in
weight was brought before the Concord
On. II. Medical Society last Tuesday al It's
annual meeting. The girl weighs thirty
i've pounds, and rs thirty three inches high,
has never been severely siok, and 10 nnusu.
ally healthy. Her mind seems also 10 have
stopped growing at the same time.
A bec's working tools comprise variety
equal to that Of the average mechanic. The
feet Of the common working bee exhibit the
combination OF basket, a brush and a pair
Of pinchers The brush, the hairs Of which
are arranged in symmetrical rows, Is only
to be seen with the microscope. With this
brush OF fairy delicacy the bee brushes its
velvet robe 10 remove the pollen dust with
which II becomes loaded while sucking up
me nectar Another article, followed like
a spoon, receives NIL the glcanings the in.
socs carries 10 the hive.
Hee raising is ono OF the most ready
means Of money making known to tho
Western farmer. Even when tho supply u
abundant and prices low margin Of profit
is found in wcil-kopt stock. such animals
are always sslsble. They arc comparatively
lrec from disease, and usually bring quick
returns IN ensh for the amounts invested
MssoveF. every properly managed and
wsTl4cd hog that icnres the farm leaves l,
in al tho better condition for growing Eich
pastures and heavy crops Of grain thsn II
g had MOI boon rasssd and fed upos the
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