Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-09
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chew rubber while ut work.
An English angler explains his deyo-
ton TO the sport by saving that it is
1.-THE only amusement fishes ever have. .
In Mexico a miller is obliged to paw
thlrty-two separate taxes on his wheat
in getting it from the field to tho
market.
Eighteen bumblebees, TWENTY-FIVE
wasps, or thirty-eight ordinary honey
bees contain enough poison to kill an
| adult.
OF 1872 revolutions in Europe the
months of June and July have the larg-
est share, November and January the
smallest.
La Vitesse" is the name of paper
cutter recently invented in France.
which will cut flat papers on four sides
at once, blank books on three sides.
and two bundles at time.
A Hebrew in Pereslavl died lately at
the given age of one hundred and seven
teen years The Kreulanen reports that
he had been arranging to marry for the
ninth time shortly before his death.
DIR. A. Steinberger, the first person in
America to smelt iron with anthracite
| coal. and whose death in Denver took
| place lately, practiced medicine many
years ago in Whitemarsh Township.
Montgomery County.
Included in the Indian relics recently
unearthed in the vicinity of Wabash,
Indiana, is the silver cross worn by
Frances Slocum, the female captive. and
medals presented to the Miamis by
Washington and Jackson.
The highest monolith is the obelisk at
Karnak, in Egypt. The obclisk is as
cribed to Hatasu. sister of Pharaoh
Thothmes ILL.,, who reigned about 1000
Is. G. The whole length is 122 feet
and its weight 400 tons.
Lejeune made little guillotine and
used it on the chickens destined for his
table. Jean d'Heron wore a human
ear as a cockade on his hat, and had
others in his pockets. Carrier confessed
that the writings of the priests whom
he condemned to torture gave him ex-
quisite pleasure.
The horses in the United States are
in the proportion of about one to every
six inhabitants. The Scientific An,eri
can is responsible for the statement also
that the horse population of New York
City is between 10000 and $4,000, that
of London 100000, of which 10000 are
used in public carriages, an equal num-
Der in omnibuses, and 10000 in street
ears.
The only philosophical explanation of
nq.flIt Of al
lately seen in Montana lies in the cir
cumstance that Hudson Bay brandy,
which is brought over the border in
quantities, sthe strongest drink known.
Hydrophobia is good health compared
with the sort of delirium tremens Hud-
son Bay brandy produces. - Chicago
Tribune
How many hundreds of millions of
dollars, asks Edward Gordon Clark.
now lie in the safety-vaults of the chief
American cities, loating mt an interest
OF TO 4 per cent, because it is safer for
money 10 loaf than to be out at work?
Put an annual tax of per cent on these
loafing boards, and see how active they
would become, in order to save them
selves. They would rush out into the
hands of enterprise and labor.
"One of the shrewdest of her Maiesty's
Judges says London Truth lis as re-
markable for the quickncss of his ewes
and ears as for the keenness of his in
tellect The other day II stranger in
court, espying 4 friend, addressed him
in stage whisper with Halo, old fell
lerl haven't seen you lately. Are YOU
all right?' The remark was hardly
heard beyond the nearest by-standers.
and there was, consequently. consider
able bewildernent among those engaged
in the case before the court when the
Judge, looking up from his notes, OBJ
served: If the old Teller is all right, he
had better go outside and say so. -
The Boston transcript prints the fol-
lowing: ''The Hon. Leopold Morse, in
q Liverpool hotel the other day. was adj
vised in an offensive tone by an English
man of whom he asked Il question to
address such inquiries in future to the
porter. i thought you We're the porter,
returned Mr.. Morse; and furthermore
added our ex-Congressman, since you
say my addressing you was a sudeness,
let me give you Il lesson in manners. In
America a gentleman thinks it only de-
cent to answer if he can a decent ques-
ton. The rudeness was yours, sir,
whoever you may be-
A London letter. speaking of the
breaking of the engagement between
Miss Grant and Lord Cairns, SAYS: HE
took over to Paris us II present to his
affianced a magnificent lot of jewels,
necklace of rubies and diamonds. sew
eral bracelets, and triple engagement
ring of curious fashion; and three weeks
afterward he went and asked her to
give them back to him because they had
not been paid for A female relative of
his finally offered 10 pay his debts to
the tune of fl4,000, and the trustees in
whose hands his father had lodged the
whole estate finally offered to make his
income up to $4,000 year. But the
young lady had found ample reasons,
not of a pecuniary nature. for changing
her mind"
An investigator into the mysteries of
animal life asserts that bees working
tools comprise a variety equal 10 that of
the average mechanic. He says that
the feet of the common working bee ex-
hibit the combination of basket, a
brush, and pair of pincers. The brush,
the hairs of which are arranged IN SYM
metrical rows, is only to be seen with
the microscope. With this brush of
fairy delicacy the bee brushes its velvet
robe to remove the pollen dust with
which it becomes loaded while sucking
up the nectar. Another article, hollow
ed like spoon, receives all the CLEAN
ings which the insect carries to the
hive. Finally. by opening them, one
upon another by means of q hinge,
these two pieces become pair of pin
GERS, which render important service in
the construction of the combs
Investigations are still going on, par
ticularly in France, with view to
utilizing the heat of the sun as n source
of power and warmth. One of the most
interesting and practicable methods in
this line is that devised some time ago
by Professor Morse. of Salem, Mass. the
limitations of which, it is hoped, may
be overcome by future improvements.
This device consists simply of shallow
box, the bottom of which is of corrugat-
ed iron, and the top of glass. This is
placed outside the building in such
position that the sun shines directly up
on it, the heat rays of the sun pass
through the glass, and are absorbed by
the iron, heating it to quite high tenn
perature, and, by system of ventila-
ton current of air is passed through
the apparatus and into the room to be
| heated. Bv this means the air was