The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-05-12
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FACTS, Eancies and COneeits Pict
From Here and There.

Facts, Eancies and Comeeits Pickes
From Here and There.
1t takes Ia, 900 watch screws to weigh
pound.
American sole leather is sold so cheapIy
in Canada that the tanners there are asking
for protective tariff.
Indians comprise thirty-fvc per cent. OF
the population of Mexico. They lead q
wild, half savage life.
A rich farmer of Champagne county, ILL.,,
has been indicted for stealing ten cent
husking peg from store.
Each year about 10000 is expended in
sprinkling the streets of London with sand,
to prevent the horses slipping.
A boy living within sight of Plymouth
Rockweighed 304 lbs. at lastaccounts, though
he is only fourteen years old. He has grown
at the rate of fifty pounds year of late.
1t is estimated that nearly 200, 900 people
in England are suffering from consumption,
and that between the ages of fifteen and
fifty-fve over one-third of the deaths are
caused by this dreadful plague.
The champion trapper and hunter Of But
Ter county, Ala, is woman, Mrs. F. IL.
Green. She frequently goes out cunning
and always returns laden with squirrels,
wild turkeys, &c.
Minneapolis is to have twelve story
hotel, with the dining room in the tenth
story, the kitchen in the eleventh and the
laundry and servants quarters in the
twelfth. Building lots must be scarce west
of the Mississippi
" Chambermaids In Mexican hotels are
male Indians, termed mazos. they are
deft and quick, and will hire themselves to
q stranger in the capital for 80 week, Civ
ing their employer undivided and very well
come service.
mountain Of pure marble, of brilliant
colors, in Swain county, N. O., has been
purchased by company of English cnpi-
talists. The Western North Carolina Rail-
road tunnelled part of the mountain, de-
veloping the surprising beauty OF the mar.
BILE.
Senator Brown of Georgia is said to have
the most complete collection of newspaper
clippings in Washington, oil relating t.
himself. His wife reads the entire dali,
press of Georgia and most of the leading
papers from other States, md as she hal
been Mt the work for about twenty-fiv,
years, she is now an exceedingly expert ex
change reader. She keeps two scrap books
one for the good things and one for the ba,
hal u. 4 \
Both are full.
A recent study of comparative height
and weights among different Glasses O
population in Great Britain shows that tn
criminal class average no less than Al
pounds in weight, and AZ inches In heigh
less than their antagonists, the metropolitan
police Compared with the general popu
lation, too, this class is seen to be 10 pound
in weight and inches in stature below tn
average, standing on about the same plan
in physical endowments rs lunatics.
Frank Boiling of Cherokee, Kan, threy
himself on feather bed that lay on til
floor during thunder storm. He neglecte,
to draw up his legs, and his feet were touch
ing the floor, when the lightning struck tn
house and played about his feet, burnin,
them and knocking him sensoloss. Tha
part Of his body that was on tho bed wa
not hurt and a child lying by his side wa
uninjurad. All of which may be used I
show that feather beds are good places G
refuge in thunder storms.
In the midst of the fire which doyastatc
Key West on the 30th ult the little daugh
ter Of DIR. G. V. Harris, Collector of til
Port. bearing a remark that the funds of tn
Bank If Key West and other valuables wer
being sent on board the revenue stcame
Dix for safety, hastily gathered up her tw'
wax dolls, with their wardrobe, and alon'
through the binding smoke and flying Gin
ders flew down the lighthouse wharf, wher
the Dix was moored, and begged Capt
Fengar to protect her darlings. 1t is need
less to say those dolls occupied the post o
honor on that vessel.