The Dillon tribune., 1886-12-03
Items Of interest.

The syllable ham in English and
German names of places means for.
est Illustrations are Hamburg,
Bowdoinham, Pctersham.
Dr.. Morrow has found that the poiso,
in ice cream is due to the c,shew-nut
OF in the coating of the beans from
which vanilla extracts is made.
The following is stated to be COW
Of what is written over one Of the large
letter boxes of the general Post office
il s"ckvi!le street. Dublin: "Too Late
FOX for Letters. Newspapers, &C., Too
Late for the Next Despatch"
The United States Ministers to- Ger
many, France. England and Russia re-
""ve $l7,5OO each; those to China,
H'azil, Mexico, Japan and Spain re-
i've s12om. The general of the army
receives S13, oO0and the admiral $4,000.
1t is said by one who knows that all
t''' bad men and professional killers
vi he west are blondes, with light hair
Az, blue eyes. The traditional des-
F";*ao, with raven locks and piercing
Lick eyes, no longer exists.
The latest invention in hat lining is
map Of the City of London printed
OF. silk. so that any stranger or cay
wing fellow may find his way home
* see at glance if cabby is taking
In the nearest route to his destination
The highest apple orchard in the
nited States is at Hot Springs, Lake
Tahoe, Cal. The trees are loaded with
'r'it. This is probably the greatest
"..'tude at which this fruit is grown
IN this country, being over $500 feet
above the level of the sea.
1t appears that tho crocodile, like the
'"'th which formerly esteemed it
'"cred,is practically extinct in Egypt.
ne steamers plying the Nile have had
ore effect in driving it from that
''ver than the guns of sportsmen, ac-
cpiding to Prof. \. Sayce.
The Japanese have not only nearly
''.ree hundred miles of railroad in
'!eration. but they make their own cars
" shinbaski. and the building of the
ne from Tsuruga to Ogaki was con-
''cted by young japanese engineers,
lose task included two large bridges
"'.d tunnel Il mile long.
\ so-called mad dog in Hebron, KY,
'!t cow. The COW in few days
Showed signs of rabies, and about the
same time baby that had been livin
on the milk of the COW became si,.,i
lary affected. 1t is said that the symr
TOMS OF hydrophobia are pronounce.
IN the child, whose sufferings are yer;
great.
"A Canada bee-keeper uses chlorofor.l.
instead of tobacco in managing III
bees. He finds it very valuable /.
IN removing old queens or in intro,l.v
ing new ones. These operations ar
very perplexing to novice, but f..
"h'lfs of chloroform blown into IT,.
1--we enables them to be performci
without difficulty.
Five hundred years ago one of tn
s''at English lords had in his lard,
Wv oacon (salted pigs) eighty carc:'.:-
" oeef and 600 sheep, for they Sd.
N''Vton in those days as well as IT,.
-" pork. But this was at the end
,'e winter, so we can imagine what l.
A'a at the beginning. He had he.
, s'ues, alive, 2SUO0 sheep, and enormou.
aI'loers OF oxen, COWS and pigs.
D Inc BARRIERS among the Greeks and
n''hans cut and dressed the hair
,.'s'ea the beard, pared the nails anG
r.''led out the stray hairs with theil
, "eezers. Wealthy persons kept q
=, ,''oer in their own houses amongs,
ra et slaves, but the people ut large hi
p' .ourse to the BARRIERS shop. TIL,
.., '''an rarely shaved himself, at leas:
''ef the Year D. {. 454, when the frs,