The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-11
Items Of Interest.

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The syllable ham in English and
German names of places means for
est. Illustrations are Hamburg,
Bowdoinham, Petersham. @
DR.. Morrow has found that the poison
in ice cream is due to the cashew-nut
oil in the coating of the beans from
which vanilla extracts is made. :
The following is stated to be a copy
of what is written over one of the large
letter boxes of the general Post office
In Sackville street. Dublin: "Too Late
Box for Letters, Newspapers, &C., Too
Late for the Next Despatch"
The United States Ministers to Ger
many, France, England and Russia re-
ceiye Si7.3OO each; those to China.
Brazil, Mexico, Japan and Spain re-
ceive $1,000. The general of the army
receives $l3, 800 and the admiral $4,000.
1t is said by one who knows that all
the bad men" and professional killers
OF the west are blondes, with light hair
and blue eyes. The traditional des-
perado, with raven locks and piercing
Dlack eyes, no longer exists.
The latest invention in hat lining IL
. map Of the City Of London printed
on silk. so that any stranger or gay
young fellow may find his way home
or see at glance if cabby is taking
him the nearest route to his destination.
The highest apple orchard in the
United States is at Hot Springs, Lake
Tahoe, Cal. The trees are loaded with
fruit. This is probably the greatest
altitude at which this fruit is grown
in this country, being over $500 feet
above the level OF the sea.
1t appears that the crocodile. like the
faith which formerly esteemed it
sacred, is practically extinct in Egypt.
The steamers plying the Nile have had
more effect in driving it from that
river than the guns of sportsmen, ac
cordlng to Prof. A. Sayce. zre.i r
The Japanese have not only nearly
three hundred miles of railroad in
operation. but they make their own ears
at y. .5aski. and the building of the
line ftren Tsuruga to Ogaki was con-
da,'.ed by Young japanese engineers.
''hose task included two large bridges
and t'mneia mule long. .*fF
4 so-called mad dog in Hebron. XIV.
bit COW. The cow in a few days
showed signs of rabies, and about the
same time baby that had been living
on the milk of the COW became SINH
larry affected. 1t is saidtl,at the symp-
toms Of 'lydrophobia are pronounced
IN the child. whose ssutferings are very
great
"A Canada bee-keeper uses chloroform
instead of tobacco in managing his
bees. lie finds it a very valuable aid
IN removing old queens OF in lntroduc-
ing new ones. These operations are
very perplc-ling to a novice. but few
williis of chloroform blown into the
hive enables them to be performed
without difficulty. s =s.4
Five hundred years ago one of the
great English lords had in his larCler
$50 bacon (salted pigs, eighty carcasses
OF beef and coo sheep, for they salted
mutton in those days as well as beef
and pork. But this was at the end of
the winter, so we can imaeine what Le
had at the beginning. He had be
sides, alive, aS-o09 sheep, and enormous
numbers of oxen, COWS and pigs.
The BARRIERS among the Greeks and
Romans, cut and dressed the hair i
shaved the beard. pared the nails.and
pulled out the stray hairs with their
tweezers. Wealthy persons kent a +.
barber in their own houses amongst
their slaves, but the people at large HAD |
recourse to the BARRIERS shop. Tha