The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-02-05
Items of Interest.

Prof. Binz finds that coffee is an abso-
lute antidote to alcohol, if 1T be taken
in sufficient quantity. Dogs saturated
with caffeine could not be made drunk.
A Maine newspaper says that the vii
lage of Prospect Harbor, Goldsboro
county, "has no church society, no
temperance society, no gin mill, no
drunkard and no pauper.
Conscripts for the Russian army are
rejected if their chests. do not measure
at least half as much as their stature.
Severe starvation is resorted to by the
peasants to reduce themselves to avoid
CONSUMPTION.
Frank Buckland, the naturalist, when
twelve years old, kept raccoon, an owl,
or buzzard in closet of his bedroom.
He made o very comfortable waistcoat
of the skius of cats, bats and moles, and
liked to eat squirrel pie and mice cooked
i'll butter.
A tract of land not included in any
State or Territory, lying north of Texas
and in area larger than Massachusetts,,
contains $6,000,0O0 worth of stock
belonging to cattle raisers who have
occupied that country without any
right. 1t is known as No-Man' S. Land
To measure the height of tree, mark
two lines on the ground three feet apart.
Put stick in the line nearest the sun
exactly three feet above the soil. When
the end of the shadow of the stick
exactly touches the furthest line, then
also the shadow of the tree will be
exactly its height.
Mr.. Wilson, speaking of the marriage
customs Of the Karenz says that when
the house of the bride is reached the
CUES ascend the bamboo ladder, on
reaching the last rung of which each
man is helped to a cup of whiskey, but
the bridegroom is denuded of his cloth
ing and favored by shower bath from
Ollc VI tllc IldulSS.
In the Smithsonian Institution, at
WASHINGTON, is the small nugget of gold,
little larger than pea, that first met
the eyes of james Marshall in the saw
mill raceway al Sacramento, and was
the beginning of those discoveries in
California that have added nearly
81, 800, 000o0O in gold to the worlds
stock of the precious metals.
In England, parent can be prose-
cuted for the non-attendance of his
child at school, and children must bring
the penny school fee every Monday.
The father of child who did not
bring his penny on two successive Mon =
days was summoned for "non-atten-
dance" and the lord chief justice held
that the attendance of child without
the fees constituted no attendance under
the bylaws of the school board.
l.. b. Jones, young and prominent
man of Richmond, Virginia, was fined
one cent and given an hour in jail by o
ury in the Hastings court for sending
q challenge to fight duel. The trouble
out of which the hostile correspondence
grew between Jones and g. P. Bradley,
another young man, in August last. No
meeting took place between them and
the difficulty was amicably adjusted.
The officers, however. arrested Jones.
The Indians of Alaska are skillful
silversmiths, and their silver bracelets
in particular are in demand. A lame
workman is in special repute, and he
sells dozens of bracelets at good prices
on the arrival of each steamer. This
Indian is very rapid workman, and
from q piece of coin he will make q
beautifully chased ring in an hour or so
with his rude tools. The heads of ami
mails and of Indian characters are
included in his designs
Men have said, Curiosity. thy name is
woman; vengeance, thy name is woman /;
and several other things Perhaps, after
Ill, woman is everything, and we never
thoroughly learn anything until she