The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Facts, Fancies and Conceits Picked
From Here and There.
There have been found 275 varieties Of
birds in Washington Territory.
There are 10000 households in Chicago
without Bible and many more where the
book is not read.
One of the oldest, if not the oldest, medi-
cal colleges of the world is the Medical
School of the imperial University of Japan.
A German embryologist, Professor Ger
ZACH, has devised method for watching the
growth of unmatched birds through small
glass window made at the sharper end Of the
egg.
Gold baths are dangerous to the old OF
feeble. Warm baths are relaxing, and should
not be taken in the morning. The morning
Is the best time for cold bath, the evening
for warm one.
Several specimens of English fora are
said to have been exterminated by modern
tourists, plant dealers and botanists, the
lady's slipper, orchid and the holly fern hay
ing disappeared among others.
Two little girls have gone into business
as dolls dressmakers at Holyoke. A sign Is
hung out which reads "Dolls' dresses
made and sold here" and q good many little
girls patronize the young workers.
An accident In Melbourne foundry led
to the discovery that plunging iron castings
into mixture Of treacle and water softens
the metal to such degree that 1t can be
worked as readily as wrought iron.
When woman was brought before Will
liam Penn charged with being witch
and riding broomstick, he simply said
there was no law against IL, and she nigh,
ride O broomstick as often as she pleased.
Between New York and the Gulf of Mex
leo there are only four natural entrances to
harbors whore the depth OF mean low water
Is over sixteen feet, while the largest ships
draw from twenty-six to twenty eight and |
half feet.
The housewives OF Norway make theil
common fiat bread largely OF the powdered
branches Of tho young pine not SO much to
save -four as to secure light loaf. The
bark proves to be not only innutritious bui
actually injurious, and IL now being de
nounced by medical men.
A California man recently sent 30 to
some one in the East in exchange for 81,
gourd seeds which were warranted " 10
produce gourds of a capacity of forty gal.
Ions. The seeds did not sprout, though
carefully tended, and finally examination
showed TINT they had been artistically carv-
ed out of Eastwood.
There was bull fight at Mexican town
Just across the Rio Grande from Browns
vile, Tex, recently, at which the bull got
into the audience and climbed up tho seats
among the women. The men at once drew
their reyolvers and began a fusilade, and
they put thirty bullets into the bull and
killed him without hitting any of the spec
tators.
Professor Newton, at the conclusion of a
series Of lectures on Greek and Roman an
tiquities, referred to the vast number of
sculptures buried in the cellars of the
British Museum. He stated that they had
remained there ever since 1862, "defaced
and begrimod with dirt, utterly useless to
anybody, for in their present position they
cannot be seen unless by the light Of Ian.
term
Mrs. Sutton Ia Postmistress at Somerset,
Vt She is large and hos fiery red hair, with
the peculiarities of temper usually suppos,
ed to go Herewith. She has planted the
Post Office box close to her kitchen stove,
and goes visiting just when she pleases.
The people have tried oil sorts of ways te
expedite the mails but she insists that two
days in the week Is enough time to keep th,
Post Office open.
According to the. ReDus Undesirable, tn,
quality Of leather used for betting may b.
determined by the following simple method
small piece Is cut out Of the belt ant
placed in vinegar IL the leather has beei
perfectly tanned, and Is therefore of goo,
quality, It will remain immersed In tn
vinegar, even for several months, withou
any other change but If tits not well impree
mated with tannin, the fbres win prompt
swell, and, after short time, become cor
verted into gelatinous mass.