The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-09-15
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Facts, Eancies and Conccits Picked
From Here and There.
There is great scarcity of nickel five
cent pieces in California and universal cry
Tor more.
All Asia has only about as many railroads
as our Illinois, and seyen-eights Of these are
in British India
Patrick Rergen, of Fullarton, Ont, is 107
years of age, and yet is still able to hoe
potatoes and do similar work,
The story comes from Rome that Yam
kee who saw the Pope was polite enough to
inquire after his wife and family.
A young man apologies in q Dakota
paper for having been SO greedy as to con-
sumo nine pieces of pie at dinner in n
neighboring town.
According to a Bombay physician, the
skulls of the natives of India are increasing
in size. This change he ascribes to the
effect of civilization.
A Western contemporary asserts that it is
so dry i'll Wheeler coustry, Texas, that the
people have to sprinkle the water before it
is wet enough to drink.
farmer says that COW can be cured OF
kicking by catching held of her leg while
in the act. just so; and bee can be cured
of singing by catching hold of her stinp
while in the act. Try 'em both
The San Francisco Bulletin reports that
a Indy at San Diego, aged seventy years,
gave birth to daughter few days ago
The husbands age is seventy five years.
There are two brother in Lincoln county
Ga, who married two sisters. Both have
large families of children, and the children
Of one are all boys and of the otherall girls
traveller in the deserts of Southern
Africa has seen watermelons growing in
sand wastes, and thinks they could be raised
to great advantage in some of our Western
deserts
The first city in Europe where electricity
Inns been entirely substituted for gas foi
for street lighting is IIernosand, in Sweden
The motive power is water, which is very
plentiful there, rendering the electric light
cheaper than gas.
The high Office of Archbishop OF Paris
appears to carry with il considerable
amount of personal danger, Cardinal Gil.
best who last occupied the position. died
recently natural death, but his three pre-
docessors were all murdered.
The queer name of Brnzenose College,
Oxford. originated in the circumstances OF
having been erected on the site of tive
ancient halls, one of which was called
Brazenose Hall, ON account of and iron ring
fixed in nose of brass, which served as a
knocker to the gate.
The passage of the Suez Canal which
until recently occupied from thirty-sx tc
forty-eight hours, can be made, now that
navigation during the night is possible, in
sixteen hours for mail steamers and war
vessels, fitted with the electric light appara-
JUS and projectors prescribed by the canal
company.
The editor of n newspaper that hasadopt-
ed phonetic spelling in q measure, received
postal card from and old subscriber in the
country, which reads as follows;--"I he,
TUX your paper for leyen years, but if yon
kant spell emmy better than you have beer
dom for the last to months, YOU may les
stoppit."
There are living In West River settle.
ment, Nova Scotia four brothers, Mcleod,
whose united ages foot up 324 years. They
are as follows Hugh, eighty-four years
William, eight-two years; Daniel, eighty
years, and Anthony, seventy eight years.
They are all hale and hearty and able for
heir porridge and milk every morning.
On farm at Shanesyille, Pa, while the
harvesting was being done, the men were
assisted in binding the wheat by three
women whose ages were respectively seventy.
six, eighty-two and ninety-two. Each OF
them bound the heavy sheaves through the
whole day, and at its close had accomplish.
ed about as much work as any of the men.
The Legislature of Ohio has provided for
the establishment of an industrial school
for the education of the blind it that State
IL is not TO take the place of the asylum il
which blind children are instructed in the
ordinary branches of education, ethics and
music, but is designed to Instruct them in
mechanical industries that will enable them
to earn their own living.
Lieutenant james Kilbourn Jones was
the first man in Ohio TO sign the enlistment
roll for service in the late Rebellion II,
and others of the Ohio State fencibles put
in the most of their time at the armory il
Columbus in anticipation of Lincoln's call
and when il came he was the lucky man tc
FIRST seize pen and write his name on th.
enlistment roll, which had been previously
repaired.
New Orleans is said to be in a CONNER
cial decline. The basis for this statement i.
the fact that the eight leading banks have
Immediately available assets amounting ia
Fl2 ,264 600 while their deposits are only
814, l03, 600. This shows that ii is difficult
to loan money in New Orleans on good
security. This state of things is said to be
without parallel in the history of the city.
The railways are divelting its business.
John Brown, Queen yictoria's body
guard, as he was called, made a maid OF
honor very angry once by saying, g Hooi
foot, you are just the woman / have been
nunting for. Her Majesty commands that
you present appearance The maid object
ed to the familiarity of John in calling hel
woman and she went to the Queen
and complained Of Johns rudeness. Vic.
toria very coolly replied by asking her il
she was not woman, pray what was shell