Richland beacon., 1888-03-10
SELECT FITTINGS.

February and January were added to
the year by Numa, 1l3 Il. c.
In one of the New York hotels the
dining-room and kitchen are in the
ninth story.
Polygnotus, who is said to have been
the first portrait ard historic painter,
lived about 4j0 l.. G.
The biggest tree in California is called
the Keystone state. 1t Is Sd feet hlSh
and forty-iivc feet in circumference.
We fird from the cntomologists that
single fem lie housc-fy is tho progenitor
of 20, 0s0, 32o other pests in one season.
New York was the capital of the
State from 1891 to l,9., and the seat ot
the National Government from 1,o5 to
1850.
A half-brcd Normandy horse lately
drew wagon with two m II seventy
five mile, in hours ), minutes, includ-
ing an hours rest.
The custom Of havinc guards Origi-
mated with Saul, 1893 Is. G. Body
guards to attend the Engl;Si sovereign
were appointed by Henry VII, in liSj.
Dispensarics to supply the poor with
medical advice and medicines originated
in London when the Royal General
Dispcnsarv was established III that city,
as early as 100.
The orange tree and the lemon are both
dcsccnded from the c:tron. The history
Of the orange tree is said to date back to
the crusadcs, the retUrnin" Pilgrims car
rving it into Europe 700 or 500 years
ago.
A white dee, one Of the rarcst Of
animals, was xii cl recently in Clinton
County, Pa. by PromonOtary Mann, of
Sunblry. But three While deer have
ever been killed before in that part OF
the State.
Game laws in England are remnant
of the forest laws imposed bv William
the Conquer. who, to preserve his
game, made it forfeiture of property to
disable a wild beast, and loss of eyes to
kill stag, buck or boar.
A locomotive of a ballast train cross
ing Horns Bridge, on the Pictou Branch
Railway. broke an axle and the wheels
dropped on either side to the bottom OF
the ravine, ninety feet deep, but the en-
glne settled down and remained on the
track.
/ A f,ock of twenty three wild turkeys
sailed slowly over the village of Rock
vile, Ca, the other day. and made the
mouths of the local sportsmcn water,
and no one was lucky enough to bag any
of the 'rds. -Four of the turkeys were
snOw-whitc.
A woman of Jersey City, y. j., re-
ccntly brought home a strange egg as q
souvenir of a trip and placed it on tho
parlor table. One week later she wa
surpri ed t. see little turtle break the
shell Of the egg and slowly crawl Out.
The heat of the room ha hl,chcd it.
The song of Moses is the most ancient
Of hymns, dating back to 1i9l B. G.
The Psalms date from about 1860 to Al
B. c., from David to Ezra. Hilary
Bishop OF Aries, in France, is said about
431 tc have been the first 70 compost
hymns to be sung in Christian churches
The wild geese are invading the Sac
ramcntO Valley to such an extent thai
the farmers are obliged to employ me:
to parade the fields with rircs to keel
them from dc,troying the wheat. They
come in tlocks Of thousands, and fifty
acres of ground are said to have beer
covered with them at one time.
A Marshall Mich. man who had beer
badly cut and bru :scd over the eye ap-
Piled piece Of raw bcefstcak to reduce
the inflammation. When he sought t.
remove it It was found $50 the Detroi
.Iournal says that the tissue Of the bee
had grown into the cut and united itscl
to the flesh 80 firmly that it was neccs
sary to have doctor to cut it away.