Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-24
HERE AND THERE.

SlO,OUO kennel cluD.
 There are ;O5 900 locomotives in the world, representing 5000, 900 horse power
 The first religious newspaper published in America was issued in Ohio, and called The Recorder.
 The South African diamond fields last year yielded gems amounting to 3,646, ,S99 carats and valued at over s20, 900.
 A Vermont minister has preached 121 funeral sermons, with net return of two bar rels of apples and silver dollar.
 An Ohio man has four hogs born without the sign of an ear, and so lacking in hearing that they don't know when it thunders
 During the first three months of this year 5000 more immigrants arrived at New York than in the same time last year. There were 28,945 arrivals in March.
 The horse power represented by steam en- zines in the United States is 7,50O, ,OOO; in England, 7,OO0, ,OO0; in Germany, 4,5O0 0,000; in France, 3,0oO,O0o; in Austria, 1,5o0,00O.
 An Orlando, Fla, wagonma1er has con- structed a boat wagon that will go equally well on land or water, and it is voted just the thing for sportsmen in that wild and watery region.
 Mrs. Morris, of Sheboygan, Mich, pos sesses as highly prized relic a large meer- schaum pipe that belonged to former king of Denmark and is now 23S years old. It has been an heirloom in her family for gener- ations.
 A Pacific coast missionary relates that after walking fifteen miles to perform mar riage ceremony, he received in payment a sack of fine cabbages, and lugged them home on his back for fear of offending his parish toner's
 TUn Fror,o1, lodi 1ota o trial for ,0O0 francs to see which could talk the faster. The contest was to endure for three hours. One pronounced POS, ,560 words, reading from Eugene Sue" The other pro- nounced 2O6,311, and won the prize. Three little Buffalo girls, all under H. lately started to walk to Indianapolis, where | the mother of one of them is living As they took cash capital of but one silver dollar along, they were reasonably glad to be over | taken by rescuers less than twenty miles | away.
 They are not troubled with breach of promise suits in China. When a future l Chinese belle is about three days old she is formally betrothed to the scion of some ac- | ceptable neighbor, and when she is about l fifteen she is carried to his house and left | there and that ends it.
 The greatest ocean depth which has been ascertained by sounding is five miles and a quarter C25,720 feet, or 4,620 fathoms), not quite equal to the height of the highest known mountain, Mount Everest, which measures ,OO2 feet, or five and half miles high. The average depth between 60 degs. north and 60 degS south is nearly three miles.
 Down in South Carolina Texas pony, for lack of better employment, jumped up the l fTxynf foof ,,f ~4~ H. went behind the counter, looked at himself in the mirror, and walked out after the fashion of the king of France, without breaking or damaging anything in the course of his career.
 Deer shed their antlers every year, and al- though the antlers, when the deer is killed before they are removed will withstand all weathers for years, it is very rarely that pair that have been shed are found. This is said to be due to a small insect that attacks the antlers soon after they are dropped, and destroys them by burrowing through and through them.
 A most admirable charity is that of the Salvation Army in London, which has opened restaurant where a meal may be bought for a farthing. The small coin pays for a bowl of soup or a half loaf of bread, and two farthings secures cup of coffee or
 
 for about two cents wholesome meal can be bought. Threepence brings meat and pota- toes and a half penny a dish of rice.
 Sarti, the musician, composed only in darkness.
 Turgot never worked but when he had dined heartily.
 Bossuet worked in a cold room, with his head warmly enveloped.
 It is said that Schiller, before composing put his feet in cold water. Buffon wrote in lace ruffles; Alexander Dumas in his shirt sleeves
 Voltaire had in his room sometimes five desks, at which he pursued different tasks. Milton composed his Paradise Lost' on a large armchair, with his head thrown back.
 Gretry, to animate himself when compos- ing, breakfasted and took coffee, and then applied himself day and night to his piano.
 Dr. Shapman relates that a celebrated ad- vocate of London always applied a blister to his arm whenever he had an important case to plead.
 Girodet never loved to work during the day. At night, when inspiration came to him, he arose, lighted candles, and, half untitled up, painted.
 Guido Reno painted with much pomp He dressed himself magnifcently, and had his pupils attend him in silence ranged around him.
 The great romaucer. Balzac, after a frugal dinner at 6 or o'clock, was called at mid night, when he took a cup of black coffee and worked till noon.
 When Fox had eaten heartily he would re tire to bis study, envelop his head in nap kin soaked in vinegar and water, and work sometimes ten hours in succession. } Pitt never ate but at his own table, which was frugal; only when he had some impor tant affair to discuss he took little port wine with a spoonful of Peruvian bark. The historian, Mezeray, would work only with candle, even at midday and midsum. } mer. He never failed to walt on his wis itors, even to the street, with candle iii hi. hand.
 Jeremy Bentham jotted his ideas on little squares of paper, which he piled upon eacl other, and this pile of little papers stitched together was the first forms of his manu ) scripts
 Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Titan Rubens, passed from the chisel to the pen ol the brush The change rested them from the preceding work; and thus, during long life, they accomplished marvellous works.