The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
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There is proposition to cut a ship
canal across the instep Of Italy's great
boot.
1t Is asserted that New Years calls
have had their day In New York, and
that the custom Is beyond Tesuscitation.
A kind of telephone which fixes the
spoken works on chemically prepared
paper has been produced by two young
electricians of Munich.
\ Nevada ranchman, to protect his
cattle from the effects of billiards., has
painted them all with a mixture of tar,
red clay and linseed oil.
DR.. Gatling's new police gun, seventy
eight FOUNDER, il warranted to kill 1000
rioters in five minutes. Not much chance
for the innocent spectator" there.
During the last seven years more than
200, 900 acres in England have gone out
Of cultivation. 1t means a loss Of $780,
000, GOO to the land owners and farmers.
A coast survey of Iceland is to be made
by Denmark, at an expense of SEQ. 900.
Not much is yet accurately known of the
depths and channels of many Of the
great bays and inlets
A German family named Cleve recent
" celebrated the 200th anniversary Of
the date when one of their ancestors was
first selected rs n postal clerk, place
that has been handed down in the family
since.
DR.. Gross, Of Geneva. has lately ex.
perimented with himself in hanging.
His experiments established that the sem
sations were only warmth and burning
in the head. without commissions. OF
course his experiments didn't 60 very
far.
The shoe factories of Portland, Me-.
have done $3. $50. coo worth of business
the last year the local factories contrib
uting 81 ,355. 200. The factories have
turned out S4l 900 pairs of ladies' shoes.
The factories employ All males and 35S
females.
For several years one of the Nashville
penitentiary convicts has employed odd
moments in making a large frame for
cabinet Photographs II is made of beau
tifully carved wood, and only with the
aid Of pocEctknife. and contains 20, 374
distinct pieces.
1t is estimated that pin factories in
New England turn out 10, 800, 000, coo
pins yearly. and that other factories in
the states bring the number up to 49,
900 100000. This is equal to about ono
pin a day for every inhabitant of thr
United States.
A man WHO is said to look almost ex-
actly as Mozart did is making money i'm
London hv exhibiting himself at fash
ionaIIe parties and musical entertain
ments. lie also appears in tableaux Of
the great musicians life. The man
charges $50 an evening.
The negroes Of Baltimore are said to be
unusually thrifty, as a rule, and there
are nineteen of them whose combined
wealth aggregates S300.000. The richest
of them is Joseph Thomas. boss steve
dOre, who is worth $50. 900. James L.
Bradford. green grocer, is worth
$50. 900.
a Minnesota newspaper reports one of
the Cleanest and quickest corn husking
jobs on record. A prairie fire went
through six acres of corn in five min
utes, completely burning away every
husk. leaving the corn on the stalks clean
and bright, and in no way injured by the
fire or smoke.
The seniors Of the University Of
Michigan held meeting the other even-
ing and resolved to adopt the cap and
gown. but at subsequent meeting Of
all the classes the resolution was re-
scinded, the majority holding that such
a course would be too strongly sugges-
tive of Anglomania.
Probably the best lookout point or
natural watch tower In the world is
Caddo peak, in johnson County. Texas.
1t is a beautiful truncated one. rising
800 feet above the level of the surround
ing country, and from the top of it, on
a clear day, one can see distance Of
400 miles up the meandering Brazos
river.
OF the 1,4O6 students of Michigan
it is stated by president
Angel that the parents of so? were
III merchants, 93 lawyers, 50
physicians, SO manufacturers, "a me
chanics and 81 clergymen. He csti-
mates that as many as As per cent. h.-
longcd to the class who gained their
living by manual toll.