Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

clared in 1910.
A Georgia peach tree has borne four
crops this season.
An irfrmary for dumb animals is to
be established in Philadelphia.
BARRIERS lived in Greece in tho fifth
century, and at Rome in the third CEN
tuty. B. c.
There arc laws against using profano
language by telephone in all states cx-
ccpt Connecticut.
The first embroidery machine is said
to have been invented by John Duncan
Of Glasgow in 1904
st. Augustine, Fla, is tho oldest
town in the United States, fort having
be n built there by the Spaniards in
1542.
A San Franoi'co couple who desired
to get married chartered n tug, aad had
the ceremony performed while tho boat
was in the open sea.
A series of earthquakes in Russian
Turkestan last year destroyed /, 500
stone buildings without seriously in jur-
ing wooden structure.
A garden magazine says not one
tenth of the people of tho United States
ever tasted an apricot, yet they may be
successfully grown wherever peaches
grow.
A colorcd woman in Atlanta, Ga, is
the youngest of thirty-sevca children,
and although not yet thirty eight years
old, is herself the mother of twenty
seven children.
Miss Amanda Perry, daughter of
Captain Brayton Perry, one of tho pat
riots who helped throw the tea in Bos-
ton harbor, and relative of the famous
Commodore Perry, is aa Object of char
ity in Cincinnati.
Hugo mirrors, mounted as screens in
the dining room Of the Clifton House,
Niagara, reflect thu falls in the most
graphic and realistic manner, so that
one may dine and view one of the great
est of natural wond r, simultaneously.
The two m ost skilful arc hitects in al
the world arc tho bee and tho spider.
The oac puts up neat packages Of
sweets, and the other builds slaughter
house for flies. S, ilcrs ars valuable,
inasmuch as thy destroy roxious il
stc.s.
A nugget was recently found in the
Sierra Azul district in Sonora, CAL,
that weighed 5 pounds, . 5-S ounces,
and contained $3.50 in gold. 1t was
taken from the old placer diggiags
which have been worked for many years
By the M2xlcaas.
There have be N % prcsid crts of the
L tied States, of whom wcro elected
at 81, aad 6 attained that great office
before the age of So Three military
men past GO have been elected. Two
died very soon, and the other was &c l.
cral J ckson, aad he was but 81 when
elected. -t..
William C,rtcr is said to lie the oldest
coroner in England, having succeeded
his father, who held III t off &c in E,st
Surrey about 81 years ago. II, is now
81 ars old, and, although he lately
turned over the wo-k il som, of his dis.
tricts to his deputy, h, still holds in
quests In three pari hes.
The Authorization of the japanese
soldier is composed OF daily rati"n Of
/, 96l grammcs Of uncookcd BIC, and
money lowa1ce with which to pur-
chase food, six cents a day fer privates
and eight for eff GERS. Fiji is the only
sort OF animal food possible on this
allowance, aad tea tho only driak.
Persons who respond to an advertise
mcnt that premises 'twcnty-fv, useful
hou old articles for % cents" arc re-
ceiviag by return mail literally.
roint,d c3po2sc-twcnty-ti needle.
The surprising thing alb u: it is TINT
the sharp who operates tho scheme
docsn' t scnl pins, as they aro cheapell
A society called tho Columbia has
started carrier pigeon selvic, between
S;rasblrs ard Vlcnnn, and recently
number of pigeons were started at the
latter city at five o clock ono cvenin J,
and the first Of them reached StrasLurg
at six clock the next morning, having
Travelled at the ratio of over thirty ono
miles "a hour all Right.
BllIooning, although the subj ct as
theory has engaged attention FIR many
years, received its greatest Influence
from the di very which was made by
Henry c vea lish ia 1866, that hydro
gen gas is 1).S lighter than c,mmoa
air. Joseph MongoIfier originated the
use of hct air il balloons il 1882.
Charles Green Introduced the use Of
coal gas and made tho fl st ascent ia
balloon so 10 fl tied, July 10, 1921.
A Man of One Idea.