Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-05-19
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Almauacs were first introduced in
IN Mexico parrots are eaten, but they
ana rather tough.
Sman stuffed alligators are now used
rs umbrella stands.
Spiders roasted are sort of desert
wsth the New Caledonisns.
A truss fur Strengthening crooked noses
is among the novelties in surgical it,
siaumsnfs.
The first printing types were Gothic.
hnf they were modified into the present
l Roman type about I4sa.
A Macon QGa.) colorcd man, after
sleeplHg continuously four days and
nights awOke araving maniac.
A passenger on Missouri train was
shot At BY a desperate, and was saved
4 ~ Plug Of tobacco, which stopped the
Amllet.
Miss Olive Green and Ivory White
were welded in an Iowa town recently.
the Rev. Mn. Black performing the cere.
monE.
The commercial agents of govern
ments were first distinguished by the
names Of consals in Italy in the fifteenth
century.
The Romans are said to have first used
feathers IN beds, and feather beds were
N use in England during the reign of
henry WIN.
Recently an Omaha couple were forced
to leave home to be married, for the rea.
ssm that the groom was the one person
in the county who could issue a marriage
hcense-so found he must either resign,
60 elsewhere, or remain bachelor.
James Moran, of Montrose, Mich,
found small piece Of placer gold in the
gizzard Of a chicken that he killed. A
search around the neighboring streams
showed evidence that placer gold may be
hound there in considerable quantities.
Sheriff Franklin has shown the Carriers
vile g6A-) OOurant knife that is 1913
years old. 1t is of the ''barlow" pattern
and has The initials of the makers, M.F.
Il S. The single blade is considerably
worn, hut takes better edge now than
The finest knives bought these days of
Raniteration and shoddy work.
The ancicnts were acquainted with
seven metals which they supposed to
possess certain mystic relationship with
the planets, and were represented by the
hleroglyphics by which the planets were
known. Gold was called Sol or sun:
silFer, Luna, OF moons iron, Mars; lead,
Saru1ns copper, Venus tin, Jupiter;
mercury, Mercury.
The sole tenant of lonely miners
cabin that stands on the summit of Gold
Hill opposite Bueua Vista, COL, is Mrs.
Mary Mallcn, noted throughout the
West as the only woman miner in the
State. She has lived alone on the noun
tam for several years, spending her time
IN prospecting for gold, but thus far
without apparent success.
Three years ago a harsh voiced man,
John Steiner by name, stood on State
street, Chicago, offering twenty four
sheets Of note paper for a nickel" To-
day, 1t is stated, he is the owner of the
lcading stationery store in town of
rs. 600 inhabitants in Iowa; and he made
his start selling quire of writing paper
for five cents on one of the busiest
streets in Chicago.
In October, 1888, harness was stolen
in North Haven, Conn, and was found
in the possession of Charles e. Sparks.
He claimed to have bought it, but was
convicted of the theft. and sentenced to
the State Prison for three years and served
his time ont. Frank Hicks when
he was dying in Claremont, Mass,
wrote letter confessing that he stole
The harness and sold it to Sparks for
kI2. 50.
What Queen Elizabeth had for dinner
We can only guess; but it is not likely
that her English subjects had much va
Flety Of vegetable food. Shakespeare
has plenty to say about venison and ca
pons and beef he says very little about
vegetables We have the line, "And
greasy Joan doth kele the pot''-that is,
put kslc into the pot-kele being the
coleswort Of the Saxons, who called the
month Of February Sprout-kele, as the
ItiTue when the r =. rnaf roffavo herb ha-