The Penn's Grove record., 1888-12-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.

"A cigar dealer in Mannheim, Pa,
has . rooster which can unite shoe
strings.
The 1rst directory Of the city Of
New York was published In 1855 and
contained but 840 names.
"a mass OF clam shells embedded In
sandstone has been found at q depth Of
100 feet near Forestyllle, Cal.
The temple Of Apollo, at Delhi,
the most splendid temple dedicated t.
that derry, was built 1858 B. c.
The diamond tiara presented BY
the Duke Of Aosta to his bride cost
t65, GOO. 1t contains 1,15c stones.
The baton used by conductors Of
concerts is said to have been intro
duced into England by Spohr in 1920.
. Apologies for Christianity were
addressed by Justin Martyr to the EN-
peror Antonius Plus, about A. D.. 1874.
The first sheet Of plate glass man.
ufactured In the United States is still
doing duty in { Of the show WIN
dows of q store in Pearl street, New
Albany.
The occupants of an Astoria. Ore.,
hostelry Ssh from their bedroom win
dowS and haul IN their suppers from
the surging waters about the hotel
foundations.
Cardinal Manning MI soon give
bis views on teaching ligion In the
public schools. That q point on
which Professionalism a Romanism
will never agree.
IA University is said 10 have been
fouuiei at Bologna by Theod0sius
about 433, but the real date Of the
establishment OF the University OF
Boulogne was ZIG.
Speaking of Belva A. Lockwood,
q correspondent says: ''In literature
she loves works on science, history and
biography best, the writers Of such
VI nks being her favorlte5."
IAN industrious Maine boy recently
sold over twenty pounds Of lead to Va
Augusta junk dealer. 1t w's ride
balls which he had dug fro. , EN-.
bankment back of the State militia
practice targets.
"A raft of piles is being constructed
at Norfolk, Va, on the Berkeley side OF
the river. The raft will be 800 feet
long, % feet beam. 1t will be in siz
sections, coupled strongly together
with wire. 1t is to be towed to Bos.
ton.
The Russian Government has
granted an annual subsidy of l11,000
rubles to q private firm who contract
to run q line of steamers between the
Russian Pacific ports and Corea Japan.
and China, the vessels In time Of war
to be at the disposal of the govern
ment.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the author
OF Robert Elsmere," is described as
q small, slight woman, with a colorlesa
face, soft. thick, dark hair. which she
wears without frizzle or curl. Her
nose is large, and her eyes, though
small, are black and piercing.
Martin Wiles, bathing master Of
the MOhican House, Lake George,
while digging under the roots Of q big
cedar not far from the beach, found o
quantity Of Indian weapons, evidently
of great antiquity, and portions Of q
human skeleton, which crumbled into
dust as soon as exposed to the air. The
hatchets of curious design.
An influential paper Of Buda'
Pesth, Hungary. advocates a reform
in the upper house Of that country,
mRtr- titles of nobility descend only
to the eldest son, and having them In.
separable from q seat in the House,
English fashion. The reason Ii fan.
tastic euough-that so-called barona
and dukes have been killing themselves
lately because they had no money to
support their dignity.
"A woman in North GAINESVILLE,
Fla, saw a little bird flying in and cut
Of Q back window Of her house. She
watched it and saw 1t pass through sew.
eral rooms to the front parlor and dis
appear on a ''whatnot" in the corner.
There the housewife found q nest with
four eggs In 1t. They were not dis
turbed, and at last accounts the bird
was trying to hatch the little eggs.
The etymology of the word honey.
moon Is thus given by q good authority,
Among the northern nations of Eu.
rope there was an ancient practice Of
newly married couples to drink metheg>
lin or mead, a kind Of WINE made
from honey (hydromel) for thirty days
: .s.er marriage. Hence the term honey.
mouth or honeymoon. Attlla, the
Hun. drank SO much mead at his wed.
ding feast that he died"
According to the Roman Catholic
returns for 1888, there are in England
and Wales 2,3l4 priests. as against
1,..25 in 1875, serving 1,304 churches.
chapels and missionary stations. II
Scotland there are five bishops and
1874 priests. serving 327 chapels
churches and stations. The estimated
Catholic population in England and
Wales is 1854 900; In Scotland, 1885,.
0C0; in Ireland, 3.961. 600; total, 5,641,.
600.
"A young man at V~inalhaven,
Me-, who attended the firemen's ball.
put on the sheriff's coat by mistake.
While escorting home his ''best girl
he found a pair Of handouts In hi
pocket, and the young woman tried
them IN. Unfortunately they snapped
and locked, and the hands could not
be withdrawn. The girl nearly
sprained her wrists trying TO extricats
herself from her embarrassing position,
and did not succeed till the sheriff ar
rived with the key.
The display Of pretty faces and
elaborate toilets in Delmonico's BE-
tween IL and 8 O'Clock ever
day is remarkable. There
no other place in the world
where women of indubitabIy correct
position feel at liberty to lunch with.
out escorts. Every day at Delmonicoi
there is q good deal of WINE and cordia
drinking and more or less Of an ex.
hibition Of flushed cheeks and uDusu.
ally bright eyes; but the bounds Of
decorum are never passed, and the
beauty show stands to-day. as It hai
for many years. absolutely without .
rival.
The London GLOBE prints q stroy
from the diamond fields. A KafaI
was suspected of being in possession 81
uncut diamonds. and was pursued b,
officers of the law. When they cam.
up with him he had lust shot one O,