The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-05-02
HERE AND TnEag.
Syracuse, N. T., Is rejoicing over 8 new
$4,000 kennel club.

Syracuse, N T., Is rejoicing over . nea
| $40, 600 kennel club.
There are :05, 600 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 3,648 500 carsts
and valued at over $50, 100000
A Vermont minister has preached 12l
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 1t thunders.
During the frst three months of this year
5000 more Immigrants arrived at New York
than In the same time last year. There were
Is, o45 arrivals In March.
The horse power represented by steam en-
gines in the United States is 1850, 600; In
England, 1000, 900; in Germany, 4 800 900; In
France, 5000, 1000; in Austria, 1900
An Orlando, Fla, wagonmaker has con-
structed a boat wagon that will 90 equally
we'll on land or water, and 1t Is voted just the
thing for sportsmen in that wild and watery
region
Mrs. Morris, OF Sheboygan. Mich, pos
sesses as a highly priced relic large meer-
schaum pipe that belonged to former king
of Denmark, and is now 23s years old. 1t has
been an heirloom in her family for gener-
atoms.
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.
Two French ladies lately agreed upon
trial for 1000 francs to see which could talk
the faster. The contest was to endure for
three hours. One pronounced 203, $50 words,
reading from Eugene Sue.n The other pro-
nounced sO8,3ll, and won the prize.
Three little Buffalo girls, all under IL.
lately started to walk to Indianapolis where
the mother of one of them is living As they
took a 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 future
Chinese belle Is about three days old she Ia
ceptable neighbor, and when she Is about
fifteen she is carried to his house aud left
there and that ends It,
The greatest ocean depth which has been
ascertained by sounding is five miles and
quarter Cs5,720 feet, or 1890 fathoms), not
quite equal to the height of the highest
known mountain, Mount Everest, which
measures 90, 002 feet, or five and half miles
high. The average depth between 60 degs.
north and 90 dogs. south Is nearly three
miles
Down In South Carolina Texas pony, for
lack OF better employment, jumped up the
five foot steps Of book store, walked In,
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
Deenshed their antleIs every year, and al
though the antlers, when the deer Is killed
before they are removed, will withstand ali
weathers Tor years, it Is very rarely that e
pair that have been shed are found. This Il
said TO be aueto small insect that attackn
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 meal may be
bought for q farthing. The small coin pays
for bowl OF soup or a half loaf of bread,
and two farthings secures a cup OF coffee or
cocoa and slice OF bread and jam. Thus
for about two cents wholesome meal can be
bought. Threepence brings meat and pota-
toes and half penny dish OF rice