Telegram-herald., 1888-05-13

VIENNA gets its name from the river
Wien, which flows through the city.
The term derrick is an abbreviation OF
Theodoric, . hangmsn AZ Tysurn in the sew
entsenth century.
TEE hrst slave labor within the present
limits OF the United States was that en-
ployed AZ the founding OF ST. Augustine,
IN 1916.
ETHIOPIA Is Greek. the first part Of the
word meaning 70 burn, and the latter the
face. Ethiopia. therefore, is the land where
men have burned or dark faces.
BoIIIxs TO death was introduced as a
mode OF capital punishment during the
reign Of Henry VIII, in 1881, bat the act
establishing it was repealed sixteen years
later.
TABLx-SaPxrys have been in use more
than twenty centuries IN early days each
guest brought his napkin when hidden 70
q feast An expensive treat for Prince
was napkins of asbestos, which were
cieanssd by throwing them into a charcoal
IRE.
HxxRY CLAY was known as the mil Boy
Of The Slashss." he was called by this name
because he was born near a place la Han
over County, Va, known as the Slashes, a
nill 70 which, as q boy, he was often seat on
errands.
THE sandwich Is the invsntioni OF Lord
Sandwich, an English aristocrat. who was
such an inveterate gambler that he would
not leave the gaming table, and had slices
OF meat placed between slices cf bread.
which he dsvourea during the progress of
the games.
Tss white pine was among the very first
American trees planted IN Europe Lord
Weymouth. in the year lTea- planted the
white pine on Ms ero~nds m Chelsea. Eng.
From that date, the tree has been
cultivated N Europe under tbe name OF
weymouth pine.
SAFFzoS, OF the dried sti4mas Of a certain
purple erocus, was valued among the an
cients for its perfume The floors Of their
halls and mansions, and even their thea
ters were strewn with T. It's aavor was
greatly appreciated, and II was aueh en-
ployed IN seasoning dishes
ACCORDING 20 a Washington msthemsti-
clan. President Cleveland sas shaken in The
psst year ever DO 900 different hands Mrs.
Clevslsnd n supposed 20 have shaken half
that nssnbsr The Individual vhs IL author
ity for this ssstemest says Mrs. Cleveland
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NxsRo Is purs Spanish for black. ard Is
derived from ths Latin word NIjsr-black.
The Spsnisrds, beng near Africa, sppro-
pristed he word 70 he inhabitants of that
continent in early times They sppiied II
mere particularly - slaves. and aence TOE
Eaeiish sppscstieu of tue sad term 70 the
DARK. sxiuned race
THr iies q putting pictures On the bscxs
of Natiorai bark notss origir sted with s
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ans PrsnfiaE a. " Wass1n rtou- The pan was
70 n@e the pictures IN the rotesas q ths
Capitol at Washington TAe dsneminstiou
of the ncte was - be sx-d sy tse picture
L was hoped that children. or poorly eda-
Gated pecple. or foreigners. woald thas earn
- Knew the difference Of values.
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