Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-09-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

Emulation looks out for merits that
she may exalt herself by q victory;
envy spies out blMnishes that she may
lower another by a defeat Cotton.
Hospital Sunday. days on which
collections were made in the churches
for the benefit of the hospitals, began
at Birmingham, England, Nov. 10,
1859. The hospital Sunday system
was adopted in the United States in
1874.
Melbourne, Australia, in to have a
public clock which will roll of pop
ular mir every hour except during Sum
day, when only Slcred music will DO
played.
Forestry is n national object in
Switzerland. In 1883 nearly six mil
lion coniferous trees were planted, be-
sides nearly half a million Of other
plants.
Ccnsors were Roman magistrates
whose duty IL was to survey and rate
property, and correct the manners Of
the people. The first two ccnsors were
appointed 4i3 b. &.
The number Of admissions to the
Paris exposition up TO the 18th Of July
was i,2O1, 900 Us compared with 4, 332,
600 in the corresponding portion Of
1873. The great majority Of the visi.
tors arc French provincials.
IIcrcdity still rules in the old Lon.
don publishing houses apparently.
Eyre * SpottiswOo,lc announce the
death of their oldest employee, Will.
liam Scott. His name has been on
their pay roll cigliiy-onc years. aud
his fathers foriy-iour years before it.
In n recent speech Lord Randolph
Churchill proposed Ia settle the Irish
question by nm imperial loan Of ElOO,.
OUO. 900 to enable tenants Ia buy their
holdings. The Tory papers ritliculcd
tho proposition.
Near Paterson. y. j.. in the Bergen
county village Of Ridgcwood, lives
Elizabeth Akcrs Allen, the famous au-
thor Of Rock Me to Sleep, Mother"
and other poems. She still pursucs
her literary work, while her husband
is engaged in business in New York.
An author is in the condition Of a
culprit; the public ara his Judges; by
allowing too much. and condcsccnd.
ing too far, he may injure his own
cause; and by pleading and asserting
too boldly he may displcasc the court.
Prior.
The lamp experimental with in
France To bc used Oii the battlefield to
search for the dead and wounded is
about the size Of u locomotive head.
light. II has powerful reflector, and
the light is produced by the combus.
ton Of two magnesium wires.
When Mrs. Anna c. Paris, one Of
the inspcctrcsses at the New York GUS
tom house, caused the arrest Of an Ital.
ian woman in whose hustle was found
u peck Of dutiablc jewels, was asked
why she suspected the culprit, she an.
swcrcd that she marked her out for
search because Italian women don't
wear bustles.
The cleancst and most perfectly pol
ished hard wood floors have no water
used on them. They are simply rub.
bed every morning with a large ilan.
mel cloth which is occasionally dipped
in parailin oil The floor is rubbed
with the grain Of the wood. not across
II. This is better than waxing.
Simultaneous observations taken in
all parts of the country show that
nearly all great storms follow the
same general direction, from the west
to the east. The same is true of cold
or hot waves. Therefore, to tell what
the weather will be in advance. we
have only to find out the conditions
prevailing west Of us. This is practi-
cally the course pursued by the signal
service.
Germany is not u rich country; but
il is not stingy toward the IIollenzol.
lcrns. The dOwry Of the Princess So
phil Of Prussia, who is TO he married
N"iumn To the crown prince Of
at Els. OUO-half Of il
\ d half from the en-
j. % 2,oOO. 900 marks will be
ia. ,n'trust for the princess, the in.
come Of which. at 3 per cent, will be
5000 ycar-say O., 500 year in
all. And Greece il cheap country TO
live in; although royal personages
probably find that all countries are
shout equally expensive.