Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-28
NOT COMMONLY KNOWN.

THE common unit of lineal measure, q
foot, was derived from the length of the
| human foot.
| THE dark oranges grown in Florida are
| known there as the african russell" They
are growing in popular favor.
The last month of the OLD and the first
| two months of the new year make up the
| limited period when intelligent folk are sup
| posed to let Holsters alone. At all other
times they are 'seasonable."
| { CELLULoID is compound manufactured
from several ingredients, chief among
which are gun-cetton and canlphor, in imi-
tatlon OF coral, ivory, tortoise-shell, amber
malachite and many other substances.
NICKEL three-cent pieces were first coined
ia 01S65, and were issued regularly up to
1879, since which time they have only been
coined in proof sets. Two-cent pieces made
their first appearance in 1854, and were
coined until 1878.
THE actual time required for the trans
mission of cable message across the At
lantic Ocean is inhnitessimal, but in reck-
oning the period elapsing between its dis
patch and receipt allowance must be made
for the time required in sending, receiving,
transcribing and delivering.
''MEAL POWDER is fine dust containing
the ingredients Of ordinary gunpowder, but
in which the relative proportion of these in
gradients varies, according 10 the rate Of
burning desired and the object for which
the powder is to be used 1t is principally
employed in making fireworks.
AT first the Democratic party was known
as the Republican, then as the Democratic
Republican, and finally assumed the namelt
now bears. The dissolution of the Wing
party, in 1852, left a number of factions agree
ing in nothing but their opposition to the
Democratic party, and from coalition of
the bulk of these sprang the present Repub-
lican party.
IL early days, when foot-boys, who, in
the majority of cases, were given the name
of Jack, were kept to turn the spit when
roasting meat or to pull of their masters
boots. they were generally nicknamed
"bootjacks" or ''roasting jacks" from
which arose the appellation now bestowed
upon instruments of wood or iron used for
performing these duties.
DEERs shed their antlers every year, and
although the antlers, when the deer is
killed before they are removed, will with
stand all weathers for years, it is very rarely
that pair that have been shed are found.
This is said to be due to q small insect that
attacks the antlers soon after they are
dropped and destroys them by burrowing
through and through them.
THE "Potter's Field is a portion of
burying- ground set apart for the burial Of
the destitute poor and others who are
judged unworthy of consecrated burial
According to st. Matthew, the first
potter's field was purchased with the
pieces Of silver rejected by Judas, for
Chrlst's betrayal, and was used as a place
Of burial for nonresident Jews. ''And they
took counsel and bought with them the
potter's field to bury strangers i'm
THE frequency of the pulse varies greatly
with the age. In the newly-born infant it
averages from 100 to 140 beats in minute;
ia the second year, from 100 to us; from
the seventh TO the fourteenth year, from so
TO 90; from the fourteenth to the twenty
first, from 70 to SIS; from the twenty-first to
the sixtieth year, from 20 to 70. After
this last period the pulse is supposed to fall
in frequency, but this remains a disputed
question. Then, again, there are exceptions
10 the above averages, young persons being
met with having pulse below 60, or even
lower. Sex, also, has much to do with the
frequency, the pulse of the adult female ex-
ceeding that of the male of the same age by
from 10 to IA beats per minute.