Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-10-12
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soon as they reach their teens
1t is estimated that there are no fewer than
$4,000 sightless beggars in France.
There is mule in Cambridge, o., that is
AZ years old and is still good worker.
The newest Paris bangle bracelets of silver
are ornamented with small fligree men.
Bibles cannot be printed in Madrid fast
enough to meet the demand for them in
Spain.
The London police are now ordered to
wear India rubber or noiseless boots at night
always.
Frederick Gerhard is now known in
London as the financial advisern of Mrs
Langtry.
Over 0,0O0 copies of Lorna Doonen were
sold within one week of its publication in
cheap form.
Oyster color is tint intended for brocades
Va which women win be presented to the
Queen at the next season.
A handkerchief in the possession of the en-
peror of Russia is said to have cost s., 500. 1t
took seven years to make it.
More books and magazines In English are
now read in Paris than at any previous time
in the history of the country.
A recluse near London has for years kept
his coffin under his bed He also has his
tombstone, duly inscribed, on hand.
Mr. Duthie, botanical director for northern
India, advocates the use of the flowers of the
Calligonum for food In northwestern India
An English Protestant has discovered that
the recent strike in London was "the work of
Jesuits, plotting, as ever, the ruin Of Eng
land"
A bicycle which can be made into Quadri-
cycle and can be used by either man or
woman, has been invented by Lancaster
genius
Experiments by Partisan scientist have
proved that daylight entirely ceases In the
waters of the Mediterranean at depth Of
1878 feet
Boon lit, a Siamese student who was gradu-
ated at Williams college last June, will enter
the Presbyterian Theological seminary at Au-
burn, N. Y, this fall
A little girl years old, living nine miles
southeast of Smith Centre, Kan, has plowed
twelve acres of ground for fall wheat with a
three horse riding plow
A young housekeeper of York, Pa, bought
chicken recently, but returned it to the
dealer and got another because 1t had a can
cor. TWAS the first gizzard she ever saw.
Cudleigh Mason, of Martin, Tex, special
from there asserts, has discovered on his
place, while boring WELL a spring Of water
that makes those who drink it dance involun-
tarily.
The largest sailing ship in the world, the
Palgrave, left Sandy Hook recently for Java
with q cargo Of $4,000 cases Of refined pc
troleum, or about ], 1870, 600 gallons. 1t is the
largest cargo ever exported in any one vessel.
The officers of the United States ship En-
terprise have been Hospitality entertained by
the Duke of Argyle at his castle, at Inverary,
Scotland. The Enterprise is the first foreign
war ship that ever sailed up the waters Of
Loeb Tyne.
Two large teeth, in an excellent state of
preservation, have been picked up on the
beach at Withernsea, Yorkshire. They are
of ivory, weigh about two pounds each, and
are supposed to have belonged to the mann
moth elephant.
BY series of strange condolences eight
young people living in Hatfield township,
near Lansdale Pa, became engaged to each
other at the same time, fixed upon the same
udtS AOE bIelI ileiITldSe, duu were Iutrr1eu ny
the same minister at the same place and hour.
The proudest boast among Cuban women
is the dainty smallness Of their feet They
require nothing larger in the way of footgear
than the No. l size for American women.
This peculiar endowment is perfectly natural;
no pinching or pressure of any kind is used.
A wicked practical joker at South Bay, L.
l., has been amusing himself lately by throw
ing large rubber doll from wharf into the
water in the hope of getting people to go to
the rescue of the supposed drowning infant
A number of volunteer life savers have been
already caught by the trick, and swear to get
even with the originator of it.
The petrifed body of q woman was un-
earthed in the cellar of the old African Meth
odist church, Sixth and Lombard streets,
Philadelphia, by workmen who are tearing
down the building. The body was in a coffin,
which was inclosed in lead lined box. It is
in perfect state Of preservation, and is sup
posed to have been buried over 100 years.
Two ancient aqueducts have just been dis
covered at Athens, one large and fit for use,
in the part called Govdi, toward Hymettus;
the other, made of brick, in the city itself,
beneath the royal stables. Near the latter
have been found several tombs in marble,
and in both places fragments of Inscriptions
one of them bearing tho name of PhilagroS,
son of Alexis of the demos of Nellie,
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