Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-17
NOT COMMONLY KNOWN.

THE common unit of lineal measure, q foot, was derived from the length of the human foot.
 TIE 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-cotton and camphor, in imi- tation of coral, ivory, tortoise-shell, amber, malachite and many other substances. NICKEL three-cent pieces were first coined in p1S65, 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 1864, and were coined until 1873.
 THE actual time required for the trans mission of cable message across tho At lantc Ocean is intintessimal, but in reck. oning the period elapsing between it's dis patch and receipt allowance must be made for the time required in sending, receiving, transcribing and delivering.
 MEAL POWDER" is a fine dust containing the ingredients of ordinary gunpowder, but
 
 gradients varies, according to the rate of burning desired and the object for which the powder is to be used. It 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 name It now bears The dissolution of the Whig party, in 1852, left anumber of factions agree ing in nothing but their opposition to the Democratic party, and from a coalition of tho bulk of these sprang the present Kepub- lican party.
 IN 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 off 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 ant!ers, 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 a small insect that attacks the antlers soon after they are dropped and destroys them by burrowng through and through them.
 THE "Potter's F.eld' is a portion of a buryin 2 ground set apart for the burial of the destitute poor and others who are judged unworthy of consccrated 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 q place of burial for non- resident Jews. ''And they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in.''
 THE frequency of the pulse varies greatly with the age. In the newyborn infant it averages from 130 to 140 beats ill a minute {; in the second year, from 100 to 115; from the seventh to tho fourteenth year, from so to 90; from the fourteenth to the twenty first, from 75 to S5; from the twenty first to the sixtieth year, from 70 to 75. After this last period the pulse is supposed to fall in frequency, but this remalns a disputed question. Then, again, thero are exceptions to the above averages, young persons being met with having a pulse below 60, or even lower Sex, also, has much to do with tho frequency, tho pulse of the adalt fem ale ex- ceeding that of the male of the same age by from 10 to 14 beats per minute.