The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-14
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


nessee.
-Electroplating with platinum prom
ises to DO among the accomplished
things of tho near future.
1t has been estimated, from q micro
scoplc examination of tho impress of the
word hello on photograph cylinder,
that 1T contains sixteen thousand inden-
tons
1t is told of young man in Han
cock, Me-, that though he goes to meet
ings, parties, and other gatherings. he
has never been known to speak to any
body but bis parents. No reason is as
signed for his silence
"A monstrous brass casting was sue
cessfully run at a foundry in Pittston,
Pa, the other day. 1t is pump cham
Der weighing 5000 pounds. It took
three men nearly month to build the
mold, and the material cost 81, 500.
Forty years ago, Mrs. Cole, of Fred
ericksburg, Va, swallowed needle. 1t
caused her no Inconvenience or pain,
and she soon after forgotit. A few days
since she was reminded of it by finding
the needle projecting from her side
After spending an hour and a half
in serenading newly-wedded couple in
oaco, Me-, and wondering that the groom
did not appear to welcome tho music
1ans, the groom's father astonished them
by imparting the information that tho
happy pair were in ne ghboring viii
lage.
Urban Getchell. of Limestone. Me.
witnessed novel sight while driving
hot &c I. II
two miles from the village lie came
on seven bears unawares, threc Of thep
full grown and four cubs quito large.
The old ones made for the woods, but
the cubs had their gambols out before
they followed Urban says it was a nice
sight, but his hair seemed to grow very
fast and raise his hat from its usual
place. The bears were seen by two
other persons.
1t is asserted by French vintagers
that the grapes gathered at sunrise al
ways produce the lightest and most linn
pld wine Moreover, by plucking the
grapes when the early morning sun is
upon thcm they are believed to yield a
fourth more juice. Later on in the day,
too, spite of all precautions, it is impos-
grapes from partially fermenting, which
frequently sufiices to give slight ex-
cess OF color to the must-a thing espec-
tally to be avoided in 4 high-class cham
pagne.
No matter how much advertising
pays it certainly costs. A single page
in an issue OF the Century, taken for
advertising purposes, costs $500; in Harp
er's, $500 down to 500. A yearly adj
vertisement of one column in the New
York Herald costs $50 S04 for the lowest
and $3.50, 900 for the highest priced COL
umns. These figures will doubtless be
of interest to men who invest 81 or So
per month, and flatter themselves with
p the idea that they are extensive and
liberal advertisers. and that because of
their investment they ought to control
the columns and dictate the course of
publica ton.
Western sportsmen are considering
plan for introducing the kangaroo in
this country. These animals have al
ready been successfully acclimated in
France and England, and there seems
to be no reason why they should not be
in this country. AS further argu-
ment in favor of their plan tho sports
men lay stress on the commercial value
OF the kangaroo skin which make dur
able and valuable leather Provided
the scheme is acceptable, several of tho
animals will be placed in tho Yellow
stono Park. where they will be protected
by the Government until they have be-
come sufficiently humorous to DO hunted.
Miss Mary A. Corcoran. of Ansonia,
Conn, carried in bundle of sticks of
wood for her fire early one morning and
put them in box behind the stove.
When she went to replenish the fire she
picked up half a dozen sticks and after
putting three on the fire heard loud
sissing sound in the stove. Just then
the head of large striped adder lifted
itself from the hole in the stove and
tried to strike her. Tho other two sticks
held the snake in such position thatit
did not succeed. Her screams brought
her father, who killed tho adder with
the poker. 1t measured over two foot
1t is suppose Miss Corcoran picked it ND
while it was glutted with food and in a
lethargic state and the heat of tho fire
forced it into activity.
Tho town of Sweden, Me-, got OK
cited recently, according to the Oxford
Democrat. over reports of various per-
sons who declared that thoy had seen
wild woman iii tho east part of town.
One said he saw her trying to milk
COW, second that she was in another
pasture picking berries. third that sho
was walking through some bushes near
the road, and when she saw that she
was observed beat hasty retreat Some
said she was dressed in light clothes,
others that her clothes were dark and
she had on white apron. A searching
party was made up and armed with