Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-10-03
SELECT sIFTINGs.

Tho tongue of the giraffe is nearly 4
foot and half long.
A jaguar will rather attack . black
man than a white one.
In Russia man may appear as wit
ness in lawsuit against his wife.
w. L. Osborne, of Phoenix, Arizona,
has collected ten tons of honey this sea-
son from III hives.
Consul Meyers, of Honolulu. declares
that of the 1859 lepers at Melohair only
twenty EIGHT are Chinese.
A man in Jefferson County, Penn, is
said to have lost his sight from drinking
too much ice-water when heated.
A Los Angeles (Cal.) pickle factory
bought eighty tons of cucumbers at Ana
helm recently at one cent a pound.
Five miles may be taken as the extreme
limit at which man is visible on fiat
plain to an observer on the same level.
A North Sea codfisher carries set of
lines 1900 fathoms in length, and having
the amazing number of 1880 hooks,
every one of which must be baited.
Lincoln, Me-, has blind man who is
clever croquet player. He plays by in
formation as to direction and by measur-
ing the distance by walking to the OBJ
ject ball.
A Waterloo veteran who resides near
Oswestry, England, has just attained his
ninetieth year. He has been married
four times, and is the father of twenty
four children.
Pemberton, N. j., has curious freak
of nature. At the farm of Alfred John
son are twin calves, under sized, yet
healthy, covered with long white, fleecy
wool and with tails like those of
rabbit.
1t is said to be not at all unlikely that
the house in which President Lincoln
died will follow Libby Prison to Chicago,
aWestern syndicate having made an offer
for it. The intention is to put it on ex-
hibition during the Worlds Fair.
One of the largest forests in the world
stands on ice. 1t is situated between
Ural and the Okhotsk Sea, in Russian
Siberia. A we'll was recently dug in this
region, when it was found that at a depth
of 116 metres the ground was still
frozen.
The French order, the Legion of
Honor, was established by Napoleon in
1902. There are five grades, that of
chevalier, officer, commander, grand
officer and grand croix. Recipients re-
ceive $50, 800, 5000, $400, $500
year respectively.
Richard Tevithick, of England, built
me first locomotive in 1904, but the first
locomotive after the modern idea was
built by George Stephenson in 1929; the
idea OF the construction of locomotive
was given to the world by James Watt
in 1869, and patented by him in 1854.
The st. Joseph CMo.) Ne,os relates that
the Mayor of Keytesville, that State, was
arrested the other day for violation of
city ordinance, which prohibits the
throwing of paper in the streets. The
City Marshal caught him in the act, and
the Mayor fined himself 81 for the
offence.
Leigham Court, Streatham, near Lon
don, comprising sixty-six acres, has just
been sold for $3.50, 600. 1t was for
many wears the residence of the late M.
J. Trcdwell, railway contractor, who
began life as a navy. His widow still
preserves the pick and shovel with which
he worked az lanorer.
The barrad or barraid was the name
of conical cap worn by the Irish as late
as the seventeenth century, and apparent
ly of very ancient origin. O'More, a
turbulent Irish chieftain, is represented
wearing one in delineation of the TAX
ing of the Earl of Ormond in 1000. 1t
was of the most primitive form, resem-
bling the cappan of the ancient Britons.