The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

ODDS AND ENDS.
A new invention of English origin Is
an incandescent lamp in which the fila
ment is coated with q layer of silicon.
1t is claimed that the degree of vacuum
required inside the bulb will be thus les
sened.
An odd conception, manufactured at
the suggestion of a New York lady, is
an enameled orange which opens and
discloses a watch in one-half, aad a
purse in the other The exterior Of this
unique article is exceedingly realistic.
London is giving her electric traction
service boom. Before very long a
line of omnibuses run by electricity is
to be started They will be driven by
storage batteries and each bus is to
have seating capacity of twenty-six
passengers.
Spain's population has grown incredi-
bly, during the last decade. There has
been an increase of about one million
people during thirteen years. This as
tonishing growth is attributed in q
great measure to the success that has
attended the changes in the hygienio
condition of the large cities and towns.
The Duke of Northumberland is no
doubt the greatest landowner In Eng
land. He owns more than 200, 900 acres
and has rent roll of 1915, 900 year.
He is 81 years of age and all his life has
been great reader.
Of2,759 duels fought in Italy during
eleven years, 1, 141 terminated by insig-
nificant wounds, HOO by wounds
speedily healed, and so onlyby wounds
subsequently, producing death 1t is
shown that nearly all the duels take
place in the hotmonths and in the very
early morning hours.
Perhaps Jenner did not discover vac
cination. In graveyard of Worth,
Dorsetshire, there Is tomb with this in
scription: Benjamin Jestey, of Down
shay, died April is, 1916, aged 70 He
was born at Yetminster, in this county,
and was an upright, honest man, par
ticularly noted for having been the first
person known that introduced the COW
poS by incubation, and who, for his
great strength of mind, made the ex-
pertinent from the COW on his wife and
two sons in the year Iva "
Wordsworth's cottage at Grasmere is
one of the most beautiful spots in that
lovely district. 1t deserves to be saved,
and Stopford Brooke and his brother,
with Professor Knight, of st. Andrews,
and Others, are making on appeal that
it should be secured with the orchard
and garden for the modest sum of 1850.
The promoters aim to raise that sum
by small subscriptions, so that every
lover Of the poet may contribute and
thus make the monument national
memorial to Wordsworth
The efficacy of hot water in shaving
is more fully appreciated by the people
of that remarkably advanced country,
Japan, than In the younger civilizations
of the west. japanese BARRIERS shave
nearly all of the exposed surfaces of
mans head They shave the ears, the
outside and inside of the nose, the eye
brows and a portion of the scalp. No
lather Is used, but a keen edge is kept
constantly on the razor by dipping it
into hot water
a remarkable occurrence is reported
by native japanese newspaper.
Scientists assign its cause to vacuum
due to atmospheric changes. while the
villagers think it to be the work Of dew
lis. The circumstances are as follows;
A man suddenly falls down while walk
ing In the open air or in a house,
when a slit in the flesh from one
inch to one inch and q half in length
and about an inch in depth is found,
the place principally attacked being the
legs. At the time not much pain is
felt, but half an hour afterward the
pain increases rs the blood begins to
flow. The wounds are said TO very diff
ficult to cure.