The state herald., 1890-03-07
WINGED MISSILES,

Vhe highest salary paid u clergymen In
| New York is $4,000, which is earned by
Dr.. John Hall.
England Is said to havo one COW TO SJi
persons France ono COW to 3tss, and Amer
lea ono COW to iesSs persons.
"rhe French have a saying that woman
who buys her complexion will sell IL"
French maxiins arc not always true
Queen Vctoria's regular mail Is about
$40 lettors per day. She is ready to dis.
criminate quickly and answers but fow Of
them.
Neither the Popc nor those OF tho dig
nitarlcs who uro nearest to him In tho
Vatican can speak Or read tho English
language.
a former Marion county, West Virginia,
man now residing in Iowa has returned to
n Fairmont family book he borrowed over
forty years oso.
A farmer Of Upshur county, West vir.
ginia, who owns II number OF guinea hens,
found nest where they had been laying
containing 3s7 eggs
| The first apple treo planted In Ohio they
say, can be seen alivo and vigorous OH
Jerome Vinccnts farm in Marietta. 1t
was planted In 1859.
A bed OF rock salt, over 100 feet In depth,
hns becn struck by gas prospecters ut Wads.
worth, Ohio. The salt is 2,JJ) feet below
| the ca-th's surface.
Tho four.year old son of II. c. McPhar.
ustcad Greenville, Tex, accidentally bit
his own tongue, producing wound from
which he bicd to death.
A novel feature of ths coming exhibition
t,ttn l,f., rt. [, ,,.u
way, In which the vessel will bo immersed
in water while upon the car
A South Chester resident has received n
letter from q friend in Tacoma, Wash,
where, hc says, IL costs 10 cents 10 get
shaved md 81 for haircut.
Rice, New York suicide, left this mes.
sage: at has come to pass that rum won't
drown sorrow any longer.n There Is big
sermon In that short sentence.
The highest individual taxpayer In Bos.
ion Is Joshua Montgomery Sears, who in
1889 paid sJo,9JD.55; next is Frederick l..
Ames, who contributes Si.,l.2.65
Tho Lancet says that the human body
can be cmbalmed so US TO show idcn,itca-
ton three thousand years after death. That
may be 30, but who is 10 do the idcntiilca-
tioni
Explorer Stanley, in u letter TO one OF his
friends, says: "My hair Is like snow from
Ruwcnzori, but it is tho crown OF "a busy
period, and wear 1t without regret Us the
gift OF time"
White mahogany is exceedingly rare but
sparingly introduced as borders for tables
and delicate frame work Of upholstered
uis. 1t has u soft enamel. like gloss and
is very costly.
Tho project of tunncling tho English
Channel Is still cherished by u company of
British capitalists, who have expended
ei0l,OO on experimental works which are
not yet completed.
Henry Schmuckcr, a farmer at Lowhill,
near Allentown, attempted TO shoot wild
turkey, when tho cap missed fire, but ho
exploded tho folwing piecs with a.ma,ch
and killed the bird.
The Chinese government has Just or
dered new edition OF tho famous cncyclo.
pcdia which was originally compiled during
the reign OF Kien.Lung. The index alone
ills twelve folio volumes.
Albert Gallntin Morton. of Amcsbury,
Mass, was born In 1901, began preaching
IN leaj, AMI has occupied his pulpit rcgu.
larry ever since without in u single in.
stance writing out a sermon.
What arc supposed TO bc the first playing
cards used We're recently found In tho
Pompciian excavations and are now In tho
possession OF u collector In Philadelphia.
The cards are perfectly square.
The Oldest banker In the United States Is
a woman. Her name is Deborah Powers,
and sho Is at tho head OF the iirm OF ID.
Powers & Sons, Lansingburs, n. Y. Mrs.
Powers is ninety nine years of age.
A single lemon tree in Caloosahatchlc,
Fla, has on 1t over 5000 lemons, mlny OF
which weigh pound each. 1t is predicted
that Florida will soon become the greatest
lemon-growing country In tho world
A four.yoar old sou OF William II. Wood,
Of Center Square. Montgomery county,
who swallowed carpet tack In March,
1855, coughcd IL upa iew days ago, His
throat allied continually In the interval
A lady ut Titusvillc, Fla, has novelty
| In tho way of roses. One OF her many va
ricties bears n bud which Is green wncu 1t
blossoms. In the bud IL is so nearly tho
color OF tho foliage Us 10 bo hard 10 distin.
guish.
| Tho earliest known will las been discov.
cred by Flinders Petri at kghun, or us tho
town was known $3.50 years ago, Iilahun
The document Is SO cur.ously modern In
form that 1t might almost bo granted pro.
Dato to-day.
| Henry Waters OF Salem, Mass, who has
mado personal search among original
records, says ho found that George v ush.
ngton was descended from Lawrence
" ashlngton, Parson of perl,y Bucks
County, Eng) In 1913.
Tho mos, costly book In tho world Is n
Billie In Hebrew. An offer Of it- weight
| in gold was onco made AMI 1t was ascer-
tanned that this offer amounted 10 sl1!,OJ1,
which was refused, and tie yDilmi is stili
In tho library OF tho Vatican.
1almagc knows where 10 make himself
| solid. lie recently said; II could preach u
| whole sermon on the everlasting blessing Of
a good newspaper. a good newspaper Is
the grandcsi temporary blessing ,aut Gol
has given To the people OF THIS country"
John q. Whittier Is getting well along In
| years, but ho Is stili able TO earn money
with his pen. The beautiful poem "Ihc
Captains " ell" which recently appeared
as u souvenir OF the improved New York
Ledger, brought ths venerable poot u clcan.
1909.
Pombolano Is. the name OF plant found
in Mexico, tho root Of which Is said 10 con.
tan substance analo ;ous TO but more
powerful than Iuinino Ia LIS antpcrloilc
action It has been found 10 euro roDollious
intermittent icyers that had resisted the
action OF quinine
Sonnini gives IN account OF Il dog that,
about iybp, 10 tho knowlc igo OF all Paris"
remained for more than two years beside
tho tomb OF hi, master In tbs Cimctcry OF
the innoccnts. II carried 10 dlstuni part
Of tho city aud locked up he would return
10 tho tomb rs soon ~ bo escaped.
About 5000 watches aru daily manufact.
urcj In ,ba United States. a first class
American watch, we'll kcpi, will last thirty