The state herald., 1890-02-07
suPERFIcIAL SURVEY.

"A bplcuulu uOW OkkuA VI SSAVSDSS ~s~~ -
TO DO placed In St Petcrs OF Rome.
1t requires twenty two volumes to regis.
tor the different cattle brands OF Arizona.
Thirty German sculptors are working on
thirty new monuments to Emperor William
l.
Tho Baldwin Locomotive Works expect
this year to turn out not less than 1908
locomotives.
A cat set Grcenbur2 house on fire by
pulling from q table the cover and with 1t o
lighted lamp.
A set OF false tooth exploded in New
port dentists oi1'ce tho other day, smashing
things in the oftice.
The international electric exhibition 10
be held at Frankfort has been postponed
until the spring of 1891.
The Oldest inhabitant is great on parallels.
He now remembers that tho winter Of 1880
and 1880 was just like this one.
Maine represents legally al general preiu-
iice The state has law prohibiting man
from marrying his mother.inlaw,
Cuba wants Independence. The littlo
island ought to have 1t. 1t has been tho
dependent Of old Spain long enough.
Puck has noticed that "tho man who is
sure hc can't be wrong Is always the very
,ne to find that 1t is the impossible which
happens.
The women of Milford, Me-, have pre-
sented to the town hall which they paid
for themselves by giving entertainments
and fairs.
Chicago Ia trying TO develop an art sido
70 life. verstchagin's pictures arc now on
exhibition in that city. Not many go 70
see them.
There has been IN extraordinary epidem.
ic Of suicides in the German army Of late
In one month twenty eight oficers shot
themselves.
The condition of a certain cat in Lomoine.
Me-, is literally at skies and sovens. She
has seven toes on her hind feet and six on
her fore feot
A gepealogist has discovered that tho
McGinty is u llncal descedunt OF the IA
nous Thorwald Mac Gunta who discovered
Boston In ll0i.
The municipal authorities OF Calcutta re-
:ently presented an address TO Prince Al
bert Victor OF Wales. IT should have
read Get out
Last summer the queen OF Italy attained
The loftiest point ever reached by Euro
oean sovereign by the ascent Of the
Brcithorn, 3,7S5 feet.
At Tucanchc, In Guatemala, the boys in
, school recently seized the master and
hanged him in the school house. None Of
he culprits were arrested.
The Mexican government has lately Or
Tered l,0DJ,0)O grape cuttings from Cali
fornia, and will distribute them free TO all
who wish to plant them in Mexico.
The Philadelphia Times says: civilian
Black, the English novelist makes n, OO0 .
year ba his pen. Pugilist John L. Sullivan
pays about that sum annually for gloves
and cigars"
In hcft the evolution of the locomotive
has been moro than sevcnfold. In Steph0n-
sons timo 1t weighed about seven tons.
Now the weight OF the average locomotive
is about fifty tons.
They find ice on Mount Mcclellan, CAL,
which they suppose to be 5000 years old.
A geologlst said recently that tnero wero
evidences that man had been on Garth for
that period OF time.
Jaw gbAt sAa~pss bN'iS ActhSA khot
goes TO Tcnnyson asking for his autograph
IS thrown into the fire. Autograph people
aud tuft hunters nave never had much sue
cess with the laureate.
Dan Slutc, tho DAM OF "Innocents
Abroad" has failed In the blank book busi-
ness in New YORK. Perhaps II was Mark
Tvain's scrap book which stuck him.
Mark never sticks himself
An aged woman In Elmwood. near Cir
cinnati, being taken Ill while out driving,
request her driver TO take her 10 the office Of
an undertaken whom she knew well. He did
so, and she dleta few minutes after her
arrival.
William Hammond, 81 Wllkesbarre
Heights, aged sevcnty-nln has worked
continuously In coai mines for over seventy
years, hayin; commenced with his father
in Wales when he was eight years old He
is hale yet
Perhaps ro more significant evidence Of
the onward march OF civilization could bo
Afforded than the lighting by electricity OF
the palace OF the Guicowar OF Barods, In
India, and that, too, on scale OF unstint-
ing splendor.
West Australia now wants legislative
autonomy, and u number OF delegates have
been sent TO Interview the home govern.
ment on the subject OF course John Huh
will SEQ tho proprie,y OF granting to Aus
tralia what he refuses 10 ireland.
Miss Kate Sanbornc has an original idea
Once week she is going TO lecture 10 the
busy society women OF Boston on tho chicf
points current In tho intellectual world.
giving sacm the gist OF what is going on ID
the magazines and newspapers, both forci.r
and domestic.
Although tho Yellowstone Park is full Of
springs and streams they contain no fish.
This Is explained by the abundance Of lava
which obliteratcd life when II was forced
out and has since kept the fishes out by tho
lava which has produced waterfall In
sycry stream.
AJapanose surgeon advcrtlscs as follows:
Surgery and bono settling have boon przc.
tlced successfully by my ancestors for the
past seven generations Indeed, / may
claim 10 certain amount OF their sccumu.
lated experience transmitted 10 mo In writ,
lngs and otherwise
Tho late Thomas Parker, OF washington.
became so attached TO cane which ho had
carried for years that he kept 1t In bed With
him all during his Illness, aud before dying
expressed u wish that the favorits stick b
buried with him, His wish was carried
out, tho cano being put In tho CONN.
A French electrical journal estimates
that the total length OF the telegraph wiros
uheluding submarine cablcs) OF tho world
IN use nj the present tiino. cx.acds half Q
million miles Fourhiths of iSMS6Nnu
arc In Europe nnd America, All the sub.
marine cables together Rlyc length OF ",
$50 miles.
Astronomy Is ono OF tho exact sciences.
When Sir. J. llorschol was defending IN,
character Of Astronomical. science In yiew
OF nn error OF noarly I million mile. In
estimating tho SUMS distance, tho correo,
tlon was shown 70 apply 10 m error ob.s..
walton 10 smal! NJ TO bo oluivalon, 10 tho
apparent breadth Of o human hair at a ala.