The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-12-01
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Mohammed began the Koran at thirty
five.
The pctrary was medieval cata-
putt.
Plate armor was used from 1410 to
1900.
The standard Roman sword was
twenty-five inches long.
Dallas, Texas, didn't have any mos
autoes until the railroad was built
through it.
There is some curiosity to know
whence came the shower OF dead flies
that recently fell at Mount Joy, Penn.
The lasso is an invention of the South
American Indians and was in use when
the country was discovered by Span
iards.
One million three hundred thousand
pounds worth of pickles and auces are
exported from England to other coun-
tries yearly.
Marriages are not allowed in Bavaria
unless the authorities are convinced that
the persons wishing to marry have the
means to support wife and family.
Porphyry boulders, which greatly re-
semble watermelons in size, shape and
color, are to be found in the Cascade
Mountains east of Roseburg, Oregon.
The peach is of Persian origin and
the apricot is Syrian. The former fruit
is mentioned by classical writers as early
as 200 B. c., but the latter not till
80 A. D.
The greatest number of deaths from
earthquake shock was at Yeddo, Japan,
in 1908, when 100, 900 people, it is est
mated, lost their lives in the terrible
seismic upheaval.
The filth of Russia, outside of the
large cities, is simply barbarous. There
is not one village in a thousand which
pays the slightest attention to ordinary
sanitary precautions.
DR.. C. P. Carver, of st. Augustine,
Fla, owns the Oldest house in America,
and lives in it too. According to deeds in
his possession his Florida house was
built in 1860 by Frenchman.
The soil of Hayti is so fertile that
three crops are often raised in year.
The natives, however, are too indolent
to avail themselves of these advantages,
and they only work for enough to enable
them to live.
Cockscombs are considered great
delcacy by the French, who use them in
their famous sauce la tinanciere, for
entrees, and especially for garnishes.
They are considered a dainty tidbit
dipped in butter and fried.
The most northernmost point reached
by civilized man was by Lockwood, of
the Greedy Expedition, in 1882. when
he stood on eighty-three degrees twenty
four minutes north latitude, about 45O
miles from the coveted goal.
There was exhibited at Berlin, Ger
many, recently set of false teeth made
out of paper which a dentist had con-
trived for patient thirteen years before
and which alter constant use during that
time were in excellent condition.
A clergyman in oxford, England, has
invited the men who frequent the river
on Sundays to come to church in their
boating hannels. Hitherto sucn cos
tunes had been frowned upon and the
boatmen had not gone TO church.
A well.dressed lady visited convict
at Sing Sing IN. " Prison, and secured
permission to give him a camp stool.
The camp stool was subsequently ex-
amined, and in TIE legs were found
saws, chisels, files and piece of rope.
A canvasser while IN Washington,
Me-, was surprised to find six successive
households in which no newspapers
were taken, and upon calling at the next
house asked the reason, and was in.
formed that not member of the SIX
families could either read or write.
NJ. P. Ketchum, of Brighton, Canada,
is the owner of trotting dog that has q
record of 2:1S. The animal earns from
$500 to $500 per week during the racing
season. MI. Ketchum's young SOD
drives the dog and has deposited in
bank ST., $50, all of which Doc, as the
animal is called, earned for him.
The true Indian name OF Lake Mohonk
is Moggonck, and its meaning is "On
the great Sky Top" Sky Top, as per-
sons familiar with the region about Lake
Mohonl5 are aware, is the mountain upon
which the lake is situated. Sky Top,
by the way, is an apt and picturesque
name for this mountain, for it is outlined
with peculiar distinctness against the
sky when seen from certain points OF
view.