The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-11-18
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Mohammed began the Koran at thirty.
five. -
The petrary was medieval cata-
pul6
Plate armor was used from 1410 to
1000.
Rice Is the least nitrogenous of all
grains.
The standard Roman sword was
twenty-five inches long.
1, Military hammers were first commonly
used ia the Tenth Century.
4 Dallas, Texas, didn't have any mos.
Equitoes until the railroad was built
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1t is asserted thas mosquitoes can be
driven away by evaporating gum.cam-
phor in the room.
There is some curiosity to know
whence came the shower of dead flies
that recently fell at Mount Joy, Penn.
The lasso is au invention of the South
American Indians aud was in use when
the country was discovered by Span
iards.
One million three hundred thousand
pounds worth Of pickles and GAUGES are
exported from England to other coun-
tries yearly.
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 1903, when 100, 900 people, it is esti-
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 thousand which
sanitary precautions.
DR.. G. p. Carver, of st. Augustine,
Fla, owns the oldest house In America,
and lives in it, too. Ac :ording to deeds in
his possession his Florida house was
built in 1860 by Frenchman.
The soil of Hayti Is so fertile that
three crops arc often raise1 in a year.
The natives, however, are to, indolent
to avail themselves of these Advantages,
and they only work for enough to enable
them to live.
Cockscombs are considered great
delicacy by the French, WIN use them in
their famous sauce q In tinaucisre, 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 450
miles from the c,veted goal.
There was exhibited at Berlin, Ger.
many, recently set of false teeth ma le
out Of paper which dentist had con-
trivci 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 tlannels. Hitherto sucn Co.'S
tunes had been frowned upon aud tho
boatmen had not gone to church.
A well-dressed lady visited convict
at Sing Sing IN. ~ Prison. ani secured
permission to give him a camp stool.
The camp stool was subsequently ex-
amined, and in the 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
werc taken, and upon calling at the next
house asked the reason, aud was in
formed that not a member OF the SIX
families could either read or write.
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
Mohonk are aware, Is the mountain upon
which the lake is situated. Sky Top,
by the way, is an apt aud picturesque
name for this mountain, for it is outlined
with peculiar distinctness against the
sky when seen from certain points of
view.