Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-12-08
Items OF Interest.

Great Britain makes over 10000
bicycles year,
Yale is said to have suffered a terrible
loss. Three embryonic football stars
have gone to another college.
The best trotting record for twenty
miles is 81 min. and 25 Sec The best
twenty record for bicycle is As
min. and 7 sec.
Counting the bearing and non-bear
ing orange trees in Florida there are es-
timated to be 100000 trees. Cal
ifornia is credited with having 100000
and Arizona about 100000.
The drill of the Roman soldier was ex-
ceedingy severe, 1t comprised not
only the use of the weapons, but run
ming. jumping, climbing, wrestling,
swimming, both naked and in full ar
NOR.
A large forgotten resery, If was tap
ped in Lockport, n. Y, the 9th IT day
by workmen who were excavating for d
foundation. 1t belongs to a system Of
water works abandoned many years ago.
Every crowned head of Europe, with
the exception of that of Turkey, is de-
scended from one of two sisters, the
daughters of Duke Ludwig Rudolf of
Brunswick Woltenbuttel, who lived
about $50 years ago.
An old Spanish copper coin bearing
the date of May 49, 1868, has been I'm
earthed in a mound on the place of
Frank NJ, Johnson, near Punta Rassa,
Fla. The relic is claimed to be IN a good
state of preservation.
The longest swim ever made in the
rough sea was by Samuel Brock, Var
mouth fisherman, on October IA, 1885.
The vessel in which he sailed was
wrecked, and he swan II miles in seven
and half hours through a strong gale,
At the present time there are II pub
lie buildings in course Of construction in
the United States, and the plans for 40
new ones, for which appropriations have
been made, are being prepared in the
treasury department.
A young scholar attended a school in
Adrian, Mich, was recently asked by
the teacher what his name was. He
replied that he didn't know, and in
curry among the pupils was necessary
to establish the youngsters identity.
DR.. Charles Fere, a well-known au-
thority on nervous mental discusses says
that these disorders are increasing at a
terrible rate in France, and attributes
the fact to the increase in beer drinking,
absinthe drinking and bars.
In Texas there is rock which pre-
sents in the moonlight striking resem
blance to an immense castle with many
windows brilliantly lighted. The effect
is produced by the reflection of the
moons rays from the polished surface
OF quartz.
A peculiarly severe punishment in use
among the Chinese is the loss of sleep |
Tho criminal is kept awake by his guard
until he dies. The sufferer sometimes
lives Two weeks under the torture, and |
almost always becomes a raying maniac.
Gagged lions, and tigers, pumas and
jaguars take no notice OF the men and
women passing in front of them, but let
Il dog be brought anywhere near the !
cage and they show their savage nature
at once, and spring up, glazing out saw
agely.
A locomotive Is being constructed in
to run 100 miles an hour. 1t !
is 2000 horse power, the driving wheels
y feet in diameter. The three cylin-
ders are 40, % and Is inches diameter
with 30lnct stroke The boiler pres
sure is 200 pounds.
A parliamentary blue book relating TO
he last censns of England and Wall
shows that there were taken 8,7lO, 1868 |
unmarried males and s,90S,665 unmar