The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-24
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST

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ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
-Letitia was a very common name
among the Romans 1t means Gladnesa
Some words in the Chinese Language
have as many as forty different mean.
ings.
Patrick came to Ireland through
the Latin. and signifies Patrician OF
Nobleman.
"A Load Off His Mind
you marry mer She-'No." He
Thank heaven, that point is settled
Anything is better than suspense. Let's
60 out and get some ice cream. Truth.
Parsley was used by the Greeks as
a funeral plant. ITO be in need OF
parsley" was a common euphemism for
death. On one occasion a Greek army
was marching out on a campaign,
when four mules laden with parsley
were encountered. The whole army
was panic-stricken and refused to 60
any further.
Mr.. Charles E. Berry, of Hickman,
Ky, owns an ancient relic in the shape
of . clock. 1t is an old fashioned
'grandfather's" clock, and its works,
with the exception Of one wheel, are
made entirely of wood. 1t Is eight
feet high, and is made of mahogany.
1tis said to have been in the family for
over a century. 1t was made in 1868,
and is, therefore, SS1 years old.
The baobab trees of Senegal are
denominated by Humboldt the oldest
organic monuments of our planet"
One he describes particularly as being
over 100 feet in diameter, and calcu-
lates its age at the very least as 5000
years Its foliage forms a gigantic
green semicircle over 100 feet high and
100 in diameter.
Whatever may have been the origin
of some negro stories told by Joel
Chandler Harris, negro nurses down on
the eastern shore of Maryland used to
delight children with the tar baby le.
gend long before Mr.. Harris had put
pen to paper. The eastern shore ver-
sion of B'rer Rabbits adventure with
the tar baby is much like the story a.
told by Harris Uncle Remus.
The National L.ifeboat institution
at present embraces 3o4 stations, each
boat being manned by - to 20 men,
and costs ESQ 900 per annum, which in
cludes building Of boats. stations, up
keep and everything. The admins
tration expenses are only per cent. Of
the income. During its 80 years ex-
istence it has the magnificent record Of
IS. 600 lives saved.
The mezzotint was invented by
Prince Rupert. He himself was .
practical engravcr. and was seeking TO
perfect the processes employed in his
time. One morning he walked out
from his house At BRUSSELS and came
upon soldier about 10 clean his gun,
which had been left out all night in
the rain and had become rusty. The
cloth applied by the soldier to the bar
rel brought away an impression, and
the mezzotint was soon a reality.
The agents for the smuggling
British tailors commonly approach per-
sons in New York with the reassuring
declaration that s. will be charged 70
cover the tariff duty. OF course, all
who stop to think know that this is
only a salve 10 uneasy conscience
Most of the customers are ignorant of
the method BY which the garments are
sent ashore, but some suspect that they
are worn over another suit by en-
ployes Of the steamship companies aud
removed when the smagglers have
reached a safe retreat Tais seems
rather bad guess since the clothes
reach their destination with TO sign O.
disorder Those who profit by this sort
Of smuggling are restricted 10 no oas
economic theory.
ShawmEt." peninsula with three
hills, on which Boston was built. was
discovered By the Pilgrims ia 1921. A
boat with ten men was sent 10 explore
MASSACHUSETTS, bay. Towards the south
they saw the blue hills from which the
Indian name Massachusetts, Eas de-
rived Two or three rivers entered the
bay. and peninsulas Jutted into II; and
so attractive were its shores that the
Pilgrims regretted they had rot seated
themselves there. When Winthrop and
q large colony came fisSei they landed
al salem, and some ot them settled az
ChariestoUn- Sickness prevailed among
them Observing fne spring Of water
on shawuut and believing its hlyh
ground 20 Dc more healthy ihan AZ
Chzries,oSn. Winthrop settled there
and founded Bostou-
"A HAN OF doubtful reputation va.
on his way home one night and came
- - T.k a
reason had t.e-n ualoadsd upon the
roadside. Tie conldn't or thought re
couldn't resist tse skmntatioa "a $3.50