Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-06-07
IrEHS OF INTEREST.


There are about 6.0O0 postmis,
tresses in the United States.
A bald eagle carried off bottle
of hair restorer from Perryville, Pa.
| The cat, of all domesticated ami
mails, retains most of its wild char
acteristics.
In 1916 Francis |. gave to his
queen the equivalent of $4,000 in
our money to buy a hat.
Germany's proportion of suicides
is larger than that of any other
European country.
In France the Doctors claim on
the estate of deceased patient has
precedence over all others.
To earn s25, 600, 100000 it is
only necessary to sell the sea at one
cent for every 10000 gallons.
There are venomous fishes whose
spines inflict dangerous wounds,
much like the stings of snakes.
William is the Christian name
that has belonged to the greatest
number of distinguished persons.
The Bank of England will be 200
years old next July, and the event
will, perhaps, be celebrated in some
way.
The latest flying machine is be-
ing tested by the Austrian govern
ment. 1t is the invention of George
Wellner.
A Norwegian woman living near
Yankton, S. D., is 30 years old, and
said to be the mother of twenty-four
children.
The women of the Middle Ages
always parted their hair with small
dagger. When not in use it was
carried in the girdie.
Wire hairpins were invented in
England in 1915. Before that time
the female coiffures were held in
place by wooden skewers.
The death rate at st. Petersburg
exceeds the birth rate. From 1854
to 1883 there were ,539 900 births
and 1,772 900 deaths.
The Rev. Father Muller, of Man
golore, India, is meeting with great
success in the treating of leprosy by
means OF the electro homeopathic
system cure.
From 1884 to 1856, the style oi
hair dressing in Paris changed thir-
teen times, and went from the ex-
treme of short curls and skull cap
to a hat three feet broad.
| The oil palm bids fair to revolu'
tionize Central Africa, since African
potentates find greater profit COM
pelIing subjects to cultivate the oil
tree for its oil than selling them fol
slaves.
Traces of the bicycle are found
as far back as the fifteenth century.
In fact, Egyptian figures found on
obelisks mounted on two-wheeled
vehicles show they had some idea
| of the velocipede.
| On the highways of Great Britain
more than 5000 steam engines are
in use for transport services. A
traction engine, on good roads, car
draw moderate sized train of wagons
sixty miles day.
! In Holland the peasant girls whC
are swainless at fair time hire youne
men for the occasion. A handsome
man who is a good dancer has biz
value, so much so that sometimes
three girls have to club together tt
hire one swain.
In the Grand Duchy of Luxem
bourg persons deserving work O
help have only to send a postal care
| to the director OF the postal admin
istration in order to have their want
advertised in every post-otiice ii
the Grand Duchy.
A ''size;' in coat is an inch; il
: underwear, two inches ; in socks
one inch; in collars, half an inch
in shoes, one-sixth of an inch
| in trousers, one inch; in gloves, ,one
fourth of an inch, and in hats, one
|: eighth Of an inch.
: The Booth anniversary OF the brit
OF Gustavus Adolphus, king G
!, Sweden, will be celebrated this yea
with great pomp in that country
: Invitations will be sent to all othe
!. countries to take part in the tribut
of that famous ruler.
3 sneezing is all right in its way
, but should not be indulged in to