The herald., 1895-03-19
OUT.OF.THE.WAY FACTS


over sand to prevent macadam from sink
ing into the sand.
One of the brilliant achievements Of the
last Congress was to authorize the navy
department to enlist 1000 extra men with
out appropriating money to provide them
| with food and clothes.
The Progressive Engineers Association
of New York, colored organization, Is
going to send one of its members out to
Liberia to see what, if any, inducements
that country offers for colonization.
The Fourth National bank Of New York
is run OH civil service reform principles,
and as result of the resignation OF an
assistant cashier, few days ago, made
thirty-four promotions on the staff OF its
employees.
1t has been noticed that eggs through
out Georgia, being packed in the strong,
resinous pine sawdust OF the region, nave,
when eaten, a decided flavor OF turpen-
tine, which, though unpleasant, may not
be unwholesome.
A. l.. Mackenzie, an Englishman, has
earned the eternal gratitude of students in
| general by versifying and setting to sim
pie music Dates OF the Sovereigns of Eng
land, from the Norman conquest to the
present time.
| There is on exhibition in Lumpkin
| county, Georgia, large and beautiful
piece of gold in the shape OF legless
duck. 1t was purchased from man who
found it a few years ago while mining on
the Chestatee River. near Dahlonega.,
A lapidary in London found tiny ame-
thyst imbedded in the very center of o
nine-carat diamond which he had been
| employed to cut. There is no record Of
any such thing having previously hap!
pened in the history of diamond cutting.
A butterfly, supposed to be thousands Of
years old, was found dormant under a
rock in California and removed to the
Smithsonian institution. When discov-
| cred it's wings were growing shriveled and
there were wrinkles in it's antennae.
The Russian courts have reversed the
| assumption of the American tribunals that
| when husband and wife are rowned in
| the same disaster the wife dies first. The
| Russian doctors have testified unanimous
| ly that the man would be the first to die.
| because the woman is more agile and
keeps herself above water.
| A physician in Switzerland undertook
to count by means OF pedometer the
number OF steps taken by him in year.
He averaged daily 26, 740 steps, or 0, 76O, 600
for the entire year. He took 700, 900 steps
in walking up or down stairs. Figuring
a step at two feet. the doctor walked nine
and one-half miles day during the entire
year.
The two Oldest secret trade processes
now in existence are considered to be the
manufacture of Chneses red. or vermil-
lion, and that method of inlaying the
hardest steel with gold and silver, which
seems to have been practiced in Damas-
Gus ages ago. and is known only to Syrian
smiths and their pupils to this day.
The Austrian state railways are now
using liquid fuel 1t is reported that the
results obtained from the Holden injectors
have been excellent in all respects. partic-
ularly on account Of the control the sys-
tenn gives the fireman over the fire, and
that these injectors are to be adopted on
the engines OF the Metropolitan Railway
of Vienna.
The use of blood as curative agent 10
said to be on the increase in Paris. and
certainly it appears that persons still re-
sort to the abattoires every mornina to
partake of this nauseous form of so-called
cure. Although French doctors do not
often prescribe these forms of treatment,
blood baths are not infrequently used, and
certain medicines are sold under the
name Of poudre de sang and other ii les.
Civilization is making rapid strides in
South Africa, but the Bushman yet makes
his own knife, and with considerable in
genuity. They dig little iron, find
broken Ratchet or hoop from rum bal
rel, and out OF these parts they form even
axes, AIDES, hammers and about everv
thing they need in that line. These i'm
plements are, of course, very crude, but
the native has much patience, and will
not forego his bottle Of rum for the cost
of the imported tool
A remarkable literary find is reported
from Dublin. In the library of Trinity
script volume Of 500 folio pages, written
in the seventeenth century, containing
unpublished poetry by Bacon, Massinger
and many other minor authors. The
poem by Bacon, written after his fall. is
entitled Farewell to Fortune. An event
something new about Shakespeare's
works and personal history is by no
means outside the range of probability.
The ocean travel fell off to such an ex-
tent last year that it way be doubtful
whether some of the lines will not be
number of passengers of ali classes who
arrived at New York was $50, 725. Taking
fair year for comparison we find that
in 1891 the figure was $50, 313. which shows
that loss Of nearly so per cent took place
last year. Probably there was business
in the other direction to make up for
some Of the loss, put, on the other hand.
it is common knowledge that very low
steerage fares have been in order for some
time
The natives Of the interior OF Ceylon
finish walls and roof with paste of
glazes and is SO durable that specimens
three centuries old are now to be seen. In
Sumatra the native women braid a coarse
cloth of palm leaves for the edge end top
OF the rOO1. many OF Cne DnuuulSG temples
in India and Ceylon had roofs made out
of cut stone blocks. hewed timber and
split bamboo poles. Uneven planks-cut
from old and dead palm trees-are much
used in the. Celebees and Philippines.
Shark skins form the roofs for the fisher
men in the Anadam Islands.
What il speling?" asks writer in
new paper-the Speler, the first number Of
which has appeared A further perusal
of the article suggests that spelling is only
joke. For one of the objects If the pa
per is to teach us by example not to spell.
It has several objects, in fact six. which
appear thus under the title: ''Devoated
III tn the Wurship and Luv ov the Lord
God and Saivier Jesus Christ, az the Aul-
meiri'; (2) the Kul thur of the Relijus
Left, and tharbei the Ekstenshon ov the
Kingdom ov God, or the Church. konsist-
ing ov aul hu wurship the Lord and keep
His Komandments; (3) the Investigashon
ov Spiritual Tru til, "a Spelling Reform;
(5) Shorthand; (6) PEGS on Firth"
At an autograph sale in Paris in
December, 1880, the signature OF Christo-
pher Columbus. which is probably one of
the most fantastic sign manuals ever
used brought 1900 francs. The only ex-
listing piece of manuscript in Titian's
handwriting was knocked down at 5000
francs. and one with Cromwell's sigma
ture attached brought in exactly half that
sum. Alfred Morrison, a great English
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