Griggs courier., 1895-05-31
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
-Dr. George B. Haggart thinks thaA
birds eat choke berries In preference
to other kinds when they wish to cut
down their weight SO as to hy we'll.
Some of the anti-fat remedies contain
poke berry juice.
"A twenty-two-ton Armstrong rife
in the British navy throws solid shot
twelve miles, much further than its re-
port can be heard. At its highest
point. for this extreme range, the shot
would be over three miles abnve the
earth's surface.
1T is estimated that for every de.
gree of change in temperature during
the cold half of the year throurhout
the territory in which anthracite coal
is used the consumption is influenced
two per cent. The temperature effect
is largely upon the coal used in heat
! ing, and is q definite factor for calcu.
lation.
Jane Harding has made hit in the
revival of Alexander Dumas La
Princesse de Bagdad." She takes the
part of Lionette, created in 1881 by
Croizette. The play when it was
brought out caused an uproar on ac-
count of some realistic scenes and had
progressed since then and critics may
praise its moral purpose.
M. Dieulafoy the explorer of Persia,
has carefully examined the valley Of
Rephaim, south of Jerusalem. where
, David crushed the Philistines. He
finds that the Bible account of the bat.
tie is accurate, and that Dlvid's tactics
show the highest military capacity,
and were like those of Frederick the
great, at Mollwitz and Rossbach, and
of Napoleon at Austerlitz
People are apt to consider that
golf in England is quite modern in
PRODUCTION, and it will be news to
many that it was popular and that it
flourished pretty close to London more
than a hundred years ago. Evidence
of this may be found in fine engrav-
ing by Valentine Green of picture
after l.. +. Abbot, entitled Golfers on
Blackheath' and dated 1890
-Mazeppa's palace at Vaturino in
the government of Kieff, once the off,
cial residence of the he etman of the
Ukraine CossaclSs, and famous through
out Russia for its beauty and it's pic
turesque park. has fallen into decay.
The estate is now cut down to thirty
acres, and the neglect of the Jew into
whose hands it came some years ago
has made ruin of the palace and q
wilderness 0f the gardens.
-Badinguet, the nickname still ap-
piled to Napoleon III. in France. is
not, as is usually supposed, the name
of the workman in whose clothes Louis
Napoleon escaped from Ham. but a
common Picard word meaning sim.
pleton, and first used of him by the
soldiers who guarded him. When he
landed ut Boulogne he wore blue
coat and military cap, and not the
cooked hat, green coat, and white
breechers of his uncle. The story OF
the tame eagle, however, is true; it
was carried in a cage.
Owing to the scarcity of rocks and
gravel in many portions of Texas, the
railroad companies find the question
of ballast difficult one to answer.
Some of them, following the lead Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy in
Iowa, have been trying the expert.
ment of converting what is known as
"black-waxy" section into ballast with
much success. The mud is subjected
to burning process which hardens it
to such an extent that it forms firm
bed for the ties and produces no dust,
which often arises when a train is pass.
ing over rock ballasted track.
PATHS voice is of only moderate
strength, there being several of greater
power among the operate singers OF
the present day, but the compass of her
tones is extraordinary, reaching to 4
in alt; and her execution is exceedingly
brilliant and polished. Her greatest
vocal charm. however, lies in the SYM
pathetic quality of her notes. quality
that instantly impresses every auditor.
It is most apparent in the rendition
of simple, well-known songs, like
''Home, Sweet Home" and Coming
Through the Rye" and in these she
has achieved such success that, while
her repertoire comprises over thirty
operas, her fame really rests on two or
three familiar songs. She first ap-
peared in opera in New York in 1850.
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western town where the proprietor