The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-06
NOTES OF IhE DAY.

Zero.
A Bank of England note is payable
N demand after the lapse of any NUN
Der Of years.
The small steel screws used In watch
naking + worth six times their weight
u gold.
A French railroad company has or.
Tered clocks to be placed on the outside
VI every locomotive.
Bird lime may be prepared from the
,erries of the mistletoe, from the young
Jhoots Of the elder, and from the cellu
tr portions of other plants.
The apricot crop in California is com
paratively short this season. Pomona
County will produce only about T5O
ions, as against $500 tons last year.
George Lucas, of Henryvllle, Ky,
ecently paid a years subscription to
Editor Daley Of the Jeffersonville
News by one rattlesnake. which the
editor values at So.
In Australia, thought Is a part of the
5ritish empire, a man can "get rid" OF
ais wife If she Is twice caught drunk.
If that becomes generally known Aus
ralia will prosper as before.
One of the ornaments Of the hand
ONE lawn of Captain Obed Baker, who
lied at West Dennis, is n large elm,
grown from a twig plucked by the cap
ain from Napoleon's grave In St He.
ems.
In England there Is one divorce to
81 marriages, in France one to eighty
seven marriages, and in the city of
Paris M to thirteen marriages. Paris
ieems to be determined to maintain Its
ank us a fast city.
A lady of Ncuhaldensleben, Germany.
Who died last month, has bequeathed
lie sum Of 5000 marks to a subaltern
officer who, during the battle of Mars
la-Tour. twenty-five years ago, carried
her wounded brother from the field.
Lately forty horses were started in a
ong-dlstance race at Warsaw, in Aus
Tian Poland. Thirty-six of the poor
beasts came to a finish by death, and
the other four are in an exceedingly
sorry condition. The cruel sportsmeu
will be prosecuted.
Partisan makers can produce fans AZ
W francs per gross, or 8 centimes.
lbour a third Of. q penny each. The
Chimes paper fans, however, are sent
from Canton at the price Of nine
francs the 1000, that Is 1.30 francs the
gross, or a penny the dozen.
After the death of a 'tpauper" In 81
esia 1t was fcdnd that he had been the
owner Of 5000 marks $4,000 in cash,
D5 pairs Of pants. 100 shirts NEARLY all
new), 50 undershirts, 80 coats, %
pairs of socks and 80 hats and caps. Nc
soap.
On Pentecost day, at Brunn, Aus,
ria, a journeyman baker and his sweet.
heart found death together in the wat.
Frs of the Schwarzawa, having sought
It because they were too poor to marry.
Quite lately a lottery ticket owned by
the drowned man drew u prize of 10000
yulden $4,000.
The old Abbott house, which Is to be
old at auction, is the oldest house in
Providence, and the only one left stand
ing after the burning of the town by the
Indians In 1915. 1t was the towns first
Inn. Notwithstanding Its great age, 1t
Is sound, well preserved and an inter.
,sting relic.
The production Of pig iron IN 1881 in
Russia amounted to 492, $50 tons, and In
1893 to 1,27s.35O tons. This industry
has especially developed In southern
where the works, situated near
the rich mineral deposits of Krivorog,
lre abundantly supplied with combus
able material.
Frances great military post at b.
ierta, on the Tunis coast, has been for
nally declared open. BY connecting
he great lagoon with the sea by an arti-
lcial channel a harbor has been OBJ
aimed large enough to hold the whole
French feet. and as safe as II It were
in artificial basin In the center Of
France.
The touch of the hand upon the head
Jeems to have a directing power over
the thoughts which one would formerly
have been inclined to deny, but such
experiments a those Of Tesla and
Crookes with electric currents Of very
high tension give a visible illustration
II phenomena previously unknown and
leemingly Incredible.
1t is not an unusual thing ct all for
to have their toes partly Joined
together. The case of one family is re-
corded whose second and third fingers
webbed together except the
For generations this malfor-
nation had u through the family, but
10 far as the feet were concerned the
members seemed no worse or than
heir neighbors.
Three months ago a servant woman
It Pilsen, Austria, drowned her 2-year-
Nd baby. During her Incarceration she
confessed to having previously killed
4-year-old child. both because "they
vept for hunger and cried for bread"
The murderess was condemned to
ieath, but the emperor has committed
he sentence to fifteen years imprison.
nent.
Twenty miles IL the average walk of
N English clergyman during the morn
ng. Lunch is succeeded by a stroll Of
light or ten miles. His parish covers
n enormous area and $50 miles a week
5 almost routine work with this won
lerful walker. On Sundays he has
My alternate afternoons to himself
nd usually takes O. 16-mile stroll by
way Of recreation. He is 81.
American students have long been
Omitted to the higher courses Of In
truction in French institutions of
earning. They are not. however, az.
owed to receive an advanced degree
Inless they have previously obtained
French bachelors degree. A move.
aent is now under way to admit to the
Ilgher degrees graduates of American
Of high standing.
French and Belgian carrier pigeons
gsre recently set free from a steamer