Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-08
ASSORTED ODDITIES.

Lack of money Is the chief cause ra suicide in France. M
 Bromne was discovered by Ballard oi Montpelier in 1926.
 Phospborous was discovered in 1869 by Brandt of Hamburg.
 Vinegar is mentioned in the Egyptian records as a medicine in the tenth cen- tury B. C.
 Potassium, the basis of many medi- cines was discovered in 1897 by Sir Humphrey Davy.
 Sulphuric and nitric acids were known to Geber, the alchemist, in the eighth century.
 It Is proposed to celebrate the sixth century of the British parliament on or about November 27.
 A big whale seen off Owls Head is the most distinguished summer visitor yet reported on the Maine coast.
 The Paris exhibition of 1900 Is to cost 4000000 sterling, and will cover an area of nearly 2000 acres.
 A new cotton pest has been discovered in Texas. It is a scale insect and be- longs to the family of Coecidea.
 Nux vomica is prepared from the seeds of tree that grows in abundance Tn India the East Indies and Ceylon.
 Peppermint is native to Europe, but is grown in several places in this country for the purpose of preparing the extract.
 Anthony is found in many countries. It is exported to this country and Eng land from France, Spain and Holland.
 The clove is the dried and unexpanded bud of a tree technically known 10 botansts as the caryophyllus aromati- GUS.
 Lobelia, also called Indian tobacco, is known as a common herb, often growing as a weed in many parts of the United States.
 The camphor of commerce is the prod uct of several varieties of trees which grow wild in India, Ceylon and other parts of tropical Asia.
 Gold deposits have been found near Bokara by a Russian government min ing engineer, which, he asserts, are prac- tically inexhauStible.
 Horseradish as a medicine and condt- ment is mentioned in the Egyptian rec ords 2000 B. c. It is easily grown In all most any part of the world.
 Alum as a medicine has been in com mon use for nearly 800 years. It is found in many quarters of the world, and sev- eral varieties are known to commerce.
 Hops were used as a medicine and as a basis for an intoxicating beverage in Egypt as early as 2000 B. c. The plant is represented on the Egyptian monu- ments of that date.
 The only Englishman to decline one of l0e Qu6Hu pISocuAS MI. HULL of Liverpool who refused to accept the baronetcy offered him for the reason that he had eight children and is unwilling to practically pauperize the other seven in order to settle a sufficient income on his eldest son to sustain the position after his death.
 The City of Mexico has discovered that a most salutary measure in the matter of sanitation would be to secure more rapid flow of it's sewerage. Accordingly, some twenty-five wind mills are to be built in different parts of the city, at a cost of $25, GOO. which will rotate paddle wheels in the sewers, and thus accom- plish the desired result.
 Three thousand car loads of peaches will be shipped from Georgia this sea- son. So important has the peach indus try of that section become that the grow CTS have arranged to hold peach car nival at Macon, the center of the peach belt. from July 1 to 20, inclusive, during which time every variety of fruit grown in Georgia will be on exhibition
 The right of a man to sit in his buggy while the vehicle is standing in the street and witness ball game was settled in the negative in the Omaha police court the other day H. E. Cole was driving past the association grounds, and, hear ing a great hurrah over a home run stopped his turnout and peeped over the fence. He was arrested and the court fined him for obstructing the streets. He aDpealed the case