The herald., 1895-04-17
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OUT.OF-THE.WAY FACTS
Berlin ranks as the heaIthiest city

Berlin ranks as the healthiest city id
| the world.
The steam snip City of Paris keeps up
| steam with the aid of fiftyfour Furnaces
| fires. 81
| The women of Morocco never celebrate
| their birthdays, and few of them know
| their ages. u
The condor is the largest bird in exist
| ence Some of those shot IN the Andes
had spread of wing eighteen or twenty
F, feet. IF
The complexion brush" is the latest
addition to the toilet. 1t is said to give
"a healthy glow to the face and remove
wrinkles"
Most of the Japanese women in the
rural districts are skilled agriculturists.
This outdoor work accounts for their
health and strength.
The sound of bell can be heard
through the water at a distance OF 40, 200
feet. Through the air it can be heard at
| a distance of456 feet only.
1t is said that dew will not form on
some colors. While yellow board viii
be covered with dew, a red or black one
beside it will be per fectly dry.
"As blind as mole' is not sensible
comparison, as the mole is possessed OF
good eyesight. although its eyes are very
small-abou the size of mustard seed.
The observance of Lent is one of the
oldest customs among Chri stian nations.
It is in fact, custom of such antiquity
that its beginning is involved in obscu-
rity.
The taking of the census in Japan is
simple, but the figures are utterly unre-:
liable. The houses are counted and an
- IT, al ,AI e.. IL
house.
Major Jewett of Buffalo NY. suggests
the utilization of the trolley railways for
carrying all street garbage out of the city
from collecting stations established at
convenient places along the railway
routes. =
The police of New York city are ell.
gagged In taking a census, and the returns
will be tabulated at electric machines,
which register the facts and figures by
means of perforated cards, no writing be-
ing necessary. RI
Professor Culin of the museum of arch
eology of the University. of Pennsy,va-
MIA states that football originated with
the Chinese. The game was popular in
China and Japan as early as the seventh
or eighth century.
There were 1854, ia punches of ba-
nanas consumed in the United States last
year. Jamaica, Honduras Cuba and Cos
lombia supply most of the fruit. 1t is
within the easy memory of people of
middle age when a banana was a great
rarity. u
1t is a well-known fact that the milk
maids in Switzerland who Can sing get
better pay than those who cannot sing.
The reason is that a tuneful maid who
sings at her work, coaxes one-fourth more
milk from COW than a songless mixer
can extract. 81
The board of health of New York city
has receievd a gift of $25. 600 from Mrs.
Minturn to establish pesthouse where
is commonly accorded them. She was
moved to this deed by the Incarceration
of friend in the iserable~quarters. now
used. al
A new religious prophet has arisen
among the Georgia negroes in the person
of Jerry White. Jerry is a negro about 40
years old and is very black: He came
into Athens, Ca, recently, from Ogle-
thorpe county. where he has been pros
mitigating his doctrines. He claims to be
a prophet of God.
A Brooklyn man hurt his right hand
on an elevated railroad car by the brake
man closing the gate upon it. He brought
suit for damages. Meeting a friend, the
latter noticed that the injured man ex-
tended MS leIU manu- anu aSkeu tne Ted-
son. The answer was: "Oh, | can't shake
hands with my right until l win my
SUIT q
Gladstone computes that the habitual
speakers of the English language have in-
creased from IL, 900, 900 to los, 600. 000 dur.
ing the last 100 years, and that they will
number 100, 000 900 by the end of the year
1900. At that rate of increase. which is
sevenfold each century, such sp akers wil}
include not less than $40. 600, 900 by the
end of the year 2000.
"A new use for homing pigeons has been
suggested. 1t is thought that every larges
steamer should carry a supply of them, to-
liaerate in the event of an accidents
Pigeons have record of 500 and l00g
miles day. If the Gascogne had hads
homng pigeons on board it is believed
that news of her would have been reg;
ccived three days before she was sightedf