Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-25
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS,


In battle only one ball out of eighty
five takes effect.
There are 1000 men 10 every DOG women
in Greece
1t is stated that coal Is only I'd per
ton Mt the pits mouth in China.
A dyer and hnisher in Swiss silk mil
receives from 30 cents to 80 cents a day
In the German stove works employees
are paid from AZ cents to Stu per dnS
Manual laborers about the German
shipyards average SAB week.
A mason in Brazil makes $3.50 Il week;
In Denmark, $5.36; in Italy, ~.
Onion mice is said to be very effective
in promoting the growth of the hair.
Edwin FORESTS first appearance was
In 1920, as Douglass, in Homes play.
There is movement in England 10
have public school children taught I"
swim.
In Paris It Is required that every vehi-
ola irayersiug its streets at night, II ohig
a wheelbarrow, shall carry II lantern
The lamented Duke of Clarence had a
vondrrful collection of walking suchs
from almost every part of tue world
Great Britain owns 100000 square
miirs Of territory Ia Africa, IN area al
most equal to that of the United states
II il said that the roe OF the eodhsn
contains more latent living treala,e
than the whole human population oil the
globe. d.
The Duke Of York's stamp album,
which, oddly enough, he has recently Ils'
nosed of, was one Of the most Interesting
IN Europe. ,
There Is a lighthouse TO every fourteen
miles of coast in Englnnd, TO every tnltly-
Iour miles in Ireland and TO every Aihe'
teen miles in Scotland.
Among Solon's laws there is one Tor
biddlne jewellers to retain copies inouc's
ar imnressions of signet rings when ulrs
had made. This was to prevent forgery.
Dial rings were common in France ana
carwnny during the last century D!
holdIng one up to the sun the time OF
day could be approximately ascef'aiheu,
The "uew women" are coming 10 INC
front In Finland. They have forlhen,
,aInnteer fire brgades In Helsingiors anu
otner towns, aud have done hrst'r"se
work. -.,.,, cal.
pr;nce Victoria has n marvellous cor
Iec,io,, of shoes. including some worn .!
Marie Antoinette, Mary queen Oh 60,
loan of Arc and several otneF se'eD''
Ia tho seventh and eighth. centuries
az every wedding among wealthy eaAunsl
numbers of gold rings were gwen u ,.',,';'
~ ar,ends as mementos Of the occasion.
Roman handles in the first, seeoha anu
third centuries Of our era "ole nnss1
,ings in winter, which they eAchnnssu
for others Of lighter weight durhs 'n'
summer. -, IN
Paradise rings were greatly worn ~
r,aIv three centuries ago.. Ihey VII
VOW wide and bore on the clre1"iWs. IL,
cns, representations of Adam anu eve
In Inc Garden Of Eden,
pIInv tells Of Arelllus Fnscns, VINO, pe
;,r eynelled from the equestrian WV WV
al therefore not permitted 10 Wehr wy, -.
r rings. replaced them with those naue VI
! silver. ,oao.
which fell apart when sp,", 4, m
messed. was frequently used u any my
| hft.enth century as Detrouna' my
snmetimes rs wedding ring
c.tbarine Parr. the sixth wife oil Va.
'.ah Married Henry VIII. owed mori
~ hnr intellectual than 10 her peaSoin ,,,,
r,rs She was not good looking, W
Ind d pleasant face, and w'r'u .. ~. =
i,'be tiel canal, recently, opened o e
oa,,nerce. is lighted Throughout, w. NJ
~ Isnrth Of sixty-one milcs " -5ci 49,
s.a,,sr incandescent lamps piaceu huou
P0S foot apart on both sides Of tAs eanAi