The Van Buren press., 1895-01-19
MISCELLANEOUS.


worth, In the reign OF Trajan, alb ut 50.
TO willful men the injuries that
they themselves procure must bo their
schoolmasters. Shakespeare.
No story Is the SHINE to us after a
lapse of times or, rather, VIC who fcad
it are no longer the same interpreters.
George Eliot:
The Lake Dwellers of Switzerland;
who are believed to be the contempo-
rarics of the Greeks who fought at
Troy, had smr ll-grained wheat, APP
parently much harder than the kind
now in use.
Woodbridge, N Y, with popula-
tion Of 800, has two septugenarians,
eighteen octogcnarians, and two nona-
genarians, aggregating about 1,90o
years. In 1885 there were in the town
twenty-five citizens ranging from eighty
to ninety. The average is about the
same still.
Saints cut only a small figure in
the geographical names of New En-
gland. They are abundant upon the
maps Of most of the southern states
save Virginia and the Caroinas, and
they are to be found scattered over the
rest of the country in three or four diff
ferent languages. 1t might be little
hard to find in any calendar the st.
Jones, of Delaware, the name Of a
small creek familiar to the river and
harbor bills II not to commerce.
"A New York collector owns a Louis
XIV. watch that. is said to have once
belonged to Empress Josephine. While
she lived at Malmaison she presented
it to Able blanchard, and he in turn
gave it to his niece, Marie Fectig, of
Strassburg. This watch, which was
purchased at the Fectig sale in Strdss-
burg in 1879, occupies the center OF a
black enamel and gold cross and is
decorated with the figure of d kneeling
angel and heads of saints.
Napoleon married as his second
wife Marie Louise. archduchcss OF
Austria, on April l, 1910, and on March
20, 1911, son was born to him. io
was Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph,
King of Rome. In 1915 his father des,
ignated him as his successor by the title
Napoleon II. He never rcigned. After
the downfall Of Napoleon, the boy was
created Duke of Reichstadt by his
uncle, the Emperor of Austria. He
died of consumption when twenty-ono
years old, in 1882.
The Greeks played football, accord.
ing to the National Encyclopaedia. and
SO did the Romans; the latter using
their hands rs we'll as their feet. The
gland with Caesar, although, according
to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the
FIRST distinct mention of it was made in
the twelfth century, when William
Fitzstephen, in his "History of LON
don," wrote Of the young men of the
city going out on certain festivals to
play football after dinner. ..
A New York electrotyping firm is
said to have hit upon the idea Of cleo
trotyping articles of apparel which it
is desired to preserve us niementoes A
baby's first shoes, for example, may be
preserved indefinitely in metal. We
might give other instances, but, al
though we should be sorry to discour-
age the firm, so far as our own expert
encc goes mementoes do not generally
take the form Of wearing apparel. Such
things as Tommy's first trousers and
Johnny's first "tob" hat would scarcely
make good souvenirs.
"A citizen of New Britain, Conn. has
in his possession pair of queer,
wrinkled, old-time saddlebags, and
there is abundant reason to believe that
they belonged to Capt. Nathan Hale,
the martyr spy. The present owner
does not wish his name published in
connection with them until he is able
to recover certain papers proving the
genuineness of the relics, which have
been mislaid. The saddlebags are heir
looms and came to him indirectly
through an ex-governor of Massachu-
setts The owner of the bags says: II
have read the papers that go with the
bags, and am satisfied there is no doubt
that they belonged to and were carried
by Nathan Hale"