Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-01-12

some hutttrllire faN "Nrt .'NNWh
egg.
The w,rl Niagara means thunder
water.
Tortoi,c- have been known to- ike
800 year,
audience. are forbidden 10 applaud
IN Russian theatres.
some specie, oi -eawood grow To- ii.e
length Of 300 wards
y North Carolina man married bi-
molhcr-iu-law recently.
The Roman, hai ~ hinges all
their door turned on pivoi>
Diamonds are found in every color
and shade from tbe purrst white e
iet.hlacS.
More mushroom, are raised in the
vicinity u Pari, than amy other plarr
III the world
The -tal.i>h ha, no no,.. bul ihr
whole ot il, uu,ier,iic j. endowed with
tic sense 81 smell
More than ,o00.0oo Chimes it is
said, are engaged, either directly or
indirectly il the tea industry
II the United states had as grea, 4
relative population as Japan, it would
have a population IT e6o.ooo.ooo
people.
Fungi are common in all parts Of
the world, but are most abundant in
countries which enjoy low climate.
Nearly every grammer school in the
city OF New York haS IN anti-cigarctie
league, to enc q which 7oo boys be-
long
| In London the out-pa,ients Of hos
pital i'll the year amount, it Is said, 10
more than oue.iour,h of the whole pop
ulation.
/ The organs II smell il the turkey
and vulture are 20 delicate that they
can scent their iood for distance Of
forty miles.
y school has been opened in Chica-
90 for people who can hear buI who
cannot talk and % people are being
taught 10 articulaie sound
Robinson Crusoe', island. Juan Fer
nandez, j, inhabited by about 90 per
sons. who attend 10 the herds OF cattle
that Craze there.
IN Berlin the fire companie, must
be drawn up in military fashion Is
salute their commander before ,hcy
can start to the scene rf fire
There are words in the Chinese
language that have a. many aS 10 dii
ierent meanings, each depending oa
the intonation used il pronouncing ii
The specific gravity Of 4 body IS
obtained by weighing The the body in
air, then in water and dividing the
weight ia mir hv the lo>. Of weight ia
water
Half a pound "a dried currants, III
lieu Of out-. j. ,aii to be- fcd the sui
tan, horse, in Egypt, and this j,
claimed 70 be the secret @: the animal
great endurance
The common snail set, forth to
rvage our gardens equipped With
100 rows ot stout serratcd teeth The
whole palate contains about 2l,000
teeth. while a fril grown slug ha.
over 26,ooo y: these >lic;ou- spikes.
The biggest edible oy,ter> in the
world are found AT Port Lincoln. in
south Australia They measure some
times more than foot acro,, the she'll.
and are said To be ai the finest flavor
y woman may not enter within the
altar rails or other more sacred por-
iions Of a Russian church where man.
even a layman. Is tree 70 20 Her
presence there j. d,cration that in-
wolves reconsecration of the cdificc.
The amount If heat We receive ann
ually from the .un i sufficient 10 mel.
Il layer OF ice 10 feet thick. extend
ing over the whole earth. The sun.
beam, however i only l.ooo.oooth
part intense a il i, at the ,ariacc oi
the sun.
The new postal cards IN France
will be issued in the form of check
books, with stubs upon which the
nder can contain memoranda The
stubs can be stamped a, the po-totiicc
before the card j. detached. - that
a verified record u correspondence
can he kept.
The city council oi Cliniohn. Mi