Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-10-08
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The daily average number of marriages
throughout the world is 500.
The tortoise is the longest lived OF all an
imals. frequently reaching the age of 80
years.
C'arbonio acid is now heig used as the re-
frisrratiuH agent In vessels engaged N the
frozen meat trade.
Lightning is said to attack by preference
trees covered with liChons and MOSES,
trees with bare trunks rarely falling VIC
tims TO 1T.
In olden times the cross, appended as a
signature, was no Indication OF ignorance.
Educated persons often used It., with the
name, as an attestation of good faith.
The moon is not SO small as some people
have Imagined 4 recent astronomical cal
culation attributes TO its surface an area
fully as great as that OF Africa and Aus
tralla combined.
steam vs.. eunpowdor-A gun fired by
steam has been recently invented, Water
heated TO a pressure of 400 pounds Is IN
iroduced behind the ,projectile, and ,eAploa,
ing into steam viii, II Is said, throw Il
Weight OF 900 pounds nine miles.
There We're originally no seats, In the
great cathedrals and medieval ShurGhes'
worshipers either standing or kneelinE,
The first innovation was the introduetlon
of small pieces of cloth 70 keep me lett or
knees from contact with the eola stone
floors. AN,
Australia has a postoihcs named Talk,
ing Rock" The origin OF the name is mus mus
stated: In the neighhorhood there was
once a large stone on which had been
painted the words, "Iurn me over" II
required considerable slIehElh 70 uo Ills
and when IT was done the request, Turn
me back and let me fool someone else,
was found painted on the other side OF me
stone,
don's parks, covers nearly llJ acres Inc
Paris Paris Eois de Boulogne covers 2,2o0 acres.
Central park, the most distncttye OF New
Yorks parks, covers $40 acres Collectively
and including those parks in the suburbs
there are in London 1000 acres OF park
land. Including as parks the nelshborins
forests of Fontanebleau, with 42.Oo9 acres,
and -. Germaln with 5000, the park acre
age Of Paris is lT2 Ol9 acres.
II is an interesting thing 10 know tina I
i2o0 species OF plants are gathered and
used for commercial purposes IN Europe
OF these i2Q have a perfume that Is pleas
ing and enter largely into the manufacture
of scents and soaps There are more spe-
cies of white Mowers, gathered than any
an agreeable scent, an extraordinarily
large proportion. Next in order come yell
low blossoms, with s5l, u of them being
pgrf9med Red a9wers nun hpmber sd,S2' s2s' Of
OF 59i varieties. "a Of which are perfumed,
and the violet blossoms number S0S. 10 OF
which are pleasantly odorferons.
The so-called glass snake does not break
to pieces at the sight of an enemy, as is
commonly. supposed, but. like lizards,
throws off its tail in an effort TO escape.
tackled, for instance, by a bird or animal;
Will throw off their tails and the tail
Hopping up and down on the ground di-
verts the enemy and thus gives the lizard
the same trick. and thus frequently saves
itself II is true, however, that the joints
OF this singular creature are SO loosely con-
pieces by a blow OF stick, though the
idea of q reunion Of the broken parts Is a
superstitious absurdity.. The broken joints
grow in a few months II the animal has re-
csiyed no other injury.