The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-09-27
FACTS IN rHw WORDS.

A woman has been appointed asssant
Atty treasurer Of Bangor, Me.
Vinegar is mentioned in the Egyptian
records as a medicine in the tenth cen
Lury. b. c.
1t is probable that within year Bos-
ton and Worcester will ID connected py
electric roads.
French conscrlps recently claimed
pyemutlon from military dusy because
he was. at 20, the father OF four children.
The New Haven Register has just dis
covered the rather curious fact that
there ia no copy Of the Bible in the pub
! lie library of that city.
The very poor of Berlin are better
| housed than those Of any other large
| slty In the world. The German capitai
$ really without "slums."
A prize OF 10000 francs has been Of
| Tered by a florls; in Mayenne, France, to
| any one who can produce a plant on
which blue roses will bloom.
Out OF the 100000 people In Santiago,
| chill only $50 speak English, but they
manage to support an English news
| raper known as the Chilean Times.
Abram Atwood, a poulterer, Of Lewis
on, Me-, sold turkey to patron. and
| ne latter found In the fowls crop gold
| bosom pin worth twice the price OF the
| turkey
There are between 600 and 1000 deaf
,nutes scattered through the city Of Chi
ago, and they are all industrious and
.alrly prosperous. earning their living
honestly and uncompla!nlngly.
A German has invented a chemical
| torch which lgnites when wet 1t Is to be
used on life buoys. When one Is thrown
ID a man overheard az night he can
thus see the light and find the buoy.
That lightning does sometimes strike
twice In the same place Is proven in the
ease of a windmill in Bates County, Mo-.
which was recently struck by bolt in
exactly the spot where it was similarly
1 struck three years ago.
Two male blcycllsts dressed in knick-
erbockers. arriving in the course of a
tour a. summer hotel at Spirit Lake.
Ia. the other day, were not allowed to
enter the dlnlng-room, on the ground
that their attire was improper.
Il Is said of the 1900 visitors to Yel-
lowstone National Park during the last
three years, not more ,nan 100 were
Americans. If the park was in Europe
It would probably be visited by about
$4,000 Americans a year.
Paper cans are now being made to take
the place OF tin cans for preserving food.
AS tin cans are made and sealed now
the danger of poisoning from canned
food Is reduced to minimum. but by
the use OF paper cans it Is done away
with altogether.
BY comparing the statistics Of English
and Scotch universities in a given year
It was found that Scotland, with a popu-
lat!on of 3.725,000 had $500 university
students. while England had only 5000
Students out Of population about six
times as great.
The worlds record Is claimed by the
Dirigo Hose Company OF Ellsworth, Me-,
which the other day ran 210 yards to the
engine house, then 233 yards with the
hose reel, coupled the hose to hydrant
and the nozzle to the hose, all in / min
uta 1% seconds
England has produced many famous
detectives, but, according to a London
exchange. notwlths landing the skill OF
:he present Scotland Yard officials and
their immediate predecessors, they do
not seem to hold anything Ike the record
that American and French officials can
| produce.
A new invention has been designed 20
prevent collisions at ses. At recent
tes, the force from electromagnetic coils
stationed on board a vessel successfully
influenced chemically-pre COM
pass stationed some six miles away
causing 1t TO set up an instantaneous
peal Of bells.
Among the Turks bath money forms
an Item in every marriage contract. the
husband engaging to allow his wife a
cer:a!n sum for bathing purposes. If /,
be withheld she has only 10 go before the
cadi and turn her slipper upside down
If the complaint be not then redressed Il
Is ground for divorce.
Four generations of one family were
, baptized together al Litchfield, Conn.
On recent Sunday. There were little
boy. Leonard Merrill, his father anG
mother. grandfather and grandmother
and great-grandfather and great-grand
mother. the great-grandfather being 81
years old. The group entered the water
at the same time.