Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-11-21
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

There are more ships anchors made
in Camden, Me-, than in any other
place in the country.
In the days Of Queen Elizabeth each
guest at a dinner party brought his own
knife and spoon.
The ear IF the Caucasian race is Of
moderate size, we'll formed and neither
closely adherent TO the head nor project
ing.
The tympanum Of whales ear lies
at the end of long, narrow, bony tube.
The hearing Of this animal is almost
preternaturally acute.
The Oldest charitable institution in
Liverpool is the Bluecoat hospital,
founded III 1908 for clothing and edu-
eating 40 boys and 10 girls.
England has one member for every
10, 200 electors, Ireland one for every
7,177, Scotland one for every 1914
and Wales one for every 9,613.
Bern is the capital of Switzerland,
but the seat OF government is more gen.
orally at Lucerne, where all the minis
tiers and foreign ambassadors reside.
1t is estimated that G4, 900, 900 is
spent ia advertisements and that some
thing like l, 500, 00o, 900 copies of news
papers are sold in London every year.
Lawn tennis was invented by Major
Walter Wingfeld, who brought out the
game under another name in 1874. The
first public game was played in 1875.
Birmingham s chief magistrate is to
be a lord mayor, too, that title having
been recently conferred on the mayors
of Liverpool, Manchester and Belfast
Inflammation in the knees is disa-
greeabie form of retribution for wearing
high heels Lifelong lameness some
times results from overindulgence in
high heels.
The beginning of African slavery in
this country was III 1919, when 30 me-
groes were brought from Africa to Vir-
ginia by Dutch ship and sold to the
colonists as slaves.
Clothes should be hung out in the
open air during the middle of the day
at least twice a month, while silk I'M
derclothing should be aired in the sun
light after each wearing.
The English long bow was the height
of the archer and made of yew, hazel,
ash or hawthorn. The crossbow was
more clumsy weapon, but equally de-
structive if used with skill
The story of Polio throwing disobe.
dent slaves into his fish ponds to fatten
his carp is told with such particularly
by several historians that it is impossi-
BILE not to believe in its truth.
In 1853 the supreme court of Massa-
chusetts declared that the clause in the
constitution, "all men are created free
and equal, " was bar TO the existence
of slavery in that commonwealth.
Edwin Wheeler has presented to the
natural history department of the Brit
ish museum 2, 449 water color draw
ings from nature of various species of
fungi TO be found in Great Britain.
OF the foreign born population of the
United States the Irish are now only
about 20 per cent, whereas i'll 1850 they
were over 40 per cent. The difference
affects the power of the Irish vote.
In the south Of Ireland there still sur
wives the old custom of 'chalking' the
young men and women who remain un-
married after Shrovetide, the usual time
for weddings being between Christmas
and Ash Wednesday.
1t is well known that, in spite of ali
the efforts of the German press and the
German reichstag, they have not sue.
ceeded in putting stop to the whole
sale murder of birds in Italy, more es
pecially the Italian islands.
Massachusetts has 500 town Libraries,
of which 800 are owned and managed
out and out by the respective munich
palities In SO they are represented in
the management, and there are 30 9TH
ers to which town money is appropriated
One of the largest tailor shops in
the world is at Pimlico, where there are
always in stock sufficient goods to clothe
So, 900 men at least. This is the army
clothing department, from which come
the uniforms of the British rank and
file.
In the private chapel at Windsor cas-
tie, which is octagonal i'll shape, with
lantern roof, the queens pew is in the
gallery, i'll the division next to the or
gan loft. The household sit below, the
women ON one side and the men ON the
other.
Asbestus is mineral compound of
silicate Of magnesia, silieate of lime
and protoxide of iron and manganese.
1t exists i'll vast quantities in the United
States. in various parts of Great Brit
ain, Hungary, Italy, Corsica and the
Tyrol
People who are susceptible to the cold
should make a point Of wearing loose
clothing in cold weather Loose gar
ments are always warmer than tight fit
ting ones, not only because they allow
room for circulation, but also because
they permit layer of air between the
skin and the outside cold.
The Roman was the first to substitute