The Penn's Grove record., 1896-04-10

A meteor which fell In Australia re-
Gently had a large mass of pure cop
per imbedded In n side.
France is the only European country
which has to-day fewer able-bodietl
men than it had thirty years ago.
An infant Weighing seven pounds at
birth will weigh seven and o half on
the tenth day and eleven on the thir.
teenth.
A sponge having a circumference Of
ave feet six inches has been taken
from the waters Of Biscayne Bay,
Florida.
Workmen excavating for q house In
Portland. Orc, unearthed q large two
handed sword, such as was used in the
early centuries.
In Germany the butchers have lately
been raising the price Of horse meat,
owing to the exhaustion Of the supply
Of cheap horses.
A new set of natural teeth are push.
ing through the long, smooth gums
Of S4-yearvold Uncle Jake Lawrence,
Of Uniontown, Ky.
Hair dye Is considered so detrimental
to long life that a Paris insurance COM
pany refuses to insure the lives Of per
sons who use 1t.
Italy Ia more celebrated for its thea
tiers than any other nation in Europe.
The theaters Mt Naples, Parma and
Milan are the largest In Europe.
In Hebrew marriages the woman is
| placed to the right Of her mate. With
every other nation in the world her
place in the ceremony is on the left.
Five generations Of one family are
living on a homestead at Bardstown,
Ga. The head of the family, ". o,
Cherry, has 1876 living descendants.
In Russian Poland all trains must
stop at every station until the chief OF
police Tor gendarmerie) Of the place
gives permission for their departure.
The city of San Salvador, capital Of
the Central American republic Of the
same name. is called the swinging mat
on account Of Its umerou earth
quakes.
1t is stated that the copper used In
coming pennies at the Philadelphia
mint costs II cents a pound under q
contract made in 1890, while the pres
ent price Is less than 10 cents q pound
Statistics show that during the veal
1895 no fewer than twenty-five period
icals dealing with the science and ar
Of medicine have been added to the al
ready ample supply produced in Paris
One of the results of a visit Of Q
party of scientists to Alaska Is the
demonstrated fact that coal abound,
In our northwesternmost territory ant
may be mined in close proximity to thu
best and most accessible harbors IL
that region.
Bishop Butler, the author Of the IAN
alogy," walking in his garden on
night with his chaplain, asked hin
whether public bodies might not g.
mad as well as individuals" adding
that nothing else could account TO
most of the transactions In history"
Odds against horses were set fortl
and candidates asked how they coul'
win a certain amount in any event, Ii
a problem of a recent London univers
lily examination paper. The religion
newspapers have protested sine
against the question as improper.
The wheat-growing lands of Texa
are in the region northwest Of For
Worth, and the average crop about g.
900, 600 bushels. 1t Is said that the FIRE
quent and abundant rains that hav
fallen since the growing crop wa
seeded give excellent promise for tn
yield Of 1904
The city Of Washington, which wa
barely able to keep one theater goin
twenty years ago, will have even hano
some theaters next season This show
a gratifying growth Of the federal car
J ital, which was little more than a CON
! fortress southern village prior to tn
; war period.
A young man in Hunterdon Count,
New York, has succeeded in winnin
the hickorynut-eating championship b
devouring a peck of nuts at n sitting
9 Fortunately the doctors saved his hf'
: after several hours Of hard labor, 9
. that he stands ready now to defen
{ his title against all corners
The great profits of street car bus
: ness il shown by the report of the rapi
. transit company of Minneapolis and S
|. Paul for the year ending Dec. 81, 1850
The gross earnings on the 226 miles
|. line In st. Paul and Minneapolis wei
81, 9Ss, sOs. "A, and thenet earnings S25s
17O.Oo. an Increase Of $3S,800.S7.