The Penn's Grove record., 1896-04-24
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Over twenty boys under Is years OF
age have won the Victoria cross.
The roof Of the Crystal Palace, Lon
don, contains fourteen acres of glass.
The deer parks in England exceed
800. The largest in the kingdom IL
Windsor.
M~ascagni's new opera, "Vestila,'
will include a gladlatorial scene in a
Roman amphitheater.
The utility of shedding tears Is 10
keep the eyes cool though the baiance
OF the head may be hot.
At the Transvaal gold fields whisky
brings $3.50 a bottle, champagne
$3.50 and beer 81 a bottle.
A Coventry England firm 10 execu-
ting an order for 100 bicycles for h
use Of officers Of the Salvation Army.
The onion is an historic vegetable.
having been used since the dawn OF
history by the Greeks, the Romans and
the Egyptians.
An orange sixteen inches In circum-
ference was taken from a tree at Po-
mona, Cal. 1t is to be sent to Europe az
u specimen of California fruit.
1t is the custom of ships lying at the
Brooklyn navy yard to discharge their
powder before entering the docks, as
a precaution against accidents.
OF the eighteen people who died at
Norwich, VT, during 1906, ten werd
more than 70 years old, and OF these
ten FIVE were more than 30 years ole.
The Alaskans often have eating
matches, at which great numbers Of the
villagers compete. The man who eats
the most is considered the finest man. :
The Irish mail boats receive 94b5,000
a year subsidy. This Is only $4,000
less than is paid for all the North Amor
lean mails from Queenstown 10 New
York.
Paris fantastic fashion has now de-
veloped itself in the direction Of lamp
shades. They are made like ball dress
es, Of lace and ribbons, with trails Of
flowers.
In 1880 the whole tonnage Of the
British empire reached but 100000.
To-day the tonnage register Is over
100000 Of steam and nearly 100000
of sailing.
The Italian beggar must receive n
license to escape a challenge from the
police. There are IL, 743 licensed men,
bers of the confraternity In King Hum
bert's realm.
Vermont has made a new move in the
attempt to enforce prohibition. Per
sons who REM places where liquor is
sold are to be fined as well as those
who actually sell the contraband.
In London, on an average, one per-
son in every three carries a watch; Of
these two-thirds pay from $6.25 to SIS
for them, while the prices given by the
rest vary from the latter sum to $3.50
and $500.
There is a crazy man in Philadelphia
who wants the doctors to cure him Of X
skeletons of all who come within the
line of his vision, and the sight gives
him great annoyance.
A few years ago the number of sui
cides among the rank and file Of the
Prussian army became n public scan
dial. The latest statistics show that.
while in 1892 the proportion was 5.25
per 1000 men, in 1895 1t vas 4.22.
Messrs. De Morgan and Meir, during
their excavations in the neighborhoOd
of Gizeh, discovered an almost perfect
yacht or pleasure vessel, which has
been ascribed by experts to the elev-
enth or twelfth dynasty, or about 5000
+. @.
Travelling churches are to be estab
lished on the Trans-Siberian Railway,
which passes through many desert
tracts, where neither village nor church
can be met with for miles. Cars fitted
up for divine service will be attached
to the trains for the benefit of the OIL.
ciais.
Lemons are considered healthful be-
cause the acid they contain acts as a
diuretic, having power to excite tho
secretions, and thus regulating the sys-
TEN. They must, Of course, be used
in moderation, or they will pail on the
appetite, and a to have any medic.
inal effect.
The ways of auctioneers In different
parts of the world vary greatly. In
England and America the seller bears
the expense of the sale, but in France
the purchaser bears the cost, 8 per cent.
being added to his purchase. In Hol-
land 1t is still worse. the buyer being
required to pay 10 per cent. additional
for the expenses of the sale.
The average number of working days
In a year In various countries Ia as fol-
lows: In Russia, 267; In Britain, 27S;
in Spain, 200; In Austria, 200; in Italy,
29S; in Bavaria and Belgium, 300; In
Saxony and France, BOZ; In Denmark,
Norway.and~ Switzerland, 303: In Prus-
STA. 8O5; In Holland and North Amer
lea, 80s, and in Hungary. 812.
The lost article room Of the elevated
road system in New York receives
about 10000 miscellaneous deposits n
year. Nearly 10 per cent. are umbrel-
las, and ranking second are the satch-
els. ADOut nail Ilo dEuCAcs dTe Cdlleu
for, and the remainder, after being
held for six months or a year, according
to the value, are sold at auction.
1t is asserted that a Kentish gentle
man Is in possession of the head of
Oliver Cromwell preserved In a box.
Documentary evidence does not fully
| substantiate the claim, but there are
traditions which give 1t some show Of
reasonableness. Furthermore, tho
head strfkingly resembles portraits,
busts and the deathmask Of Cromwell.
The second oldest sailing craft in
the world is the so-called Gokstad ship,
q viking craft which was discovered In
. sepuid1Al mound on the shoEesI
chr'stiania ford, and is now exhibih(
in a wonderfully perfect state of pre6
ervation in Chrhstiania. 1t Is a craft d
the ninth century, A. D., and is thers
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