Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17
ALL FOR ALL.

The hair grows considerably faster IN
summer than in winter.
Out of 226OOO farms in Denmark. only
1900 are more than go acres in extent
A reindeer soon tires with fifty pounds
on its back. but it can easily draw load
six times that weight.
The counties in England which contain
most paupers are Essex. Norfolk and Suf-
folk, and next to them come Bedford, cam
bridge. Herts, Hunts and Bucks.
The bridal veil of q Japanese young lady
is subsequently used as her shroud. Just
after her marriage it is carefully put away
and reserved until her death makes its use
necessary.
Not long since dentist. while extract,
ing tooth for 4 patient. had his hand
slightly scratched by the tooth lnliami
to the shoulder, and the arm had to be
amputated.
About one-third of the streets of Paris
are Crnamented with trees.
Parier-mache has recently been used
with great success in constructing bicycles.
The average duration of human life in
European countries is greatest in sweden
and Norway, and lowest In Italy and Aus
tria.
The first coach in England was built in
1865 for the Earl of Rutland. IN lo5l u
stage coach was two days going from Lon
don to oxford.
A Chinese woman can never crafty her
vanity by having photograph taken OF
herself, one of the customs OF the CERES.
tialS being that their womenklnu must Hot
be photographed.
The giraffe is gradually disappearing IN
some parts of Africa. Where IL was no
uncommon thing. to see herds or elghty
some wears ago 1t is now q rarity to see Il
herd of more than twenty strong.
Every soldier knows that horse will not
step on man Intentionally. 1t Is therefore
standing order in the British cayaiEy
that if a trooper become diSmounteu ne
must lie perfectly still. If he DO TINS tne
whole squadron will pass over MIN without
injuring him.
The Eskimo traditions are told over and
over again. Everyone knows them Woru
for word and should the relater omit or
add a single syllable, he would be correct
ed Instantly by some one of his audience.
The narrator of the story sits at one slde
of the room, and, covering his head turns
his face towards the wall away from the
audience before he begins.
The reason why ships are not struck by
| lightning is attributed to the general EN-
| ployment of wire rope for rigging puT-
| poses as we'll as to the fact that the nuns
| of ships are usually constructed or IRON
| or steel. Thus the ship forms an excellent
| continuous conductor, by means OF Whlcn
the electricity is led away into the ocean
before it has time to do any serious dam
| age.
In Oriental countries simple methods are
POPULAR Antiseptic surgery has yet OBJ
| tained no foothold. While the Japanese
| adopted all the most scientific methods OF
| treating gunshot wounds in the recent
war the Chinese soldiers much preferred
| to depend upon charms. a popular methou
| of curing their wounds was to burn up a
mouse and put the ashes on the soldier
wound.
Cotton may be distinguished from linen
! when one is buying handkerchiefs by
| moistening the tip of the finger and press
ing to the handkerchief II 1t vets through
| ters into its manufacture 1t will take sew
erals seconds to wet through the threads.
| Also, in linen the threads are more un-
| even than in cotton.
ixty in hn
| States where women are employed, and,
| curiously enough, out of the whole number
| all but one are either married or are
widows. Another strange circumstance is
| that no two women are found in any one
| bank, and no two banks where women hold
| positions are in the same city or town.
| The posts filed range from bank trustees
and presidents to cashiers and assistant
| cashiers.
1t is interesting to remember that there
| was once a real Failure Club in France,
| and that every member of it subsequently
| became known to fame The name of the
| society was Club des Auteurs Stiles" and
| the members of 1t used to dine together AT
| restaurant once a week and discuss the
| advsability of retiring from literature and
| devoting their energies to commercial en-
| terprise instead. Those members were
| Edmonde de Goncourt, Gustave Flaubert
| Turgenief, Alphonse Daudet and Emile
| Zola.
What is the meaning of the word ''doll?'
| To explain, 1t is necessary to 60 back TO
| all over the Christian world for mothers
| to give their little children the name OF
| patron saint. Some saints were more
| popular than others, and st. Dorothea
| was at one period more popular than all
Dorothea or Dorothy as We have it, means
a gift from God" But Dorothea or Dor
| othy is much too long name for little
| toddling baby, and so it was shortened
to Dolly and Doll. and from giving the
| babies nickname it was an easy step to
| give the name to the little images OF
| which children are so fond.
! An inventive genius has lately patented
| an automatic fishing rod. This great labor
| saving device consists of a rod and holder
| cooked and poised upon strong spring. In
| this position it may be left upon the bank
| by itself after the owner has baited the
| hook and cast it into the water. When the
| fish seizes the bait, the tug 1t gives the
| line opens the trigger. and the fish is
| jerked ashore high and dry by the un-