Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-01-09

FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

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Cape Colony exports annually eco,
600 worth of dried flowers.
There are three mountain peaks in
Idaho exceeding 10, 600 feet.
st. Augustine enjoys the reputation
of having the most equal climate.
Philadelphia is said to have more
trees than any other city in this coun.
try.
Siemens' light was tried in the Brit
ish naval service and proved successful
in 1871.
Only per cent Of the soldiers actual.
ly engaged in war are killed on the field
Of battle.
Mount Jefferson, Is, 500 feet high, is
said to be the tallest in the state Of
Washington.
Chicago is the greatest American
lumber center, the second being Tona-
wanda, N. Y.
The Society of Telegraph Engineers
was established and put in practical OPP
Grafton in 1872.
1t is misdemeanor to throw upon
any road in New York state glass, tacks
or any sharp substance likely to injure
bicycle tires.
Pulling away the old soil from close
up around the stems of the trees and
applying rich, heavy soil in its place is
quite a benefit.
The mace used in the house of COM
mons is not that fools bauble" which
Cromwell ordered to be taken away,
but the mace made at the restoration.
The knights of the Garter rank next
to the eldest sons Of barons and are
themselves superior in rank to members
of the privy council, not being of noble
birth.
Every shilling turned out by tho
English mint shows profit of nearly
threepence. On every ton Of penny
pieces taken out from the mint there is
profit Of e3S2.
In the year 1896 there were only four
kinds Of hyacinth-the single and the
double blue, the purple and the violet.
At the present time there are many
thousands Of varieties.
While the population OF Britain has
increased 20 per cent in the last 30
years, the expenditure has increased 68
per cent, the greater part of which has
been spent on education.
Archbishop Corrigan is at the head
Of movement in New York having for
its object the prohibiting of the inter
ment of bodies in the several cemeteries
Of the church on Sunday.
Hard bread, or biscuit, is to be no
more an article of diet in the French
navy, but fresh bread is TO be regularly
supplied, and ships not lying in port
will make it for themselves.
The bridal veil Of japanese young
lady is subsequently, used as her shroud.
just after the marriage it is carefully
put away and reserved until death
makes its use again necessary.
The crocodile is not as numerous in
the Nile as he was i'll the days of the
Rameses family. In fact, he rather
shuns tho river now below the second
cataract on account of the annoyances
inseparable from tourist traffic
England has several parishes that are
without paupers. Among them may be
mentioned the parish of Harsham, in
the county of Norfolk; the parish of
Manningford Abbots, in Wiltshire. be-
sides Baverstock, Gravely Woods and
others in the same county.
1t has been estimated that in Great
Britain the output of books is as fol-
lows: Sermons, one volume day; nov
els, five day; educational books, two
a day; art and science, two each every
week; histories or biographies, six
week, and law, one every two weeks.
There's many slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip" is as old as the days Of
Anc@us, who one day, having filed
cup set it down before drinking on
the information that wild boar was
ravaging his field. Taking his spear, he
went out to Stay the animal, but was
killed by the boar.
Many years prior to the British occu.
patton of Egypt some of the people of
Nual CountIy NOrsuipeu tut CIOCOulI5 ds
a god, there being nothing else like him.
They fed him on dainties and decked
him out with jewelry, In other parts
Of Egypt, however, the natives looked
upon him as a devil.
In New South Wales the annual
death rate is less than one-half that in
Spain, Austria and Hungary and far be-
low that in the United Kingdom,
France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Den
mark, Norway and Sweden. The aver
age Of all these countries is 30. 10 per
1000. In New South Wales it is Ia. &C.
"Mizpah' is Biblical term whose
Specification is explained in Genesis
xxi, 40, in the following words 1.-THE
Lord watch between me and thee when
we are absent one from another. On
account Of the sentiment it is often Sc
lected as an offering to an autograph al
bum, accompanied simply by the name
of the writer
''For ones wits to go wool gather
ing" is an allusion to a pitiful industry
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