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was organized in Prussin in 1895.
Red hair can be dyed brown, but
cannot be given a golden tint.
A New York ipsNSlnce company is
getting a good dae{ of lucrative bust.
ness in China. a.
Kid gloves, sll99h hand-painted flow
ers on the are the latest fad on
the contincntY
Dried fish was formerly and is still
to some eXte't II medium of exchange
in Iceland.
The people of this country consume,
1T is said, 2O,OOO,OOO bottles of pickles
annually.
The barrel-organ of the streets was
unknown until the early part of the
present century.
In India the native barber will shave
a person while asleep without waking
him, SO light is his touch.
In the palace of the Emperor William
in Berlin 500 housemaids and 1880 liv-
cried f0otmen find employment.
At the end of each hair of n cats
whiskers is Il bulb of nerve fibre which
makes it n very delicate "fceler."
Some old leases of buildings i'll Bos-
ton, still in force, stipulate that the
rent shall be paid in iron or grain.
A peach thirteen and tllrec-fourtls
inches in circumference was raised in
McMinn County, Tenn, this season.
In popular estimation the hair in
England in the sixteenth century was
considered little better than vermin.
Cheese is held in abomination by the
Chinese, who call it "milk-cake,s and
consider it in the light of "rotten milk"
The share of land failing to each
inhabitant of the globe If it were all
equally divided would be about 23N
acres.
In every mile of railway there il
seven feet and four inches not covered
by the rails-the space left for expan.
sion.
In Poland cucumbers are usually cat.
an with honey. On the Continent they
arc cooked and dressed in a variety of
ways.
The number of pupils in the schools
If the United States last year was TO-.
l15,197, an increase of nearly 100000
since 1880.
There is little doubt that the making
Of wills originated with the Egyptians.
md that the custom did not prevail in
Europe until ages after.
Grasshoppers attain their greatest
size in South America, where they grow
to a length of five inches and their
wings spread out ten inches.
The town of Marblehead, in Massa-
chusetts, gained it's name because the
white quartz, which is so plentiful on
the headlands, looks from n distance
like marble.
All plants have periods of activity
and rest. Some are active in the day
time and sleep at night; others repose
during the daylight hours and are
awake at night.
Massachusetts convicts are getting
fastidiOus. Not content with Boston
baked beans for breakfast every day
they have just SEN in 81 petition for
custard pie every Sunday.
Not every Catholic priest is as poor
rs the proverbial church mouse. Father
Il. j.. Butler of Chicago, who died at
Rome n few weeks ago, left personal
property valued at $4,000.
The great basilica of st. Peter mt
Rome, it is said, does not possess near
~ so good an organ as many a one in an
American country church. There are
two small instruments that can be
wheeled about.
The Chinese idea of charging diners
out in public restaurants is, it seems.
to present six diners with a bill for two
persons, it being reckoned that a din
ner for three costs no more than a din
her for one.
The Irish bagpipe differs from the
Scotch in having only two drones in
stead of three, but the music is very
much softer than that produced by the
Highland instrument. 1t is a smaller
instrument altogether.
Kid gloves, though so called. are sell
dom made from real kids skins. Those
that are So manufactured are of Won
derful s%oftness, and are extremely en-
pensive. The reason for this is that
the animals that will Dc sacrificed for
the purpose are specially reared. and
on a milk diet, even the very choicest
green food making the skin harsh.
The Latest Snake Lie.
Once upon Il time a gentleman resi-
dent of Utah saved IL rattlesnake from