Mesa free press., 1898-02-18
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The skin of the kangaroo, when prop
erly tanned, never breaks.
The word boycott" has now got into
most of the foreign languages.
Ninety-seven out Of every hundred
Arctic explorers have returned alive.
Americans are said to have the poor.
est teeth of any people in the world
Plants grow faster between 4 and G
a. m. than at any time during the day.
The thinnest, and at. the same time
one of the toughest, feathers tanned Is
frogs skin.
An apparatus has been perfecte1 that
will spin kind of silk from the fibrous
stalks of nettles.
Switzerland has the unenviabp dis
tinction of having larger perccnrage
of lunatics than any other country.
Hospital statistics prove that ampu-
tation is four times as dangerous after
the age of 80 as before.
Property is said to be so safe in Fin
land that packages left unguarded any
where are hardly ever touched.
German locomotive engineers receive
gold medal and $500 for every ten
years of service without accident.
Eating matches are common among
the villages of Alaska. He who eats the
most is considered the man Of great
est distinction.
In Asia the average number of in
habitants per square mile is. forty
eight; in Africa, fifteen; in America.
eight; in Australia, one.
Thirteen crimes were punishable by
death when Queen Victoria assembled
the throne. To-day there are but two
treason and murder.
Bleeding at the nose, doctor has dis
covered, can be quickly stopped by
plunging the feet and hands in water
as hot as can be endured.
Statistics prove that nearly two
thirds of the letters carried by the
worlds postal services are written, sent
to. and read by English-speaking peo-
pie.
In Hindostan, when the parents of a
baby cannot agree upon name, two
lamps are placed over the names. The
one over which the lamp is brighter Is
chat which is chosen
The arrangement Of the trees in Blen-
helm Park, the seat of the Duke Of
Marlborough, is said to represent the
position of the troops in the great bat
tie which gave the estate its name.
A man who is well up in dog lore adj
vises intending purchasers Of puppy
to let it's mother choose for them. In
carrying them back to their bed the
first that the mother picks up will al
ways be her best.
At wedding recently celebrated the
bride, bridegroom, best man and brides
maid were all deaf and dumb. The
bridal pair nodded their 81 WILL" and
pledged their troth by pointing to the
words in their prayer books.
Some Chinese phrases read very
.queerly; thus cheese is known as Cow
milk cake;;"a slippers are termed drag
Shoes" a cigar, ''stick of smoke-leaf;"
match, ''self-come fire." and black
tea, it appears, is called thunder tea"
It is a strange fact that, while the
teeth of the negro slaves on the old
plantations were remarkable for their
whiteness, those of the freed negro Of
the present day are in an infinitely
worse condition than those Of his white
brothers. This is owing entirely to the
change of diet, and the colored mans
weakness for sweetmeats.
The whole of a recent sitting of the
Japanese Parliament was devoted to
considering whether member had not
violated parliamentary etiquette by at
tending the opening in frock coat in
stead of the regulation dress suit. FL
nally the offending member was SOL
EMMY warned of his "indiscretion,
just escaping being handed over to the
disciplinary committee.
Delicate Hint.
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