The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-11
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cigar smoker consuming half a dozen
cigars u day for so years has. il all were
Jumped together. a cigar is feet long and
two broad, weighing a ton and requiring
a steam engine TO create a through draft
when 1t is lighted. A pipe smoker would
use half a ton of tobacco.
One of the most curious and ancient ex-
amples of the locksmith's art is attached
to the door of the Temple church. Lon
don. The key weighs seven pounds, is a
foot and a half long and instead of being
made for lock, as are other keys. it has
the distinction of having a lock made
for it.
st. Louis man returned marriage
license he obtained few weeks ago with
this notation on the back: II am too poor
to get married; will try later on His
fiancee. who confesses to 80 years. says
81 is sufficient money with which to get
| married, but he insists that $3.50 is neces
sary.
Frenchman is the inventor of
scheme whereby the wool on sheepskins
can be converted into velvet. Until now
the tanned sheepskins have been used
only Tor rugs, carpets or the lining of
clothing. the wool being left in its curled
state. The inventor leaves the wool on
the skin, but has process of arranging
the hairs so they do not mat.
The solid food taken in a lifetime would
be nearly "a tons and the liquid would be
| 1,2S0 times mans weight If all this
was of the consistency of a frothed egg
| 1t would be 10000 times as big as the man
| and if the total amount of sustenance
| was converted into mechanical power it
| would be equal to lifting $500 900 tons one
| foot high.
| krupp the great gunmaker, has recent
| ~ completed some paper cannon for the
| German army. Their caliber is two inches
| and they are SO light single soldier can
| carry one. AT the same time the resist
| ance is greater than that of field piece
/ of steel the same size. 1t is not expected
these paper guns will replace those of
metal. They are merely intended for use
| In portions of the field where the taking
| of metal guns is impracticable.
In the time of good Queen Bess the
| wearing of hats was considered sign of
| luxury or assumption of superiority
| which rendered those who thus stepped
| out of parliament was actually passed at
| this time by which every person above the
| age of seven years and under certain
/ degree was obliged on Sundays TO wear
| wooden cap of English make on Sun
| days and holidays under a penalty of 3
| shillings and pence for each days neg
/ lect. This act was repealed somewhat
| later in the same reign. In the church
| wardens account of the parish of Full
| ham there is the following curious entry:
| .'15S7 Paid for the discharge of the par
/ ish of Fullham for wearing hats contrary
| to the statute. shillings and pence"
/ The hats came from Geneva.
| After a voyage around the horn the
slab of California redwood ordered by W.
| w. Astor has at last reached C1iveden, on
i the Thames. A carpenter shop has been
/ built on his estate and workmen will soon
begin the conversion of the slab into a
table at which Mr.. Aston hopes to seat
20 guests. The circumference of the slab
| is As feet. London clubmen are now be-
/ ginning to say that each guest should
have two and one-half feet space, and
| this would call for table 30 feet in cir
/ conference 52la feet. including the
chair of the host. But there is no hard
| and fast rule to space, and il is
/ thought that. in order TO win his bet, Mr..
/ Astor will have chairs especially con-
/ structed for use at the feast. The total
/ cost TO him will be about $4,000.