Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-28
NEWS ODDITIES

A cat IL unable to see in perfect
darkness. but gets about more easily
than other animals on account Of
Its whiskers or feelers, and is sure
footedness.
Lawyers call for more books in the
library than other professional men.
ministers and doctors the least
number according TO one librarian.
The Buhonic Plague was once
known as the Black Death, pesti-
lence which passed over Europe and
into England in 1349.
Belg UNI les sometimes called the
cockpit OF Europe from the fact
that so many important battles have
been fought there.
Sandwiches were so called from
an Earl OF Sandwich who introduced
them about 1900 to make meal
he could eat while gambling.
Polished shoes were ridiculed at
the beginning of the seventeenth
century. even Ben Jonson and Shlr-
ley poking fun at the idea in their
poems.
Stoves are used for heating TO-
100000 homes In the rural districts
Of this country.
The bell called the Tar ko'okol
or Tzar bell. the largest bell in the
word. was cast in 1888.
A camel, carrying 600 pounds of
dates. will travel about p miles in
a day in Algeria.
Nf,s.rf. Is,fF.
Africa are 34S feet high and more
Than a mile wide.
Unt!l recently, little besides the /
teaching OF the Koran was taught
IN native elementary schools OF
Egypt.
FoX-huntiDg is in vogue in Eng |
land from the latter part OF october
10 about April l.
Butterflies m CRATE like the birds
ana viii fly from Canada to Cuba TO
reach a warmer climate.
Emperor Nero. during tho burn
Ing OF Rome. A. ID. 50. was 50 miles
away in his villa at Antlun.
That one oyster shell IN every
/ 600 contains n pearl IS estimate
by some pearl fishermen
The largest BaDyan or Fig tree
Known had 1900 big trunks and 5000
mall ones, and at one time shelter
ID an army OF 1000 men
Sea,tle's harbor. in Puget Sound.
8 the largest land locked body Of
water IN the United states. and could
accommodate the nav Is OF the
world
William PITT was nicknamed "Tns
ie found himself compelled 10 re-
ign his office OF Secretary of
tate.
Giant bees of Ind.a, as large as
Ield cr.ckcts. build combs from six
o seven feet in height. and -four {
Get i'm width. each weighing from
90 to 400 pounds.
An Arabian medical missionary.
sing a broad-tred motorcycle. will
lake calls In 20 hours, which for ]
lerly took him from 10 to II days
iding a camel.
Before paper came into use, our
forefathers wrote their
tiers ana calendars on wood. called
hc Boc, or beech and from III,
anne The word hook"
Encore. while French word
lcan M again, and used by Eng
sh and American audiences. is not
by the French in the same
ensc. they saying bis. which means =
twice"
Astronomy was first studied by the
Ioors. and by them introduced in
D Europe in 1901.
In 174S, a game called baseball
'as played 10y the family OF Fred
rick. Prince of Wales y
a chair of steel, which took the q
rtist so years to make. was pre- a
.nted TO Rudolph II OF Germany
bout 1876.
Norwegians eat more cheese than
ther the English, Germans. or
mer cans.
Chloroform as an anesthetic was
rst used by DR.. simpson, OF Edln- :
urgh. in 1S47. D
The Academy OF Fine Arts in n
florence. Italy. was founded in 1870 7
Y Brunette Latini. =
Corn of certain varieties that will =
pen in New York in 90 days viii g,
Ike 1O5 in Texas
The British Government is cata-
,ging ito multiple millions OF sub
vets In Africa and Asia by finger
rlnts.
The odds are one hundred sixty
housand millions to one against
Gliding thirteen trumps in game
{ Bridge
\ jewel pagoda > feet. 4 inches
Ugh made OF pearl. dec
rated with real pearls and valued
{ Sl5O.0O0. was one OF the eN-
ibits of the peace exposition held
n Tokyo. Japan.
An elector was once a prince who
Iad a vote in the election OF the
Emperor of Germany until Napoleon
roke up the old German empire
nd consequently destroyed the
olege of electors.
or the 450 species OF acacia, 800
re indigenous to Australia and
'olynesia, the others found in trop.-
al or sub,ropical countries with the
of Europe.
Two maple trees called Twin !